NEWS UPDATES

The Nigerian Army has reported a “minor explosion” within its Ikeja cantonment, Lagos State on Monday. A statement by the Director Army Public Relations, Major General, Onyema Nwachukwu, said the incident which occurred on a farmland near the Mammy Market, within the cantonment…

National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has announced the fees that Nigerians are required to pay to modify the data on their National Identification Number (NIN). Accordingly Nigerians are now required to pay as much as N16,000 to correct their date of birth on…

In his Easter message on Sunday, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, expressed concerns over the Nigerian government’s approach to combating terrorism and banditry. Kukah warned against the recruitment of vigilantes, hunters, and untrained individuals, emphasizing that such a strategy could…

SOCIO-ECONOMIC Rights Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to intervene in the intimidation of a journalist and founder of the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ) Fisayo Soyombo, by the Nigerian Police Force (NPF). In a statement via the organisation’s official X…

President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has proposed that Nigeria should be renamed the “United States of Nigeria.” He said this in a statement issued on Saturday by his Special Adviser on Industrialisation, Prof. Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka. Adesina, who was awarded…

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has issued a one week ultimatum to Nigeria’s 36 state governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Mr Nyesom Wike to account for loan agreements and spending details of some N5.9 trillion…

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has ratified the impeachment of the former chairman of the Lagos State Football Association (LSFA), Fouad Oki, according to www.sportsunlimited.ng In a letter dated March 26 and addressed to the Secretary of the Lagos FA, and signed by…

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says it has successfully restored the national grid following a system disturbance at 4:28 p.m. on Thursday. In a statement on Friday evening, the TCN said full recovery was achieved by 10:00 p.m. that same day. The TCN…

The management of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has with immediate effect, closed down KFC facility at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. A statement by Mrs. Obiageli Orah, Director, Pub­lic Affairs and Consumer Protection, FAAN, said that this was…

The military has released 230 suspected Boko Haram terrorists made up of two hundred and nineteen males and eleven females after profiling them. A source within the military says the suspects were cleared after it was established that they are not terrorists but…