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Nigeria faces fresh scrutiny over alleged breaches of the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and failure to implement Economic Community of West African States excise tax directives, according to findings presented at a stakeholder engagement in Abuja. The Nigerian Tobacco Control Alliance, with support from Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa, released…
The Mediterranean has claimed at least 22 more lives in a harrowing display of the risks facing those fleeing to Europe. Survivors of a rubber boat adrift for six days told Greek authorities that those who perished were thrown into the sea on the orders of a people smuggler. The vessel, which departed from Tobruk,…
The war in Lebanon has claimed its most high-profile media casualties to date. Three Lebanese journalists were killed on Saturday when Israeli missiles struck their clearly marked press vehicle on the Jezzine Road in southern Lebanon. The victims were identified as Fatima Ftouni and her brother Mohammed, both of Al Mayadeen, and Ali Shuaib, a…
Ebonyi State’s public health infrastructure has suffered a crippling blow. A massive fire gutted the central cold store of the State Ministry of Health in the early hours of Friday, incinerating hundreds of millions of naira worth of life-saving vaccines and medical equipment. The blaze occurred at Block 5, Centenary City in Abakaliki, destroying the…
Nigeria’s power crisis may finally be meeting its match in structural reform. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu promised “imminent improvements” in electricity supply on Friday night, directly addressing the public frustration over a string of national grid collapses. Speaking at the APC National Convention in Abuja, the President pivoted from apology to policy. He unveiled a…
The Nigerian Army has delivered a crushing blow to the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) in the Timbuktu Triangle. Troops of the Joint Task Force (JTF), Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), successfully repelled a massive assault on the Forward Operating Base (FOB) at Mandaragirau in Borno State. Lieutenant Colonel Sani Uba, the Media Information Officer…
Katsina is moving from the courtroom to the mediation table to end its cycle of rural violence. The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law (HiiL) unveiled new guidelines on Friday to resolve land disputes and the perennial farmer-herder conflicts plaguing the state. This initiative, launched at the Ministry of Justice in Katsina, forms part of…
The global appetite for Nigerian bank stocks is returning. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revealed that offshore sources provided 28% of the total funds raised in the ongoing bank recapitalisation exercise. Hakama Sidi-Ali, the CBN’s Acting Director of Corporate Communications, shared these figures on Friday at the Enugu International Trade Fair. She argued…
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 community in India is sounding the alarm over what they describe as a state-sponsored campaign of racial profiling and police violence. Reports from Mumbai, Delhi, and Rajasthan suggest that Nigerian students and businessmen are being systematically targeted for “visa regularisation” checks that often devolve into physical assault and arbitrary detention. The National Association…
