Customs Intercepts Cache of Rifle Parts, Cannabis Worth N373.8m at Lagos Port

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted a container carrying concealed components of pump-action rifles at the Tincan Island Port in Lagos, alongside cannabis-infused products with an estimated street value of N373.8 million, in what authorities described as a significant breakthrough in the fight against transnational smuggling and organised crime. Announcing the seizures during a... Read More

Africa News

August 7, 2026

Nigeria Rejoins World Energy Council, Targets Gas Growth, Energy Access, Investment

Nigeria has formally rejoined the World Energy Council (WEC), marking a significant milestone in the country’s efforts to strengthen energy security, expand access to electricity, accelerate gas development and attract investment to drive industrialisation and sustainable economic growth. The country’s return to the global energy body was marked by the inauguration of the World Energy... Read More

Africa News

August 7, 2026

PFIPC Probe: ICPC Uncovers Two More Fake Agencies Linked to Adeyemi

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has uncovered two additional fake government agencies allegedly operated by the self-styled Director-General of the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC), Adeniyi Matthew Adeyemi. ICPC Chairman, Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu (SAN), disclosed this on Thursday while briefing State House correspondents after submitting the commission’s interim... Read More

Africa News

August 7, 2026

Tinubu Receives Outgoing ECOWAS Commission President Omar Touray at State House

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday received the outgoing President of the ECOWAS Commission, Omar Touray, at the State House in Abuja. Photographs released by the State House media office showed Touray arriving at the Presidential Villa alongside the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Sola Enikanolaiye. Although details of the closed-door meeting were not immediately... Read More

Africa News

August 7, 2026

NLC, TUC Demand N500,000 Minimum Wage as Fresh Talks with FG Loom

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have called on the Federal Government to approve a new national minimum wage of N500,000, arguing that the current wage structure no longer reflects Nigeria’s economic realities. The demand was made on Thursday by the National Deputy President of the NLC and President of... Read More

Africa News

August 7, 2026

Senate Probes N1.16tn Fuel Subsidy, Threatens to Summon Auditor-General by Force

The Senate’s investigation into Nigeria’s oil and gas finances intensified on Thursday following revelations that the country spent N1.16 trillion on fuel subsidy in 2021, while lawmakers threatened to invoke the constitutional powers of the National Assembly to compel the Auditor-General of the Federation to appear before an ongoing probe. The disclosures emerged during a... Read More

Africa News

August 7, 2026

Tinubu Orders EFCC to Lift Freeze on Osun Accounts, Cites Electoral Fairness

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to immediately take steps to vacate a court order freezing the bank accounts of the Osun State Government, saying the timing of the action could undermine public confidence in the state’s forthcoming governorship election. The President said although he respects the independence... Read More

Africa News

August 7, 2026

Military Identifies Top ISIS, ISWAP Commanders in Lake Chad, Declares Most Wanted Leader

The military has identified several senior commanders of the Islamic State (ISIS) and the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) operating around the Lake Chad region in northern Borno State following the exploitation of intelligence recovered during a recent offensive operation. The Acting Military Information Officer, Headquarters Joint Task Force (North East), Operation Hadin Kai,... Read More

Africa News

August 7, 2026

NANS Dismisses Claims of Anti-North Agenda in Passport Reform, Backs FG’s Centralisation Drive

The Northern Caucus of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has dismissed allegations that the Federal Government’s ongoing passport centralisation programme is designed to marginalise Northern Nigeria, describing the claims as misinformation and propaganda. The association maintained that the reform is a nationwide initiative aimed at strengthening the security, integrity and efficiency of Nigeria’s... Read More

Africa News

August 6, 2026

Ododo, Okpebholo Rally Kogi, Edo Indigenes in Osun Behind APC Candidate

By Sam Biodun Ogundipe in london Kogi state governor Usman Ododo, and his Edo State counterpart Gov. Monday Okpebholo, on Wednesday led a massive mobilisation of Kogi indigenes and other non-indigenes resident in Osun State in support of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji (AMBO), ahead of the August... Read More

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Customs Intercepts Cache of Rifle Parts, Cannabis Worth N373.8m at Lagos Port

Nigeria Rejoins World Energy Council, Targets Gas Growth, Energy Access, Investment

PFIPC Probe: ICPC Uncovers Two More Fake Agencies Linked to Adeyemi

Tinubu Receives Outgoing ECOWAS Commission President Omar Touray at State House

NLC, TUC Demand N500,000 Minimum Wage as Fresh Talks with FG Loom

Senate Probes N1.16tn Fuel Subsidy, Threatens to Summon Auditor-General by Force

Tinubu Orders EFCC to Lift Freeze on Osun Accounts, Cites Electoral Fairness

Military Identifies Top ISIS, ISWAP Commanders in Lake Chad, Declares Most Wanted Leader

NANS Dismisses Claims of Anti-North Agenda in Passport Reform, Backs FG’s Centralisation Drive

Ododo, Okpebholo Rally Kogi, Edo Indigenes in Osun Behind APC Candidate

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