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ANALYSIS: What makes Abuja's Area Councils different from LGAs in 36 states

Nigeria, Feb. 20 -- As residents of Nigeria's capital head to the polls on Saturday to elect leaders for the six area councils for the next four years, many may not fully understand what is at stake o... Read More


El-Rufai and the burden of proof, By Jacob Edi

Nigeria, Feb. 20 -- Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has re-emerged on the national stage with his familiar intensity, and in a recent interview on Arise Television, the former Governor of Kaduna State made asse... Read More


Court sentences Winners Chapel pastor to death for murder

Nigeria, Feb. 20 -- A State High Court in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, has sentenced a 29-year-old resident pastor of Living Faith Church (Winners Chapel), Ifa Ikot Ubo-Ifa Ikot Okpon branch, Emmanuel Umoh, ... Read More


FCT Elections: 1.5m voters collect PVCs, eligible to vote in Saturday's poll - INEC

Nigeria, Feb. 20 -- The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said over 1.5 million voters in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have collected their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), making t... Read More


Lagos police commissioner acted illegally by declaring Sowore wanted - Court

Nigeria, Feb. 20 -- The Federal High Court in Lagos declared on Friday that the Nigerian police's designation of human rights activist and Sahara Reporters publisher Omoyele Sowore as a wanted person ... Read More


ANALYSIS: African conflicts barely registered at Munich - but China is paying attention

Nigeria, Feb. 20 -- The peripheralisation of Africa was again evident at last week's Munich Security Conference - the world's premier forum on global security issues. Conflicts dominating world news, ... Read More


Another fire outbreak in Kano market

Nigeria, Feb. 20 -- An early-morning fire disaster has destroyed at least 50 shops at the Fatima Simra Multi-Purpose Market in the Dakata area of the Kano metropolis. The Chairperson of the market's ... Read More


Iran writes UN over Trump's threat to attack

Nigeria, Feb. 20 -- Iran has called on the United Nations to condemn President Donald Trump's recent threat to attack Iran, warning that it would respond "decisively" to any military aggression. Iran... Read More


SSS agent tells court how Owo church massacre suspect was tracked through his phone

Nigeria, Feb. 20 -- The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday heard more details of how a suspect linked to the June 2022 massacre at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, was found t... Read More


BPP introduces new measures to monitor constituency projects

Nigeria, Feb. 20 -- The Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) has introduced a community-based procurement system to improve the monitoring and implementation of constituency projects carried out by fede... Read More