The Nigerian government has ordered cuts to its electricity sales to Niger Republic, Benin Republic and Togo in order to meet insufficient domestic power needs. The electricity regulator, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) ordered a department within the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), the System Operator (SO), to cap power supply to the three neighbouring…
Nigeria’s Information Minister, Mohammed Idris. The Nigerian government has said claims of possible establishment of military bases by the U.S. and French governments in the country are false. According to a statement by the country’s Minister for Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, on Monday, May 6, these claims were false alarms. “the government…
Nigerian president, Bola Tinubu, and French president Emmanuel Macron, during a recent trip to France by Tinubu Some leaders of thought from Nigeria’s northern region, which borders Niger Republic, have urged the Nigerian government led by President Bola Tinubu not to allow the United States (US) and French governments to establish military bases in…
As the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), a multinational formation, comprising units, mostly military, from Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria, intensifies operations to eradicate remaining Boko Haram terrorists and ISWAP on the shores of Lake Chad basin, a major operation by the Nigerian armed forces has also commenced to push back bandits in the…
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu. Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has directed the opening of Nigeria’s land and air borders with the Republic of Niger and the lifting of other sanctions against the country with immediate effect in compliance with the decisions of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Authority of Heads of State and…
Nigeria’s Foreign Minister, Yusuf Tuggar (L), in a warm handshake with Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov(R) Nigeria’s foreign minister, Yusuf Tuggar, on a working visit to Russia, has met with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, in Moscow on Wednesday where they discussed future relations between the two countries. The ministers are meeting to discuss a wide…
Nigeria’s current economic headwinds have set off a storm of criticisms by government critics and has seen growing protests among the country’s population, many insisting that the potentials for a dangerous spiral are visible. The removal of the country’s controversial fuel subsidy scheme, which was plagued by allegations of corruption and mismanagement, and the floating…
The Nigerian military has neutralised the leader of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) in Nigeria, Ba’a Shuwa, and scores of his fighters in the northeastern state of Brono during a major air offensive by the Nigerian Air Force. Intelligence sources saying that the damaging airstrikes carried out on January 2, 2023 at…
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has ordered a probe into the bombing of a village by the country’s army, in the northern state of Kaduna. The president gave the directive in a statement by his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, on Tuesday in Abuja. The Nigerian Army took responsibility for Sunday’s Air Strike on a religious procession that…
As the results trickle in from the state governorship elections just concluded in three Nigerian states, reports suggest that the electoral process witnessed serious irregularities. According to some observers, the instances of violence and other serious violations were widespread and caused many to stay away from the polls. The country’s election umpire, the Independent National…
