The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has issued a three-step guideline for electricity consumers seeking to resolve power supply, billing, and metering complaints.

The Nigerian government has filed cybercrime charges against former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, at the Federal High Court in Abuja over alleged unlawful interception of the phone communications of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu. The case, filed as FHC/ABJ/CR/99/2026 on Monday, follows remarks made by Mr El-Rufai during a live Arise TV interview, in which he admitted that he and an unnamed individual had access to the NSA’s private calls.

Nigeria has pledged full support for the African Union's far-reaching institutional reform agenda, committing to implement measures aimed at strengthening peace and security structures, deepening democratic governance, and expanding cooperation with international financial institutions and the private sector. The commiment was delivered by President Bola Tinubu through Vice President Kashim Shettima at a closed session of the 39th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

The Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) has denied allegations of the procurement of the toxic substance, thallium sulphate.

According to the Federal Government, in an effort to mitigate the impact of economic shocks, approximately 15 million households at risk have been added to its Benefit Register for conditional cash support, provided in collaboration with the World Bank. In a Friday interview with Arise Television, Dr. Bernard Doro, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Poverty Reduction, revealed this.

Afam Osigwe, SAN, the president of the Nigerian Bar Association, has expressed worry over the purported abuse of the Cybercrimes Act to stifle free speech in Nigeria, calling it a willful suppression of expression disguised as a fight against defamation and cybercrime. Osigwe criticized what he called the "weaponization of the law against critics, journalists, activists, and regular citizens who voice dissent online or offline" in an interview on Wednesday's Prime Time show on ARISE Television.