Nigeria’s federal government allocated projects worth ₦628 billion to the wrong agencies in 2024 budget: Report
Morakinyo Akinosun An analysis by Tracka, an open-source service delivery monitoring platform, has revealed that the federal government of Nigeria allocated 2,558 projects worth ₦628 billion to the wrong agencies…
First-year female student of University of Nigeria, Nsukka found dead inside drainage
Bella Ifasola ENUGU, Nigeria – The management of the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) has confirmed the tragic death of a first-year student of the institution whose lifeless body was…
Nigerian court denies businessman Ibrahim Dende’s bid to suppress journalist Soyombo, FIJ from publishing further reports about him
Agency Report Abuja – A Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected a request by businessman Ibrahim Dende to restrain investigative journalist ‘Fisayo Soyombo and the Foundation for Investigative Journalism…
Terrorists dressed in women’s Abaya kidnap 26 in Nigeria’s Katsina State
Matthew Onocheta KATSINA, Nigeria ‐ Terrorists, who disguised in women’s Abaya (dress) have abducted at least 26 persons in an attack on Runka community in Katsina State, northern Nigeria at…
Man climbs radio mast in Nigeria’s capital, threatens to jump if fuel subsidy isn’t restored
Morakinyo Akinosun Abuja – A yet-be-identified man on Monday climbed a radio mast on Katampe Hill in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, threatening to jump unless his demands for the restoration…
Senegal’s leader wasn’t born when ECOWAS was founded. He’s asked to reunite the bloc split by coups
ABUJA, Nigeria – Senegal’s President Basirou Diomaye Faye, Africa’s youngest, is suddenly faced with a huge challenge of reuniting a weakened regional bloc that is older than him. The 44-year-old…
Lukman Gbadegesin offered us ₦15m each to become next ‘Alaafin of Oyo’, Oyomesi chiefs tell Nigeria’s anti-graft, EFCC
Foundation for Investigative Journalism Lamidi Oyewale and Asimiyu Atanda, Oyomesi chiefs, have told Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) that Lukman Gbadegesin offered each of the…
US troops leave Niger base at Niamey
Agence France Presse NIAMEY – US troops have completed a withdrawal from their base in Niger’s capital of Niamey and will fully depart from Agadez in the north before a…
China’s Xi calls on world powers to help Russia and Ukraine resume direct dialogue
The Associated Press Chinese President Xi Jinping called on world powers to help Russia and Ukraine resume direct dialogue during a meeting Monday with Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, state…
Mine blast kills five in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region: governor
Agence France-Presse Five people were killed, including two children, when their vehicle hit a Russian mine in Ukraine’s eastern Kharkiv region, the governor said on Monday. “A car hit an…