Nigerian govt declares Monday, Tuesday as public holidays

Nigerian government has declared Monday, March 31 and Tuesday, April 1 as public holidays to mark this year’s Muslims Eid-el-Fitr celebration. Nigeria’s Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, disclosed this in a statement released on Wednesday, March 26, by the Ministry’s permanent secretary, Magdalene Ajani. The Minister congratulated all Muslims for the successful completion of the […]

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Nigerian govt demands investigation into Nigerian footballer Abubakar Lawal’s death in Uganda

Nigerian government has demanded a full autopsy and thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding the mysterious de@th of Nigerian footballer, Abubakar Lawal in Uganda. In a press release signed by Abdur-Rahman Balogun, the Director of Media, Public Relations, and Protocols Unit at the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), on Tuesday, the Chairman/CEO of NiDCOM, Hon. […]

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Nigerian govt installs new passport printers at Nigeria’s New York, Atlanta consulates

Nigerian government has resolved the passport printer crisis at Nigeria’s consulates in New York and Atlanta, United States. Guided by the directives given by Nigerian Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, in January 2025, the Nigeria Immigration Service delivered and installed new passport printers at both consulates on Tuesday The move follows recent calls from Nigerians […]

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Nigerian govt takes full ownership of Keystone Bank

Keystone Bank has confirmed that it is now fully owned by the Federal Government of Nigeria, stating that the takeover will enhance its stability and facilitate a smooth recapitalisation process. It was among the three banks whose boards and management were dissolved by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on 10th January 2024, leading to […]

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Nigerian govt donates money to the family of Nigeria’s flag designer, Taiwo Akinkunmi

Nigerian Government has donated the sum of N30 million to the family of renowned National Flag designer, late Pa Taiwo Akinkunmi, almost two years after his death. Director General of the National Orientation Agency, Lanre Issa-Onilu, accompanied by the Oyo State Director of the agency, Olukemi Afolayan, made the official presentation of the cheque on […]

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Nigerian govt gearing up for US impending deportation of 3,690 Nigerians

Nigerian government has assured Nigerians that it is prepared to receive its citizens who may be deported from the United States following President Donald Trump’s intensified crackdown on illegal immigrants. United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), has reported that a total of 3,690 Nigerians are among those listed for deportation. The document, titled: “Noncitizens […]

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Nigerian govt approves establishment of Bola Ahmed Tinubu Polytechnic, Abuja

Nigerian government has given approval to the creation of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Federal Polytechnic in Gwarinpa, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria, in line with its national policy to promote technological, vocational, and entrepreneurial education. A letter from the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, dated January 9, 2025, and addressed to the Minister of […]

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EFCC gets largest asset recovery as ex-govt official forfeits 753 Abuja duplexes to Nigerian govt (Photos)

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has disclosed the recovery of an estate in the Lokogoma District of Abuja, Nigeria, measuring 150,500 square metres and containing 753 units of duplexes and other apartments. EFCC described this as its “single largest asset recovery” since its inception in 2003. In a ruling on Monday, December 2, […]

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Nigerian govt slams 10-count charge against #EndBadGovernance protesters

Nigerian government, on Friday, arraigned 76 persons, mainly underage children detained over involvement in the August nationwide #EndBadGovernance protest, before Justice Obiora Egwuatu of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Nigeria. The suspects are facing a ten-count charge bordering on alleged treason, and conspiracy to commit felony with intent to destabilize Nigeria, which is […]

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Ex-senator Dino Melaye wins six-year legal battle against Nigerian govt, IGP

Former Nigerian Senator who represented the Kogi West Senatorial District, Dino Melaye has been acquitted in the twelfth and final case against him by the Federal Government of Nigeria. This lengthy legal battle began six years ago, in February 2018 when Melaye faced accusations of falsely implicating Edward Onoja, the then-chief of Staff, to Kogi State […]

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Some of the people in Nigerian govt today should be permanently behind bars ―Obasanjo

Former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has called for the imprisonment of corrupt politicians in Nigeria, stating that “thieves cannot provide just governance.” The Nigerian statesman made this demand while speaking virtually at the memorial lecture for Denis Joseph Slattery, a late cleric, in Lagos. In his speech, titled: “The Imperative for Moral Rectitude in […]

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Nigerian govt regulates minimum age for students to write WASSCE, NECO exams

The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has condemned the Federal Government’s decision to ban under-18 candidates from sitting for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and the National Examination Council (NECO), even as the Academic Staff Union of Universities backed the policy. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, announced on Channels Television’s […]

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Nigerian govt names recognised Universities in Togo, Benin Republic (Full list)

Nigerian Government has stated that only eight universities have been accredited to award valid degrees to Nigerians in both Togo and Benin Republic. Nigeria’s Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, made this known on Sunday night while speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics programme. Mamman said the revelation was part of a report submitted to the […]

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Nigerian govt increases Nigerian Passport fees

Nigerian Government has approved an upward review of the fees for the Passport effective from 1st September, 2024. In a statement released on Wednesday night, August 21, the Nigeria Immigration Service says based on the review, a 32-page Passport booklet with 5 year validity previously charged at Thirty-five Thousand Naira (N35,000.00) will now be Fifty […]

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Nigerian govt blocks N83bn protest funds, arrests political collaborators ―NSA

The Federal Government has traced at least N83 billion in cryptocurrency and fiat money channelled towards the recent nationwide protests, according to Punch. They include $50m of cryptocurrency — $38m of which were blocked in four cryptocurrency wallets — and N4bn contributed by various political actors in Abuja, Kano, Kaduna and Katsina. This was part […]

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Nigerian govt buys a $150million Presidential Jet, ready for delivery ―Omoyele Sowore alleges

Publisher of Sahara Reporters, activist and Nigerian politician, Omoyele Sowore, has alleged that the Nigerian government has purchased an Airbus A330 Presidential Jet worth $150 million. According to him, the jet, an A330-200 initially christened VP-CAC was registered as 5N-FGA. He shared a photo of the said jet on his Instagram page, yelesho and wrote: […]

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#EndSARS protests: ECOWAS Court finds Nigerian Govt guilty of human rights abuses

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice has found the Nigerian government guilty of human rights abuses in its handling of the #EndSARS protests in October 2020. In a ruling on Wednesday, July 10, the court determined that the Nigerian government’s actions, particularly the excessive use of force at the Lekki Toll […]

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IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu seeks negotiation with Nigerian govt

Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has told the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Nigeria, that he will, under section 17 of the Federal High Court Act, seek negotiations with the Nigerian Government. Section 17 of the Federal High Court Act states; “In any Proceeding In the court, the court […]

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Nigerian govt sues governors, seeks LG full autonomy at the supreme court

Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi SAN, has filed a suit with number SC/CV/343/2024, on behalf of the Federal Government, at the Nigerian supreme Court, against the 36 state governors in the country while seeking full autonomy for local governments. The AGF, in the suit, urged the apex court to issue […]

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Nigerian govt suspends transfer of electricity oversight to states

Nigerian Minister of power, Adebayo Adelabu has announced the suspension of transfer of regulatory authority to state governments. Speaking at the 8th edition of the Africa Energy Market Place (AEMP) conference in Abuja on Friday, May 17, Adelabu said the decision was taken because state governments and stakeholders in the power sector need to properly […]

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