The Federal Government has repatriated 123 stranded Nigerians from Algeria under the Assisted Voluntary Return (AVR) programme. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said the returnees arrived at the cargo terminal of the Murtala ...

In a statement issued on Tuesday, SP Abimbola Adebisi, police spokesperson in Lagos, said the suspects were apprehended during a routine stop-and-search operation along the Ago/Festac Bridge axis. The police identified the suspects as Emmanuel John, 24; David Godwin, 28; ...

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has dismantled a kidnapping syndicate responsible for a series of abductions and killings along communities bordering the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Nasarawa state. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the police said operatives of ...

The Federal Government has announced plans to scrap the policy separating Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) from Senior Secondary Schools (SSS), citing evidence that more than 20 million pupils drop out before progressing to the senior secondary level. The Minister of ...

The Depot Nigerian Army in Osogbo has ordered an investigation into allegations that some of its personnel assaulted students in Osun State. The directive follows allegations made by the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), South-west Zone D. In a ...

The presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress for the 2027 general election, Atiku Abubakar, has expressed sympathy with residents affected by the recent flooding in Lagos State. In a statement shared on his X account on Tuesday, the former ...

More details have emerged following a deadly raid by suspected Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province insurgents at Government Day Secondary School Lassa in the Askira Uba Local Government Area of Borno State. A list obtained from school ...

Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has officially removed the suspended paramount ruler of Swali Community, His Highness Chief Wilcox Seiyefa, over security concerns in the area. The decision was announced on Tuesday at the Government House in Yenagoa during a ...

A civil society group has demanded the immediate arrest and investigation of Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi over allegations it described as impersonation, misinformation, and blackmail against the Chief of Staff to the President, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila. The Centre for Transparency ...

The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele, has defended the rising debt profile of the government, stating that Nigeria has a good repayment record. Speaking on Tuesday in Abuja at the Fellowship Award Ceremony and ...

Former Vice President and Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, Atiku Abubakar, has asked President Bola Tinubu to suspend his Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, over a ₦400 million bribery scandal. The allegation was brought forward by Prince Adeniyi ...

The United States Supreme Court on Tuesday has rejected President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to restrict birthright citizenship. Trump signed the order on his first day back in office in January last year as part of his administration’s broader ...

Former Kaduna Central Senator Shehu Sani has opposed plans to remove the military from the leadership of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), insisting that the scheme’s Director-General should remain a serving military officer. Sani made the remarks on Tuesday ...

Fresh details have emerged from the meeting of governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), with discussions largely centered on the party’s recent electoral performance and preparations for the 2027 general elections. The meeting, held in ...

Suspected gunmen attacked a mining site in Nyango, Gyel District, Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State, killing three and injuring two others. According to community sources, the attack occurred at about 11:50 a.m. on Tuesday, sending miners and ...

Human rights activist and presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore has been released from the Kuje Medium Security Custodial Centre following a Federal High Court ruling that restored his bail. Sowore had been in custody since June 22, after Justice Mohammed Umar ...

Human rights activist and presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore in his reaction after being granted a ₦200 million bail by the Federal High Court in Abuja, said the authorities have always been after his passport. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that Sowore has ...

The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Peter Obi, has confirmed the completion of his Independent National Electoral Commission nomination form. Obi’s confirmation comes on the heels of statements by the party’s National Leader, Seriake Dickson, who announced that ...

The third batch of Nigerians evacuated from South Africa has arrived in Lagos, following weeks of anti-immigration protests and rising xenophobic attacks in the country. The returnees were flown in aboard an Air Peace aircraft, which touched down at the ...

Tech billionaire Elon Musk has claimed that deaths across Africa have declined despite significant cuts to United States foreign aid, arguing that the reductions ended programmes he believes contributed to instability on the continent. Musk made the claim on Tuesday ...