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A group, Society for Journalism Enhancement Initiative, has urged African governments to stop justifying restrictions on the media in the name of national security. The Convener of the group, Dr Gbemiga Bamidele, gave the advice on Saturday while speaking on the 2026 World Press Freedom Day. The theme of the with the theme, “Shaping a Future of Peace: Promoting Press …

Rep. Leke Abejide (ADC-Kogi) has announced his resignation from African Democratic Congress (ADC), citing the leadership crisis in the party as reason for his actions. Abejide, while addressing newsmen in Abuja on Friday, said that the decision to leave ADC was painful but necessary to advance his political career and attract more dividends of democracy to his constituents. The lawmaker, …

The interruption to supplies of fertiliser and its key ingredients due to the war in Iran could cost up to ten billion meals a week globally and will hit poorest countries hardest, according to the boss of one of the world’s biggest fertiliser producers. Svein Tore Holsether, chief executive of Yara, told the BBC that hostilities in the Gulf, which …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee (NWC) has extended the sales of the party’s Expression of Interest and Nomination forms to aspirants from May 2 to May 4. The party’s Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Mr Durosinmi Meseko, who announced this while speaking with newsmen at the national secretariat on Thursday in Abuja, said the decision was taken at …

The House of Representatives has directed 11 electricity distribution companies to refund ₦55.42 billion obtained under the National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP). Lawmakers on Thursday adopted a committee report giving the DISCOs a seven-month deadline to repay the loan to the Central Bank of Nigeria. Presenting the report, Chairman Uchenna Okonkwo said the probe followed the committee’s mandate and found …

The Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, has warned that the era of recklessness and impunity in the Force is over nationwide. Disu spoke during the passing-out of 1,068 retrained constables at Police Mobile Force Base 26, Uyo, on Thursday. He said, “An unskilled officer with a gun is a danger, while a skilled, disciplined officer is a true guardian of …

The National Data Protection Commission (NDPC) says it recorded over 1,500 cyberattack attempts within a short period. The National Commissioner of NDPC, Dr Vincent Olatunji, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sidelines of a data protection training programme in Lagos. Olatunji said the situation forced a temporary shutdown of the commission’s network, …

The Sen. Adolphus Wabara-led Board of Trustees (BoT) of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it has assumed leadership of the party, following Thursday’s judgment by the Supreme Court. The BoT, in statement on Thursday in Abuja, said that the constitutional intervention by the BoT was to avert leadership vacuum at the national level of the party, following the apex court …

Despite this, FIWON said they remain largely excluded from essential social protection systems, with existing programmes described as ineffective and inaccessible. The Federation of Informal Workers Organisations of Nigeria (FIWON) has demanded an urgent overhaul of Nigeria’s social security architecture, calling for a 50:50 pension co-contribution model to save the over 93% of the nation’s workforce currently “abandoned” by the …

President Donald Trump’s maritime blockade is the latest attempt to test a thus far unproven theory of the Iran war — that superior US might will inevitably break the Islamic Republic. The strategy is based on a simple premise: The strangulation of Iran’s oil exports and the imports that sustain regular life there will trigger societal collapse. This will build …