The Lagos State Government has warned residents to prepare for more heavy rainfall and possible flash floods in the coming weeks, urging people living in flood-prone communities to relocate to safer areas as authorities intensify efforts to reduce the impact…

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday flagged off the construction of the fourth Legacy Project under his administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda and approved the immediate release of N111bn for the commencement of the 700-kilometre Akwanga-Jos-Bauchi-Gombe-Biu-Maiduguri Superhighway. The approval was announced by…

Four civil society organisations have filed legal action against French energy giant TotalEnergies, seeking access to documents relating to the company’s planned divestment from its onshore oil interests in Nigeria’s Niger Delta. The organisations, including Friends of the Earth France,…

Five Nigerians rescued from detention at MACA Prison in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, have been received by the Federal Government following months of diplomatic efforts. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, alongside the Director-General of the National Orientation Agency,…

Four civil society organisations have filed legal action against French energy giant TotalEnergies, seeking access to documents relating to the company’s planned divestment from its onshore oil interests in Nigeria’s Niger Delta. The organisations, including Friends of the Earth France,…

The Federal Government on Wednesday urged Nigerians to begin immediate preparations for possible flooding as the rainy season intensifies, warning that climate change has significantly altered the country’s rainfall patterns and heightened flood risks across several states. The call was…

The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) in Oyo State on Wednesday suspended its month-long strike following approval from the union’s national leadership, paving the way for the reopening of public primary and secondary schools across the state. Oyo State NUT…

The Nigeria Customs Service, on Wednesday, handed over nine containers of seized hard drugs, expired, fake and prohibited pharmaceutical products with a duty-paid value of N53.391 billion to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency and the National Agency for Food…

The Africans for Africa (AFA) Initiative has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Tanzania-based KNY Chemicals to promote responsible, sustainable, and commercially viable management of mining tailings across Africa. The agreement, signed shortly after the fifth African Natural Resources…

Kebbi State Commissioner for Information and Culture, Alhaji Yakubu Ahmed, has dismissed reports of the emergence of a new insurgent group in the state known as “Sai Malam.” Ahmed stated this while leading a high-level media delegation on a courtesy…

The Nigerian Army has declared 104 soldiers attached to the 162 Amphibious Battalion along the Mandara–Buratai Road in Borno State as deserters after they went missing with their service rifles following a deadly terror attack on their base early June.…

A cholera outbreak in Sudan has killed 120 people, with another 1,102 suspected cases since May in isolated war zones, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. More than three years of war between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support…

The Plateau State Peace Committee has formally adopted the report of a subcommittee chaired by former Governor Joshua Dariye as the framework for addressing the state’s persistent security challenges and advancing reconciliation, the state government announced on Wednesday. The Commissioner…

Former Nollywood actress and United States Navy officer Grace-Charis Bassey Effah has announced her engagement to her partner. Bassey shared the news in a Facebook post on Tuesday, accompanied by photos of herself and her fiancé. Although she did not…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has overturned the results of some of its National Assembly primaries in Benue State, replacing former Governor Gabriel Suswam and several other candidates with new nominees. The party said the development followed the recommendations of…