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Fresh controversy has emerged within opposition circles following allegations that Senator Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed (Binani) may be acting in alignment with interests linked to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, amid rising tensions in the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Adamawa State. According to a report by Sahara Reporters, sources within the...

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has recorded significant strides in digital technology development, cybersecurity, and strategic partnerships under its current leadership, according to the Citizen Watch Advocacy Initiative (CWAI). In a statement signed by CWAI’s Director of Media and Stakeholders Engagement, Mahmud Bello, the agency was commended for...

Former Vice President of Nigeria and chieftain of the ADC, Atiku Abubakar, has lashed out at the President Bola Tinubu administration, describing the current economic reality as “organised hardship dressed up as reform,” driven by policy confusion, weak leadership, and a dangerous detachment from the suffering of ordinary Nigerians. Reacting...

A Federal High Court in Abuja heard on Friday began the trial of a man arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) for planning to attack some schools in Abuja. An operative of the DSS, Michael Jego, told the court that his agency received intelligence about plans to attack...

A coalition of Nigerians in the United States has strongly criticised recent remarks by US lawmaker, Kimberly Daniels, describing her call for the removal of Bello Matawalle as “ill-informed, externally influenced, and injurious to Nigeria’s sovereignty”. Operating under the banner of the Nigerian-American Coalition for Strategic Stability (NACSS), the group...

A civil society group, the Concerned Citizens Network, has called for the immediate dismissal of Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye, Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), accusing her of gross incompetence and abuse of office. Addressing journalists at the Federal Ministry of Health in Abuja...

*Says Nigeria can dominate Africa’s blue economy The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho, has attributed the transformation of the nation’s maritime sector to the impact of the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Dr Adegboyega Oyetola and the federal government...

Nigeria’s ongoing fiscal reforms have drawn commendation from a coalition of civic and economic advocacy groups, which say recent revenue gains signal a turning point in the country’s long-troubled public finance system. In a statement issued on Thursday, Dr Clarus Nnaemeka, national president of the Coalition for Fiscal Justice, Economic...

The Former Parliamentarians Forum has dismissed recent calls for the removal of Bello Matawalle as “misinformed and dangerously reductive,” warning against the growing trend of external actors drawing sweeping conclusions about Nigeria’s security architecture without sufficient context or engagement with local realities. In a statement issued on Thursday and signed...

A civil society group, the Concerned Citizens Network, has called for the immediate removal of Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye, Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), over what it described as “gross incompetence and abuse of public office.” Addressing journalists in Abuja on Wednesday,...