Day: May 14, 2026

By Vincent Ekpo Nigeria’s battle against Lassa fever has worsened, with the death toll rising to 191 as confirmed infections continue to spread across the country, prompting fresh concerns from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention over the country’s growing fatality rate. The latest situation report released by the agency showed that 23 states and 106 Local Government... Read more

By Linda Anayo ABUJA — The leadership crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party intensified on Thursday as the party’s National Secretary, Samuel Anyanwu, disclosed that security agencies had invited former Senate President Adolphus Wabara, senior lawyer Kabiru Turaki and others over alleged impersonation linked to the formation of a rival interim National Working Committee. The development marks a fresh twist... Read more

By Joshua Anthony The Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, has called for stronger collaboration between the Nigeria Police Force and the Tertiary Education Trust Fund to drive technology-based policing reforms and strengthen security training institutions across the country. Disu made the appeal on Thursday during a visit by a high-powered police delegation to the TETFund headquarters in Abuja, where discussions... Read more

By Clement John ABUJA — Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has dismissed reports of an alliance between the Peoples Democratic Party and the Allied Peoples Movement, describing the claim as “political fraud” ahead of the 2027 general elections. Wike, who spoke with journalists on Thursday during an inspection of ongoing road projects in Gomani-Yangoji, Kwali Area Council... Read more

By Ruth MomoduPresident of the Dangote Group and Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has alleged that entrenched interests in Nigeria’s oil sector mounted resistance against the establishment of the $20 billion Dangote Petroleum Refinery. Dangote said the powerful network of fuel importers feared the refinery would disrupt the long-standing system that encouraged the importation of refined petroleum products into Nigeria... Read more

By Clement John The opposition African Democratic Congress has criticised the Federal Government’s plan to secure a fresh $1.25 billion loan from the World Bank, describing the country’s economic direction under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as a “Ponzi-style economy” driven by mounting debt and worsening hardship. The party said the proposed loan, coming amid Nigeria’s rising public debt estimated at... Read more

By John Kefas Abuja The Federal Government on Thursday raised concerns over the poor impact of donor-funded education interventions in parts of Nigeria, revealing that regions that received nearly 80 per cent of development partners’ investments in the sector over the past decade still rank lowest in literacy and numeracy nationwide. Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, disclosed this in Abuja... Read more

By John Kefas Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested the Director-General of the Energy Commission of Nigeria, Mustapha Abdullahi, over an alleged money laundering case involving more than N500 billion. The arrest, which reportedly took place in Abuja on Wednesday, comes amid intensified anti-corruption investigations within Nigeria’s power and energy sector following the recent conviction of... Read more

By John Kefas The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the final forfeiture of properties, bank funds and stocks linked to former Acting Accountant-General of the Federation, Anamekwe Nwabuoku, following his conviction over an N868.4 million fraud case. Justice James Omotosho delivered the ruling on Wednesday, granting an application filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission seeking... Read more

By Clement John President Bola Tinubu has disclosed that Nigeria is considering a reciprocal 30-day visa-free arrangement for Rwandan citizens, following Rwanda’s existing visa-free policy for Nigerians, as part of efforts to advance Pan-African integration. The development emerged on Wednesday after President Tinubu met with Rwandan President Paul Kagame at the Urugwiro Presidential Villa in Kigali ahead of the 2026... Read more