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A new governance performance review has ranked Zamfara, Kwara, and Benue as the worst-performing states in Nigeria between 2023 and 2025. The ranking was contained in a midterm report released on Monday in London by the Good Governance Rating Index (GGRI), a UK-based organisation that tracks and evaluates leadership quality,...

Pressure is growing on anti-graft agencies to investigate Engr. Sulaiman Bolakale Kawu Agaka, a former executive director of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), over allegations that more than N12 billion in COVID-19 intervention funds meant for rural electrification projects were diverted under his watch. The call came in a statement...

The Deputy Spokesperson of the House of Representatives, Hon. Philip Agbese, has said that the ongoing reforms in Nigeria’s telecommunications sector under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu are so fundamental that they alone could secure the president a second term in office. Speaking to journalists in Abuja on Saturday, Agbese argued...

The Arewa Youth Network for Peace (AYNP) has described Zamfara State Governor Dauda Lawal as an utterly ineffective leader whose tenure has plunged the state into a cesspool of insecurity, illegal mining, and governance collapse. In a statement issued in Kaduna on Tuesday, the group accused Lawal of squandering Zamfara’s...

…say parties must respect the rule of law A coalition of civil society organisations has applauded the ruling of the National Industrial Court in Abuja halting the planned strike by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) against the Dangote Refinery. The group, operating under the...

*Calls for Thorough, Forensic Investigation into Her Death The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), FCT Council, is deeply saddened by the tragic and untimely death of Arise Television news anchor, Somtochukwu Christelle Maduagwu, who passed away on Monday, September 29, 2025, following a violent armed robbery attack at her residence...

The National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) is gearing up for its highly anticipated National Elective Congress, scheduled to take place from October 5-8, 2025, in Abuja. In a significant step towards promoting peaceful coexistence and harmonious competition, five presidential aspirants of the NYCN have signed a peace accord. Prince...

Concerns over Isa Yuguda’s Move to Block Enquiry Into Academic Record of Prof. Godwin Akper, a Controversial Contestant for VC Office at NOUN In the count-down to the appointment of a new Vice chancellor for the National Open University of Nigeria, (NOUN), the process has kicked off with a formal...

The Northern Intelligentsia Network has threatened to drag Zamfara State governor, Dauda Lawal, before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague over alleged complicity in the wave of killings, abductions and destruction perpetrated by bandits in the state. In a statement issued on Friday by its president, Dr. Aminu...

Hundreds of protesters, led by the Concerned Lawyers and Citizens Network (CLCN), stormed the headquarters of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) in Abuja on Thursday demanding an immediate investigation into what they described as a massive $4 billion fraud involving the MSM Group and missing...