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Britain replaced its top diplomatic deputy in Abuja this week as London reshapes its presence in West Africa. The Foreign Office named Vicky Seymour as Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria. She takes over from Gill Lever, who ended her term in June. Seymour assumes duty at a critical juncture for bilateral relations. London wants closer…
Thirty days after President Bola Tinubu ordered a full investigation into one of the strangest scandals of his administration, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission returned to the Presidential Villa on Thursday with an interim report that confirmed what the Presidency had insisted since July: the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council…
Nine days before Osun State votes, a five word post from one of Africa’s biggest music exports has pulled the celebrity dimension of the August 15 governorship contest firmly into the centre of the campaign conversation. Afrobeats star Davido, on Thursday shared photographs of himself embracing his uncle, Governor Ademola Adeleke, on his verified X…
Nigeria’s petroleum regulator has moved to place the country’s fuel pricing culture under formal competition law, unveiling draft rules that would outlaw collusion, artificial scarcity and quiet coordination among operators in a market where pump prices have swung by hundreds of naira within single months. The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority published…
Nigeria’s police leadership has lifted the veil on the research behind the country’s most far reaching security reform in decades, disclosing that the framework now before the 36 state legislatures was drawn partly from the policing systems of India, the United States and Pakistan. The Inspector General of Police, Olatunji Disu, made the disclosure…
Two additional fictitious federal agencies have been traced to the man at the centre of Nigeria’s most talked about impersonation scandal, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission disclosed on Thursday, deepening a case that has already dragged the Presidency, the Central Bank of Nigeria, the National Assembly and at least five…
A second senior change at the British High Commission in Abuja has been confirmed within eight weeks, with the United Kingdom government naming Ms Vicky Seymour as its new Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, filling the seat vacated by Mrs Gill Lever OBE, who concluded her tour of duty in June 2026 . The…
A political quarrel that began as a passing remark at a ministerial media chat has hardened into a formal dispute over property, reputation and legal exposure, with the Federal Capital Territory Minister’s media aide insisting that the source of funds used to acquire Chief Bode George’s Abuja residence, and not the identity of the…
Correctional authorities in Abuja moved swiftly this week after video of a condemned prisoner broadcasting live on TikTok from a custodial centre in Abeokuta spread across Nigerian social media, forcing the removal of the officer in charge of the facility and reopening a long running debate about who really controls the country’s prisons. The…
Christopher Imumolen, factional national chairman of the Accord Party and its presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, has withdrawn from the 2027 presidential contest and declared support for President Bola Tinubu’s bid for a second term, in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday, August 5, 2026, and circulated by the News Agency of…
