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The Economic Community of West African States has deployed a technical assessment mission to evaluate escalating tensions along the borders of Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia, urging the three governments to exercise restraint and pursue peaceful resolution of disputes through dialogue. The regional bloc announced the decision in a statement issued on Friday, expressing concern…
The Peoples Democratic Party has formally commenced its 2027 electoral preparations with the release of a comprehensive primary election timetable, setting its presidential nomination contest for May 23, 2026. The decision, reached during the party’s 106th National Executive Committee meeting held Wednesday in Abuja, signals an attempt by the Nyesom Wike-aligned leadership to consolidate control…
G7 Ministers to Weigh Emergency Oil Release as Middle East War Triggers Market Chaos Group of Seven finance ministers will convene emergency talks Monday to consider coordinated releases from strategic petroleum reserves in an effort to stabilise global energy markets convulsed by the escalating Middle East conflict, according to a French government source with direct…
Nigeria’s worsening security situation has pushed the country into one of the most consequential governance debates of the Fourth Republic: whether the time has come to decentralise policing. Across the country, communities face daily threats from insurgency, banditry, kidnapping, farmer–herder conflicts, and organised criminal violence. Yet the responsibility for policing over 200 million citizens remains…
Political tensions in Rivers State escalated as armed men, believed to be political thugs, engaged in a gun battle with the convoy of Chibuike Amaechi, leader of the African Democratic Congress in the South-South region, during his visit to Ubima community for party registration activities. The incident unfolded between Ubima and Omuanwa in Ikwerre…
Nigeria’s electoral umpire has warned citizens to temper their expectations for the 2027 general elections. Professor Joash Amupitan, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), stated on Sunday that while the commission will strive for excellence, a “100 per cent perfect election” is unrealistic. Speaking at a town hall programme, Amupitan aimed to manage…
The United States government has issued a security alert to its citizens in Nigeria as military hostilities between Washington and Tehran escalate sharply. In a statement on Monday, US authorities warned Americans abroad to remain vigilant in the wake of ongoing combat operations involving Iran. “Following the launch of US combat operations in Iran,…
Between policy reform and purchasing power, Nigeria’s middle-income households are absorbing the sharpest edge of economic transition. Reform as Reality Economic reform in Nigeria is no longer theoretical. Since the removal of fuel subsidy in 2023 and the unification of the foreign exchange market under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the country has entered what officials…
The Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan has delivered a comprehensive judgment affirming the legality of the Peoples Democratic Party’s 2025 elective national convention, which produced Dr. Kabiru Turaki as the party’s substantive National Chairman, resolving a significant legal dispute over the legitimacy of the exercise. Justice Ladiran Akintola, delivering the ruling on…
Gombe State Governor Inuwa Yahaya has disclosed that 48 children between the ages of two and five have been reported missing across the state, allegedly stolen and taken to other parts of the world, as authorities grapple with a growing pattern of child-stealing and criminal activity that he described as a serious threat to…
