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Power Supply: Akwa Ibom electricity regulator sets deadline for PHED

Nigeria, Aug. 21 -- The Akwa Ibom State Electricity Regulatory Commission (AKSERC) has clarified that Wednesday's transfer of electricity market oversight from the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Comm... Read More


Ebola: DRC gets 70,000 Ervebo vaccine doses as Bundibugyo outbreak worsens

Nigeria, Aug. 21 -- The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has received an initial allocation of 70,000 doses of the Ervebo Ebola vaccine to support the response to the ongoing Bundibugyo virus di... Read More


EFCC arraigns two for supply of FCMB access credentials

Nigeria, Aug. 21 -- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday arraigned two men before the Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly supplying access credentials to First City M... Read More


Rivers ADC member alleges Wike's group burnt family residence

Nigeria, Aug. 21 -- A member of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Rivers State, Isaiah Thomas, has accused members of the Rainbow Coalition, a political group led by FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, o... Read More


Anambra police chief summons area commander, DPOs over Onitsha shooting

Nigeria, Aug. 21 -- The Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, Nnanna Ama, has summoned the area commander and all divisional police officers (DPOs) serving within Onitsha to his office for a "high-... Read More


Cameroon's President Biya returns home after months-long absence

Nigeria, Aug. 21 -- President Paul Biya has returned to Cameroon after spending two months in Switzerland, his longest recorded stay outside the country since taking power four decades ago. Mr Biya a... Read More


State Police: Presidential panel reviews public submissions as bill drafting begins

Nigeria, Aug. 21 -- The Presidential Working Group on the National Policing Bill said it has started reviewing memoranda and position papers submitted by Nigerians as part of the plan to incorporate p... Read More


FEC approves N540bn to upgrade National Hospital, build cancer centre

Nigeria, Aug. 21 -- The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved projects worth about N540 billion to upgrade the National Hospital, Abuja, to a quaternary healthcare institution and to build a ne... Read More


BUK student, another person arraigned over social media posts about EFCC, amid concerns

Nigeria, Aug. 21 -- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arraigned a final-year student of Bayero University, Kano (BUK), Maryam Isah Shehu, before the Federal High Court in... Read More


APC accuses Atiku of desperation over pledge to restore fuel subsidy

Nigeria, Aug. 21 -- The All Progressives Congress (APC) has criticised former Vice President Atiku Abubakar over his pledge to restore fuel subsidy if elected president in 2027, accusing him of abando... Read More