Nigeria Reframes Food Security as National Stability Strategy
ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria now treats food security as a core national security and macroeconomic priority, Vice President Kashim Shettima declares at the World…
Month: January 2026
Skills Deficit Drives Fatal Accidents in Nigeria’s Power Industry
ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria’s electricity sector records 112 deaths in 2024 as regulators link fatal accidents to inadequate training and poor technical capacity. The…
Fire Guts Parts of Kano Cemetery as Dry Vegetation Spreads Flames
KANO, Nigeria – Fire engulfs sections of Abbatuwa Cemetery in Kano’s Fagge Local Government Area, destroying parts of the burial ground before firefighters contain…
Bird Strike Forces Air Peace Aircraft Grounding at Port Harcourt
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria – An Air Peace passenger aircraft suffers a bird strike while landing at Port Harcourt International Airport, forcing the airline to…
Over One Million Households Resettled as Military Stabilises Borno
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – More than one million displaced households have returned to their ancestral homes across parts of Borno State, following sustained counterinsurgency and…
Kano Power Workers Strike Indefinitely, Plunge City into Darkness
KANO, Nigeria – Electricity workers at the Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) begin an indefinite strike Wednesday, shutting down power supply across Kano metropolis…
African Union Schedules Executive Council Meeting for February 2026
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – The African Union (AU) confirms plans to hold the 48th Ordinary Session of its Executive Council in February 2026, bringing…
Polytechnic Union Rejects Service Scheme, Warns of Career Injustice
ABUJA, Nigeria – The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Polytechnics (SSANIP) rejects a revised scheme of service proposed by the National Board for Technical…
WTO Urges Nigeria to Capture Global Supply Chains Now
DAVOS, Switzerland – World Trade Organisation Director-General Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala urges Nigeria to aggressively court global investors and relocate supply chains, warning that failure…
Peace for a Price: Nigeria’s Amnesty Bargain with Bandits and the Hidden Cost of Calm
LAGOS, Nigeria — When the news broke in January 2026 that the Katsina State Government had quietly released 70 suspected bandits and terror suspects,…