Nigeria

FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has said contractors handling between eight and 10 major infrastructure projects in the Federal Capital Territory must complete them before December for inauguration by President Bola Tinubu.Wike gave the directive on Monday in Abuja after inspecting the ongoing Apo-Karshi and Bwari-Kubwa road projects, saying the administration remained committed to delivering key infrastructure promised to residents.He recalled that Tinubu had already inaugurated 31 completed and newly executed…

Nigeria and several other African countries could face severe economic disruption, worsening food insecurity and mass displacement as the anticipated "super" El Niño weather phenomenon threatens to inflict between $10bn and $20bn in economic losses across the continent, according to the African Development Bank (AfDB).The warning was issued by the AfDB's Director for Climate Change and Green Growth, Anthony Nyong, who said the extreme weather event could reduce the gross domestic product (GDP) of heavily affected…

A Federal High Court in Lagos has sentenced a fugitive drug kingpin, Ntoruka Emmanuel Chinedu, and a former international footballer, Segun George Hunkarin, to a combined 24 years imprisonment for importing cocaine into Nigeria.Justice Musa Kakaki delivered the judgment On Monday after finding the two men guilty of offences bordering on the unlawful importation of cocaine, following their prosecution by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).Chinedu received a 20-year jail term without the option of a fine…

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a fleeing trailer driver and four other suspects over the alleged theft and dismantling of a stolen trailer in what investigators described as a suspected "trailer-dismantling syndicate."The Command's spokesperson, DSP Oluseyi B. Babaseyi, disclosed this in a statement on Monday, saying detectives from the Ifo Divisional Headquarters made the arrests after an intelligence-led investigation.Babaseyi said the case began after the trailer owner reported that his driver,…

Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have arrested four suspected members of a phone-theft syndicate accused of stealing brand-new Android phones from shops in Asaba and recovered nine stolen devices during the operation.The suspects, identified as Johna Omarocha, Kelvin Onogho, Nkechi Nnaji and Ufuoma Joshua, were arrested on July 25, 2026, at their hideout along St. Brigid's Road in Asaba after police acted on intelligence and technical surveillance.The arrests followed a string of complaints from shop…

The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria(SMEDAN) has urged participants in the Abuja Centre for Entrepreneurship (ACE) Project's Training of Trainers programme to become catalysts for producing a new generation of innovative, technology-driven and globally competitive Nigerian entrepreneurs.The charge was delivered by a Director, Mr. Onesi Lawani, who represented the Director General and Chief Executive Officer of SMEDAN, Mr. Charles Odii, at the opening of the two-week intensive training programme…

The Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure has ruled that the Ondo State Security Network Agency, popularly known as Amotekun Corps, lacks the legal authority to unilaterally declare any Nigerian citizen wanted, setting aside the wanted declaration issued against three of its suspended officers.The judgment, delivered on Monday by the Chief Judge of Ondo State, Justice A.O. Odusola, was in consolidated fundamental rights enforcement suits filed by the affected officers – Abu Taiwo, Pius Akinsipe Temitope Victor and…

A coalition, the Women in Leadership (WIL) Coalition, has urged the Presidency to champion reforms that will guarantee at least 35 per cent representation for women in public and corporate leadership.The group also appealed to thePresidency to introduce stronger parental leave policies to boost women's participation in Nigeria's workforce.The coalition made the call during a strategic advocacy visit to Hadiza Bala Usman, the Special Adviser to the President on Policy Coordination.It stated that family-friendly…

Law officers in the Kwara State Ministry of Justice have commenced an indefinite strike over the alleged failure of the state government to pay outstanding statutory allowances and implement long-promised salary harmonisation with magistrates in the state's judiciary.The industrial action, which took effect on Monday, was announced by the Law Officers Association of Nigeria (LOAN), Kwara State Chapter, after the expiration of a seven-day ultimatum issued to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq's administration.In a…

The alleged sexual assault of a woman accused of being part of a “one chance” robbery syndicate has triggered fresh calls for an end to mob justice and the unlawful punishment of criminal suspects in Rivers State.Human rights activist and National Coordinator of the Centre for Basic Rights Protection and Accountability Campaign, Prince Wiro, has condemned the alleged rape and public humiliation of the woman, insisting that those captured in a viral video assaulting her must be identified, arrested and prosecuted.The…