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Seventeen(17) members of the House of Representatives have defected from the African Democratic Congress (ADC) to the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC), citing internal crises.The mass defection was formally announced during Tuesday’s plenary by the Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu, who read their letters on the floor of the Green Chamber.The lawmakers attributed their decision to lingering…
Nigerians have called for an immediate enforcement of sanctions against sponsors of terrorism attacks in Nigeria. This followed the Federal Government’s release of an updated list of 48 individuals and 12 entities allegedly linked to terrorism financing. Security experts warn that failure to act could undermine confidence in Nigeria’s counterterrorism efforts.The list, published on Saturday…
European Union has identified Nigeria as the highest food-wasting country in Africa, with an estimated 38 million tonnes of food lost annually.The EU disclosed that on Monday during the commemoration of 2026 International Zero Waste Day in Abuja, with the Theme, “Food waste reduction – minimisation and valorisation.”Speaking at the event, EU Deputy Ambassador to…
Several passengers were injured on Monday morning after a train operating on the busy Abuja–Kaduna rail corridor derailed, causing panic and a temporary disruption of services along the route. The passenger train, travelling from Kaduna to Abuja, derailed along the rail line connecting the Federal Capital Territory with Kaduna State.The source at the Nigerian Railway…
Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Is-haq Oloyede, has stated that the board is not responsible for the failure of some Higher National Diploma (HND) graduates to be mobilised for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).He made the clarification during a meeting with leaders of the National Association of Polytechnic Students in…
Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has urged politicians across the country to stop campaigns for the 2027 general elections and urgently address the worsening insecurity claiming lives in many communities.The former governor of Anambra State (2006- 2014) made the call in a statement shared on his official X handle on Sunday,…
Troops of the Operation Hadin Kai have repelled coordinated midnight attacks by suspected Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) on three military bases in Borno State, killing 11 insurgents in separate encounters. The attacks, which occurred between February 28 midnight and the early hours of March 1, targeted Forward Operating Bases located in Mayanti, Gajigana…
Federal Government has maintained that many of the terrorists responsible for killings across the country are foreign nationals who infiltrated Nigeria through its porous borders. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, stated that on Sunday while addressing participants at the First Plenary of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria, held at…
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso, says Nigeria is playing a strategic role in advancing Africa’s long-envisioned single currency agenda. He made the remarks in Abuja following the decision of the African Union (AU) to grant Nigeria permanent membership on the Board of the African Monetary Institute (AMI), a key institution…
By Prof Chiwuike Ubah, Ph.D In recent years, Nigeria’s electoral reforms have been dominated by one seductive idea: technology will save democracy. Electronic accreditation, BVAS deployment, and the promise of real-time transmission of results were presented as watershed moments in the struggle against electoral fraud. Many citizens believed that once results are transmitted electronically, rigging…