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President Bola Tinubu on Sunday received the Commander of the United States Africa Command (USAFRICOM), Gen. Dagvin Anderson, and his delegation at the State House, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting was attended by the National Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, and the Service Chiefs. Also present was the Charge d’Affaires of the U.S. …

The Senate will reconvene for an emergency plenary sitting on Tuesday, Feb. 10, at 12:00 in spite of having earlier adjourned sittings until February 24. The development was formally conveyed in an official notice dated Feb. 8, 2026, signed by the Clerk of the Senate, Emmanuel Odo, on the directive of the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio. The notice …

Abuja, Nigeria – The Nigeria Good Governance Research Centre (NGGRC) has added its voice to growing public calls for the retention of a mandatory real-time electronic transmission of election results in Nigeria’s Electoral Act. In a statement made available to journalists on Saturday February 7th, 2026, by its Chairman, who equally double as an international conflict resolution expert, Comrade Igbotako …

Members of the family of late Vera Uwaila Omozuwa, a 22-year-old Microbiology undergraduate of the University of Benin, are demanding justice for their daughter, nearly six years after she was raped and murdered inside a church in Benin City, Edo State of Nigeria. Omozuwa was attacked on May 27, 2020, when she went to the Redeemed Christian Church of God …

  Ajaokuta Steel Coy technology not obsolete, ‘ll last 100 years — Abdul-Akaba A former senior United Nations official and development economist, Professor Banji Oyeyinka-Oyelaran, has described the collapse of the Ajaokuta Steel project as a decisive turning point in Nigeria’s industrial decline, highlighting deep failures in policy consistency, institutional capacity and long-term national planning. He made this known yesterday, …

  A community leader, quoted on condition of anonymity for security reasons, reportedly confirmed that the most recent attack occurred on Tuesday night at about 9pm. Gunmen suspected to be bandits have reportedly abducted the Chief Imam of the Janjala Central Mosque, Malam Bello Abdullahi, and the Fulani leader of the area, Alhaji Shehu Bello, alongside a woman, during coordinated …

  The Anwase market attack came two days after the one on Abande community, also in Kwande LGA, where at least five people, including a mobile police officer, were killed on Tuesday. Suspected terrorists have returned to Kwande Local Government Area of Benue State, killing at least 13 people. The attack on Anwase Market in Mbaikyor ward came barely days …

Residents of Woro community in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara did not go to sleep last Tuesday night knowing that they would wake up to mass graves. At dusk, the village was still alive with familiar routines — farmers returning from their fields, shop owners exchanging banter, families preparing evening meals. By dawn, Woro had been reduced to ashes, …

  The concerns were raised on Wednesday during a joint hearing of the House Subcommittee on Africa and the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, titled ‘Defending Religious Freedom Around the World.’ A United States congressional hearing on global religious freedom has criticised the Federal Government’s reported $9million lobbying contract in Washington, with lawmakers warning that the deal appeared to be …

The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) has expressed strong support for the real-time electronic transmission of election results ahead of the 2027 General Elections. The NSE President,Ali Rabiu, made this known while reacting to Senate’s rejection of the proposal of real-time electronic transmission of election results from polling units to INEC’s IReV portal mandatory. According to Rabiu, electronic transmission of …