Police Pay ₦2.3bn Benefits to Families of 2,971 Fallen Officers
By Oluwakemi Kindness The Nigeria Police Force has paid ₦2.3 billion in insurance and welfare benefits to 2,971 beneficiaries and next-of-kin of officers who died in service. Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Disu, presented the cheques on Thursday in Abuja. The total payout stands at ₦2,317,177,094 and covers insurance policy years from 2017/2018 to 2024/2025. […]
Stakeholders Demand Details of JBS $2.5bn Nigeria Deal
By Oluwakemi Kindness Stakeholders are asking the Federal Government to disclose the details of its agreement with Brazilian meat-processing giant JBS over the company’s proposed $2.5 billion investment in Nigeria. They made the demand in Abuja on Thursday during a march for food sovereignty and ecological justice, calling for greater scrutiny of the proposed investment. […]
Nigeria Win Record 35 Medals At Africa Zone 2 Championships
By Arinzechi Chukwunonso Nigeria’s swimming team has won a record 35 medals at the Africa Zone 2 Swimming Championships in Dakar, Senegal. The combined junior and senior teams claimed 17 gold, 14 silver and four bronze medals, giving Nigeria its biggest medal haul at the competition in more than a decade. The Nigeria Aquatics Federation, […]
Nigeria Reach U19 Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier Final
By Arinzechi Chukwunonso Nigeria’s Junior Female YellowGreens have reached the final of the ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier Division One in Tanzania after a nine-wicket win over Rwanda. The victory at the TCA Cricket Arena was Nigeria’s fourth consecutive win in four matches, keeping the team unbeaten in the competition. Rwanda were […]
NILDS Decries Youth Marginalisation In Nigeria’s Politics
By Chinedu Echianu The National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies, NILDS, has decried the marginalisation of young Nigerians in the country’s political processes, saying youths are often relegated to tools for electoral manipulation and violence. Director-General of NILDS, Professor Abubakar Sulaiman, stated this at the 2026 State of the Nigerian Youth Dialogue held at […]
New York Restricts AI Use In Public Schools For One Year
By Sofiat Adenekan-Abdul New York City NYC, has imposed a one-year restriction on students’ use of artificial intelligence in public schools, affecting nearly 600,000 pupils through eighth grade. The policy, announced by Mayor of New York City Zohran Mamdani, limits AI use among younger students, while allowing high school students to participate in selected pilot […]
Uber Ends Operations In Nigeria After 12 Years
By Chinedu Echianu Ride-hailing company Uber has ended its operations in Nigeria and Uganda, withdrawing its services from the two countries after 12 years in the Nigerian market. Uber said the decision followed a review of its business but stressed that the withdrawal would not affect its operations in other African countries. The company launched […]
NILDS DG Sulaiman Pledges Half of His Salary to Mosque
By Sulyman Gobir The Director General of the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies, NILDS, Professor Abubakar Sulaiman, has pledged half of his monthly salary for six months towards the construction of a new mosque at the Institute. Professor Sulaiman made the pledge in Abuja during the groundbreaking ceremony for the mosque, which members […]
2027 Polls: Police, NAF Strengthen Joint Security Strategy
By Oluwakemi Kindness The Nigeria Police Force and the Nigerian Air Force are strengthening joint security planning ahead of the 2027 general elections and other major national events. Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, and the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal S.K. Aneke, discussed the plan on Wednesday during Aneke’s visit to the Force […]
Reps: PFIPC Was Never Legally Established by Government
By Oluwakemi Kindness The House of Representatives says the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) was never legally established by the Nigerian government. An Ad Hoc Committee investigating the organisation in it prelimentary report on Wednsday said it uncovered substantial evidence of forged, altered and misleading documents allegedly used to make PFIPC appear to […]