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Delta Suspends Works Commissioner Over Alleged Assault

KEY POINTS Delta suspended Works Commissioner Izeze Reuben indefinitely. The move follows an alleged assault involving a governor’s aide. Security agencies will investigate the incident. The Delta State Government has suspended the Commissioner for Works (Highway and Urban Roads), Izeze Reuben, indefinitely over allegations linking...

Colonel Ma’aji says Alleged Coup Plan was Driven by Concern for Nigeria

KEY POINTS Ma’aji says patriotism drove the alleged coup plan. He cited hardship, governance and military welfare concerns. He says the alleged plot had not reached execution stage. Army Colonel Mohammed Ma’aji, who has been accused of taking part in an alleged plan to remove...

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Security agencies respond to ISWAP airport attack threat

Security agencies reinforced airports and correctional facilities on Thursday after the Washington Post revealed a Nigerian Customs Service memo detailing an ISWAP airport threat against the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport and Kuje Custodial Centre in Abuja.

Nigeria’s Inflation Edges Up to 15.38% in March After Year of Decline

KEY POINTS Headline inflation rose to 15.38% in March 2026, its first increase in...

Plateau Government Eases Curfew in Jos North as Security Situation Improves

KEY POINTS Plateau State reduced the Jos North curfew to 7:00 p.m. – 5:00...

Agboola Ajayi Declares 2027 Senate Bid

KEY POINTS Ajayi declares 2027 Senate bid, citing extensive political experience across all levels...

United Nigeria Airlines Grounds CRJ-900 Aircraft After Bird Strike at Abuja Airport

KEY POINTS A United Nigeria Airlines CRJ-900 aircraft was grounded after a bird strike...

Sade and Fela Kuti make Rock Hall history

Sade and the late Fela Kuti earned Rock Hall induction as the class of 2026, making both artists the first Africans the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has honored in its 40-year history.

NCDC warns 10 Nigerian states of imminent cholera outbreak as floods loom

Nigeria's disease control agency has placed 10 states on high alert for cholera, warning that incoming floods could rapidly accelerate transmission across vulnerable communities

ACF declares Nigeria’s security crisis a ‘state of war’ as Boko Haram kills six soldiers in Borno

The Arewa Consultative Forum declared Nigeria's security crisis a full-scale state of war, even as Boko Haram killed six soldiers in a fresh Borno attack.

Boko Haram kills four soldiers, one woman in Borno attack as funerals held for fallen general

Suspected Boko Haram terrorists have killed four soldiers and a civilian woman in Mussa community, Askira-Uba, on the same day Nigeria buried a general and troops.

NESG calls for tax PIA electricity law reforms

The Nigeria Economic Summit Group has called on the National Assembly to amend the Nigeria Tax Act, the Petroleum Industry Act and the Electricity Act 2023, describing the changes as essential to improving the country's business environment.

Nigeria’s public debt rises 10 percent to N159trn

Nigeria's total public debt rose 10 percent year-on-year to N159.27 trillion at the end of the fourth quarter of 2025, up from N144.67 trillion in the same period of 2024, the Debt Management Office reported.

Reps signal imminent payments on N1.8trn contractor debt

Members of the House of Representatives say the Federal Government could release part of its N1.8 trillion contractor debt payments as early as this week, following years of failed disbursements from the 2024 budget cycle.

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Delta Suspends Works Commissioner Over Alleged Assault

KEY POINTS Delta suspended Works Commissioner Izeze Reuben indefinitely. The move follows an alleged...

Colonel Ma’aji says Alleged Coup Plan was Driven by Concern for Nigeria

KEY POINTS Ma’aji says patriotism drove the alleged coup plan. He cited hardship, governance...

Troops Foil Planned Terrorist Attack on Katsina Village

KEY POINTS Troops stopped a planned attack in Charanchi. Police and local security groups...

EFCC Arrests Man Over Alleged N3 Million Fraud

KEY POINTS EFCC arrests Nuhu Dahiru in Maiduguri. N3 million was reportedly recovered from...