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UPDATED: Reps pass bill for establishment of state police

Nigeria, June 11 -- The House of Representatives has passed for further legislative action a bill seeking the establishment of state police, following a decisive voice vote during Thursday's plenary. ... Read More


BREAKING: Reps pass bill for establishment of state police

Nigeria, June 11 -- The House of Representatives has passed for further legislative action a bill seeking the establishment of state police, following a decisive voice vote during Thursday's plenary. ... Read More


2027: Sanwo-Olu presents Hamzat, Sonayon-James as APC's Lagos governorship ticket

Nigeria, June 11 -- Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday publicly presented Deputy Governor Obafemi Hamzat and Damilola Sonayon-James as the governorship and deputy governorship candida... Read More


Reps announce minority leadership, name Bayelsa lawmaker as leader

Nigeria, June 11 -- The House of Representatives has announced its minority leadership positions, ending a week-long controversy surrounding the nomination of principal officers for the opposition cau... Read More


House of Reps votes on State Police bill (LIVE UPDATES)

Nigeria, June 11 -- The House of Representatives will vote today on the proposed creation of state police. The bill on state police is one of the constitutional amendment bills currently under consid... Read More


FG secures agreement for transfer of Nigerian prisoners in Ethiopia

Nigeria, June 11 -- The Nigerian government has signed a deal with Ethiopia that would allow the transfer of over 100 Nigerians serving jail sentences in Ethiopia to facilities in Nigeria. The Minist... Read More


Keyamo flags Delta roadway aircraft landing as security breach, vows sanctions

Nigeria, June 11 -- The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has described the controversial landing and subsequent departure of a private aircraft from a roadway near Asaba,... Read More


How ex-minister Hadi Sirika disguised Ethiopian Airlines aircraft as Nigeria Air's - Witness

Nigeria, June 11 -- An Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) investigator on Wednesday told an FCT High Court in Abuja how former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, allegedly disguised an Et... Read More


First batch of Nigerians evacuated from South Africa arrives in Lagos

Nigeria, June 11 -- The first group of Nigerians evacuated from South Africa has arrived in Lagos, following weeks of rising xenophobic attacks that triggered a government-coordinated repatriation exe... Read More


Nigeria postpones global ministerial conference on antimicrobial resistance

Nigeria, June 11 -- The federal government has postponed the Fifth Global High-Level Ministerial Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), which was scheduled to hold in Abuja from 28 to 30 June. ... Read More