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The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has released Nasir El-Rufai from custody. The former Kaduna State Governor was granted leave on Friday night to attend the funeral of his mother, Umma El-Rufai, who passed away earlier that day. His son, Bashir El-Rufai, confirmed the development on social media, though he took…
The Nigerian Army is clearing the path for the upcoming planting season. Troops of Operation Whirl Stroke, acting on credible intelligence, raided a terrorist hideout in the Agasha area of Benue State on Thursday. The mission, part of the “pre-wet season” security sweep, resulted in the arrest of three suspects. Lieutenant Ahmad Zubairu, spokesperson for…
A Dublin court has sentenced two Nigerian nationals to a combined 16 and a half years in prison for their roles in a global money laundering network linked to more than €6 million in fraud proceeds. The convicted men, Ejike Francis Ogbuefi, 42, and Steven Silvester, 32, were found guilty of directing the activities…
Nigeria’s Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has issued a formal public apology over the severe electricity outages that have plunged homes, businesses, schools and industries into darkness over the past month, pledging that improvements in power supply would begin within two weeks. The apology, delivered at a press conference in Abuja on Tuesday, came…
The Labour Party has officially zoned its 2027 presidential ticket to the southern region of Nigeria, effectively barring aspirants from the northern part of the country. The party’s acting National Chairperson, Nenadi Usman, announced the decision during an interview with journalists in Abuja on Tuesday, describing it as a firm position adopted by the…
Nasir El-Rufai, the former Governor of Kaduna State, appeared in court on Tuesday morning to face a barrage of corruption and security charges. Shuttered in a white van and flanked by a heavy Department of State Services (DSS) escort, the former governor made his first public appearance since his February arrest. The Independent Corrupt Practices…
Nigeria’s petrol import bill dropped to $10 billion in 2025, a 28.88 percent decline from the $14.06 billion spent the previous year. Data from the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) latest balance of payments report attributes this sharp contraction to the commencement of domestic production at the Dangote Refinery. The 650,000-barrel-per-day facility began churning out…
Troops of the Nigerian Army have neutralised dozens of armed bandits in a fierce gun battle at the notorious hideout of bandit kingpin Bello Turji, located deep inside Kagara Forest in Fakai community, spanning Shinkafi Local Government Area of Zamfara State and Isa Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The operation, which took place…
A nationwide assessment of fiscal transparency at the grassroots level has exposed a severe deficit in public access to local government financial information, with only 10 of Nigeria’s 36 states making annual budgets of their Local Government Areas publicly available online. The findings, contained in a report titled “The Missing Tier: Mapping Local…
The United Kingdom has commenced a strategic expansion of detention infrastructure designed to accelerate the removal of foreign offenders and illegal migrants from British territory, a move coinciding with and directly enabled by a newly formalised bilateral agreement with Nigeria that streamlines the repatriation of thousands of undocumented nationals. The UK Home Office announced yesterday…
