•Ballot box The Centre for Social Justice, Equity and Transparency (CESJET) has strongly condemned the rising wave of politically motivated violence across Nigeria barely two months before the 2027 general elections, describing the trend as a dangerous threat to democratic participation and national stability. In a statement signed by Joyce Id...
•NCDC logo and a health worker The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has said that none of the 62 people exposed to Nigeria’s imported case of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) developed the infection after completing the mandatory 21-day monitoring period. The agency disclosed this today, announcing the...
•US Congress and Tinubu The United States has said Nigeria’s Tinubu-led federal government has yet to make sufficient progress in addressing attacks on Christian communities, warning that the country’s designation as a Country of Particular Concern should remain in place. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Frank Garcia, st...
•An electricity station Nigeria’s recent electricity crisis may persist unless the federal government addresses mounting debts in the power sector, inadequate investment in gas production and weak infrastructure, industry stakeholders have warned. They said the failure to establish a sustainable payment mechanism for gas suppliers was undermin...
•EU Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Gautier Mignot The European Union has said that imposing sanctions on political stakeholders over electoral violence reported in some parts of Nigeria ahead of the 2027 general elections is not its responsibility. The EU Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Gautier Mignot, stated this while speaking on Channe...
•Tinubu and World Bank logo The World Bank has approved $500 million in financing for Nigeria to tackle flooding, restore degraded agricultural land and reduce conflicts between farmers, herders and rural communities across the northern part of the country. The funding, approved under the Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes Projec...
•Jumoke Oduwole and Tinubu Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Jumoke Oduwole, has said that the gains of the administration of President Bola Tinubu’s economic policies are already visible in the country. Oduwole, who stated this on Channels Television last night, said that though the removal of the fuel subsidy in 2023 came with an [...
•An open market As concerns mount over the possibiliÂty of another global food supply shock in 2027, agricultural stakeholders have warned that Nigeria remains poorly preÂpared to withstand the potential crisis, citing inadequate strategic food reserves, dependence on imports, climate vulnerÂability and persistent weaknesses in doÂmestic agric...
•NCDC officials and Ebola response team The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has called for continuous vigilance from the public as Nigeria expects clearance from the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Ebola spread in the country. The NCDC Director-General, Dr Jide Idris, called for nationwide alert yesterday as he gave...
•Ebola outbreak The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has disclosed that 28 contacts linked to the country’s first imported case of Bundibugyo Ebola Virus Disease remain under surveillance, even as it warned of five other infectious disease threats. The agency said no additional Ebola case had been confirmed 21 days afte...

