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Thursday, 05 November, 2026

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SERAP has dragged the Federal Government to the ECOWAS Court of Justice over the alleged mismanagement and diversion of N78.8 billion cash-transfer funds meant for vulnerable Nigerian households.


President Bola Tinubu has criticized political opponents during a visit to Kaduna, accusing them of creating Nigeria’s hunger and poverty while asserting that his administration is working to eradicate the economic hardship.


The African Democratic Congress labels President Bola Tinubu’s 90-day economic relief plan an ‘election bait’ and urges Nigerians to reject the policy.


The National Union of Electricity Employees threatens a nationwide grid shutdown following the alleged brutalization and arrest of its Edo State leaders by armed security personnel at BEDC headquarters in Benin City.


​ABUJA, NIGERIA — Following an emergency peace meeting held in Abuja, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President Joe Ajaero and Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo reached an accord to suspend the regional power sector strike, directing electricity workers to restore power Read more…


A spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, Alwan Hassan, has sparked intense public controversy after alleging that several government ministers pay billions of naira to secure their political appointments. ​Speaking on Arise Television’s Prime Time program, Read more…


The Court of Appeal in Abuja has rejected a bid by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to challenge a judgment at the Supreme Court regarding the unfreezing of 124 bank accounts linked to Abuja businesswoman Aisha Achimugu and Read more…


Efforts to decentralize policing across Nigeria have reached a critical constitutional threshold as 25 State Houses of Assembly formally endorsed the bill seeking to establish state police, surpassing the required two-thirds parliamentary majority.


Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, has clarified his recent statement regarding the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway route, explaining that describing the connection to the East-West Road as a “diversion” was merely a slip of the tongue and that the original 750km coastal alignment remains intact.


French President Emmanuel Macron has officially deferred his planned two-day state visit to Nigeria originally scheduled for October 28 and 29, citing pressing domestic obligations and civil unrest currently sweeping across major French cities.