A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday dismissed an ex parte application filed by the convicted and proscribed self-acclaimed leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, requesting to be transferred from the Sokoto Correctional Centre to either the Kuje or Keffi Correctional Centre.
The Governor of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, on Monday, during a prompt inspection of the Onitsha Main Market, issued a directive that the Market be shut down for one week following traders’ persistent refusal to comply with the state government’s instruction to disregard the Monday sit-at-home order.
A two-day training workshop centered on strategic communication and monitoring misinformation, organized by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for its staff in the Voter Education and Publicity Department, has ended.
One million people in northeastern Nigeria are at risk due to cuts in food aid, according to the World Food Programme. If financing is not secured "within weeks," at least one million people in northeastern Nigeria may lose access to emergency food and nutrition assistance. Nigeria is experiencing one of the worst hunger crises in recent memory, according to a news release posted on the World Food Programme's website on Thursday.
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has commenced the enforcement of the ban on the production and sale of alcohol in sachets and PET bottles below 200ml in line with the Senate’s directive.
The Nigerian Government has reaffirmed its determination to hold a national census in line with international standards both credibly and transparently, emphasizing that it will not compromise due process in an effort to rush the exercise.
