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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…
The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has commenced large-scale exports of refined fuel to five African nations, marking a shift in West Africa’s energy dynamics. International traders recently moved 12 cargoes totalling 456,000 tonnes of petroleum products to markets in Côte d’Ivoire, Cameroon, Tanzania, Ghana, and Togo. This milestone follows the facility reaching its full processing capacity…
The Ghanaian government has secured the return of 44 citizens rescued from a sophisticated human trafficking syndicate operating in Nigeria. In a coordinated operation involving Nigeria’s State Security Service (SSS) and Ghanaian intelligence, the victims were extracted from exploitative conditions and flown back to Accra on Friday. This intervention marks a significant success in cross-border…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has issued a seven-day ultimatum to Senate President Godswill Akpabio to open the books on a staggering ₦200 trillion investigation. The Senate Public Accounts Committee is currently scrutinising allegations of “missing or unaccounted funds” within the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) covering the period between 2017 and…
President Bola Tinubu has urged Nigerians to stop treating national security as a spectator sport. Speaking at the Dodan Barracks in Lagos after Eid-el-Fitr prayers, the president argued that peace is not a one-man job. He told the public that the government and security agencies cannot secure the country alone. The timing was pointed. It…
Mounting economic pressure linked to the Middle East conflict has pushed the Spanish government to roll out an emergency €5 billion support package, combining tax cuts, subsidies and price controls aimed at easing the burden on households and key productive sectors. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced the measures after an emergency cabinet meeting, describing…
Credibility concerns have taken centre stage in Nigeria’s public communication space following the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations’ assessment of an interview granted by Presidential aide Daniel Bwala on an international broadcast platform. The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) said the recent appearance of the Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media…
Former Attorney-General of the Federation Abubakar Malami has been released from custody, with the Kebbi State chapter of the African Democratic Congress confirming his return and welcoming him back to the state. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the party’s Publicity Secretary, Habibu Abubakar Sambo, described the development as the end of a difficult period…
The United States has launched a formal trade investigation into Nigeria and 59 other countries, accusing them of failing to prohibit imports of goods produced with forced labour and thereby granting unfair competitive advantages to manufacturers who exploit forced workers in global supply chains. The Office of the United States Trade Representative initiated the…
North Korea launched approximately 10 ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan on Saturday, according to Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, in what analysts describe as a calculated provocation timed to coincide with ongoing US-South Korea military exercises and heightened global tensions in the Middle East. The missiles were fired from the Sunan area…
