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Abuja, Nigeria — In a stormy emergency session marked by shouting matches, procedural ambushes and open defiance of the presiding officer, the Nigerian Senate on Tuesday dramatically reversed its earlier position on electronic transmission of election results, passing a revised clause that mandates electronic transmission from polling units, with safeguards for network failure.    The […]

Protesters on Monday converged on the entrance of the National Assembly in Abuja for the “Occupy National Assembly” protest. The protest is against the backdrop of the Senate’s position on the electronic transmission of election results. There was a heavy security presence at the scene, with personnel drawn from the Nigeria Police Force, the Nigerian […]

Nigeria’s effort to recover an estimated £50 million in legal costs arising from its landmark victory against Process & Industrial Developments Ltd (P&ID) has suffered a fresh setback, after the Court of Appeal in England and Wales rejected Abuja’s attempt to fast-track payment from third-party litigation funders. In a unanimous ruling delivered last Friday, the […]

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has arrived in Ankara on his first official state visit to the Republic of Türkiye, marking a major diplomatic push by his administration to strengthen Nigeria’s strategic, economic and security ties with the Eurasian power. Tinubu’s official aircraft, Nigeria Air Force One, touched down at Ankara Esenboğa Airport at 9:05 pm […]

Nigeria’s armed forces have been thrown into a fresh wave of internal tension after the military formally confirmed that several of the 16 detained officers were implicated in an alleged coup plot; an admission that has reignited volatile regional and religious fault lines between the country’s predominantly Muslim north and largely Christian south. For months, […]

The Nigerian Armed Forces has said some officers will be arraigned before a military judicial panel to face trial over an alleged plot to overthrow the government. In a statement by the Director, Major General, Samaila Uba, it said it is in accordance with the Armed Forces Act and other applicable service regulations. The statement […]

The United States has effectively secured the right to conduct counter terrorism strikes inside Nigeria under a rapidly expanding security framework that now includes more than $1.413 billion in military assistance, equipment, and operational support; a development that is reshaping debates over Nigerian sovereignty and the future of US-Nigeria relations. The shift comes as a […]

The family of former world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua has openly questioned the necessity of prosecuting the driver involved in the December 29, 2025 crash that killed two members of the boxer’s inner circle, even as a Sagamu Magistrate Court on Tuesday adjourned the case to February 25, 2026. The driver, Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode, […]

The Federal Government has filed a criminal charge against a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mike Ozekhome, over alleged forgery and use of false documents in a disputed property case in the United Kingdom.   Ozekome, 68, is being prosecuted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), a document obtained  revealed. […]

  Washington’s gaze has once again fixed itself on Nigeria; this time with an intensity that is unsettling officials in Abuja. Barely weeks after reported US airstrikes on Christmas Day against terrorist targets in northern Nigeria, the administration of President Donald Trump is signaling that America’s military footprint in Africa’s most populous country could expand […]