Nigeria

President Bola Tinubu on Monday assured the federal government's commitment to prioritizing the development of the digital economy to enhance youth empowerment and job creation. The President made the pledge while receiving a report titled "Digital Economy, Youth Empowerment, and Sustainable Job Creation in Nigeria: Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities," presented by participants of the Senior…

No fewer than nine people have been confirmed dead, while three others sustained varying degrees of injuries in an accident that occurred yesterday morning along the Ibadan-Lagos Expressway. The accident, which happened around 5:30 a.m. at Ayetoro village on the expressway in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State, involved a Toyota Hiace commercial…

The Katsina Police Command said it has commenced an investigation into a shooting incident involving a member of the Civilian Joint Task Force (JTF). Police spokesman DSP Abubakar Aliyu, in a statement, said the incident resulted in the injury of an okada rider and the death of a 400-level student of the Federal University Dutsinma.…

The President and Founder of MAAUN Group of Universities, Prof. Adamu Abubakar Gwarzo, was among the notable personalities that attended the maiden convocation ceremony of Al-Istiqama University, Sumaila, Kano State. Prof. Gwarzo, who doubled as President of the Association of African Private Universities (AAPU), led the Management staff of Maryam Abacha American University of Nigeria…

The management of the Federal University Dutsinma (FUDMA) in Katsina State has announced a one-week mid-semester break starting from Feb. 24. The closure of the school followed a protest embarked on by the students on Sunday after they alleged that the Civilian Joint Task Force (JTF) had shot to death one of their colleagues. The…

The United Nations Positive Livelihood Award Centre (UN-POLAC) has appointed Engr Peter Ohagwa as its new Country president. The Guardian reports that Engr. Ohagwa, who is to pilot the affairs of the organisation towards promoting peace, stability, and development within the next five years, took over from Prof. Funmilayo Davies whose tenure ended in December…

The Edo State Police Command has arrested a member of a local vigilante in Benin City for allegedly killing an artisan and setting his corpse

Troops of 6 Division, Nigerian Army, have dismantled 18 illegal refining sites and arrested 17 suspected oil thieves in a major operation against oil theft in the Niger Delta region. The operations, conducted between February 17 and 23, 2025, led to the recovery of over 25,000 litres

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has called for enhanced security measures for the Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof Mojisola Adeyeye

The Ogun State Police Command has launched a full-scale investigation into the murder of Alfa Mustapha, a 50-year-old farm worker, whose lifeless body was discovered on his farm in Ageri Village, near Olodo, Odeda Local Council.

The Federal Government has flagged off phase two of the rehabilitation, reconstruction, and expansion of the Lagos-Ibadan dual carriageway and Section One of the Lagos-Sagamu Expressway.

Justice Rosemary Dugbo Oghoghorie of the Federal High Court sitting in Calabar has convicted and sentenced the Chief Executive Officer of Micheno Multi-purpose Cooperative Society, Uno Michael Eke, to one year imprisonment for conspiracy

The Nasara Women Development Foundation, in collaboration with the Association of Kebbi Women Entrepreneurs (AKWE), has launched the Nasara–AKWE Student Entrepreneurship Empowerment Programme (NASEEP) in Kebbi State.

A recent report by the Nextier Group has exposed the dangerous connection between illicit drug trafficking and violent extremism in the Lake Chad Basin, a region comprising Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, and Niger.

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have foiled an attempt by a Thai national, Ms Pattaphi Wimonnat, to smuggle 43 parcels of Canadian Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, into Nigeria through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos.

The Ogun State Police Command has reported the tragic death of 31-year-old Sunday Jimoh, a resident of Laditan Area, Oja-Odan.The Guardian learnt that the incident occurred on February 22, 2025, at about 10:00 a.m., and was reported by Kabiru Aladeshayi Ayigbere

No fewer than 23 persons were feared dead, with several others injured, in an attack on seven farming settlements in Ovia South West Local Government Area of Edo on Friday, Feb. 21. The affected communities included Marindoti, Gbelemontin Domiju, Kola Village, Taiye Camp, Eto Camp, Dipe Community, Bala Dele Community, and Thousand Community. It was…

The Supreme Court has affirmed the provision of Section 84 of the Sheriff and Civil Process Act (S&CPA), requiring prior consent of the