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Nigerian government sets digitisation as core of 2026 cooperative reform

Nigeria, Nov. 25 -- The federal government has announced that digitisation will serve as a central pillar of Nigeria's proposed 2026 Cooperative Reform Programme. The policy direction was reaffirmed ... Read More


IGP visits Kebbi as outrage grows over schoolgirls' abduction, alleged security lapses

Nigeria, Nov. 25 -- Inspector-General of Police Kayode Egbetokun has arrived in Kebbi State amid mounting public anger and government pressure over the abduction of 25 students from Government Girls' ... Read More


Insecurity: Akpabio unveils Nigeria's five-year plan for countering terrorism

Nigeria, Nov. 25 -- Nigeria's Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Monday unveiled the country's new strategic framework for combating terrorism, a five-year plan expected to run from 2025 to 2030. ... Read More


South-east lawmakers ask Tinubu to grant political, humanitarian pardon to Nnamdi Kanu

Nigeria, Nov. 25 -- The South-east Caucus of the House of Representatives has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to exercise presidential powers of pardon in the case of Nnamdi Kanu, describing the mat... Read More


SPECIAL REPORT: Persons with disabilities suffer exclusion from healthcare in Kano communities

Nigeria, Nov. 25 -- Sixteen-year-old Rabi Saleh has never set foot inside a hospital. Born with multiple disabilities and unable to walk or speak, her mother, Binta, relies on traditional herbs to man... Read More


South-west Governors renew demand for state police, unveil new security architecture

Nigeria, Nov. 25 -- Governors of the South-west states have renewed their call for state police, insisting that the worsening insecurity across the region has made the reform an urgent necessity. Mee... Read More


Insecurity: Lawmaker seeks shutdown of parliament, says "Nigeria is running in blood and tears"

Nigeria, Nov. 25 -- A member of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Doguwa, has asked the lower chamber to declare a "legislative emergency," noting that Nigeria's security situation has deteriorat... Read More


Senate suspends plenary in honour of late senator

Nigeria, Nov. 25 -- The Senate on Tuesday suspended its plenary in honour of the late Enugu North Senator, Okey Ezea. Mr Ezea, a member of the Labour Party (LP), died last Tuesday n a private hospita... Read More


Bride allegedly stabs groom to death three days after wedding

Nigeria, Nov. 25 -- A man identified as Abubakar Abdulkarim, popularly known as Dan Gaske, has been allegedly stabbed to death by his wife just three days after their wedding in Jibia, Katsina State. ... Read More


Tinubu seeks to strengthen legal practice regulation, transmits bill to NASS

Nigeria, Nov. 25 -- President Bola Tinubu has transmitted an executive bill to the Senate seeking the repeal of the Legal Practitioners Act, 2004, and its reenactment with a new regulatory framework f... Read More