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Lagos shuts Oshodi market after traders allegedly attack sanitation officials

Nigeria, June 24 -- The Lagos State Government has shut down the Oshodi Resettlement Market after traders allegedly attacked officials of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC), popul... Read More


Tinubu urges African countries to end raw mineral exports, deepen value addition

Nigeria, June 24 -- President Bola Tinubu has called on African countries to work together to end the exploitation of the continent's mineral resources and ensure greater value is derived from them th... Read More


#EndBadGovernance movement, Obi, SERAP condemn Sowore's detention, allege political trial

Nigeria, June 24 -- The order of detention of activist and publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, at the Kuje Correctional Centre has drawn fresh criticism from civil society groups and politi... Read More


Global rights group raise alarm over alleged intimidation of SERAP amid suits

Nigeria, June 24 -- A global rights group, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OPHRD), has raised concerns over what it described as a pattern of intimidation and judicial ha... Read More


Lagos police confirm probe into live ammunition-bearing parcel sent to First Bank MD

Nigeria, June 24 -- The Lagos State Police Command says it is investigating a case in which the Managing Director of First Bank of Nigeria, Oluwasegun Alebiosu, received a parcel containing live ammun... Read More


Lawyer sues federal govt over 'oppressive' military checkpoints in South-east

Nigeria, June 24 -- A lawyer, Chinedu Agbodike, has sued Nigerian authorities over alleged "oppressive and excessive" military checkpoints in the Nigeria's South-east. Mr Agbodike filed the lawsuit a... Read More


CSO raises concerns over executive powers, transparency gaps in Akwa Ibom fiscal bill

Nigeria, June 24 -- A civil society organisation, Policy Alert, has called on the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly to amend key provisions of the proposed fiscal responsibility bill, warning that som... Read More


Polytechnic in bold climate action, allocates 2 hectares for a million trees

Nigeria, June 24 -- Federal Polytechnic Orogun in Delta State has joined the "A Million Tree Project," a climate action initiative led by the Community Development Advocacy Foundation (CODAF) and its ... Read More


EXCLUSIVE: Despite denial, document confirms Uche Nnaji ignored multiple ICPC invitations over forgery

Nigeria, June 24 -- A former Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, ignored multiple invitations extended to him by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Co... Read More


NAHCON concludes 2026 Hajj returnee airlift, begins Hajj 2027 preparations

Nigeria, June 24 -- The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has officially concluded the return airlift phase of the 2026 Hajj exercise, marking the successful completion of one of the countr... Read More