Federal Government Confirms Nationwide Coverage of Kidney Dialysis Subsidy

The Federal Government has noted that Northwest states are not excluded from its ongoing Kidney Dialysis Subsidy Scheme. The clarification follows media suggestions to the contrary. The subsidy has been in effect since earlier in the year. “Under the scheme, the cost of a dialysis session has been reduced from ₦50,000 to ₦12,000,” Alaba Balogun, Deputy Director and Head of Information and Public Relations at the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, confirmed in a...

69,376 Nigerians Register Online in 7 Hours as INEC Opens Online Voter Registration

Female Voters Lead in Online Registration with 51.3% 69% of Registrants Are Youths The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that no fewer than 69,376 Nigerians completed their online pre-registration for voter’s cards within the first seven hours of the exercise on Monday. The Commission said the registration portal, which went live at 8:30 a.m. on 18th August 2025, recorded impressive traffic from across the country, with slightly more female registrants than males. According...

Tinubu Celebrates Victory As APC Sweeps 12 Constituencies in By-Elections

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has congratulated the winners of the by-elections conducted on Saturday across 16 constituencies in 12 states of the federation, describing the exercise as largely peaceful and a demonstration of Nigeria’s growing democratic culture. In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the President commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for organising elections that were “hitch-free and mostly devoid of violence.” According to results declared...

US Approves $346m Arms Sale to Nigeria Amid Security Struggles

The US State Department has approved a potential $346 million sale of advanced munitions, including bombs, rockets and precision weaponry, to Nigeria. This move is aimed at bolstering Nigeria’s capacity to counter rising terrorist threats. The Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), part of the US Department of Defence, announced the decision in a Wednesday press release, notifying Congress of the proposed foreign military sale. Under the proposed deal, Nigeria has requested 1,002 MK-82 general-purpose 500...

Court Discharges Comfort Emmanson as FG Withdraws Charges, Lifts Lifetime Ban

…KWAM 1 Appointed Aviation Security Ambassador A Lagos Magistrate Court in Ogba has discharged Ms Comfort Emmanson, the passenger accused of unruly behaviour on an Ibom Air flight, after the police formally withdrew the five-count charge against her. During Wednesday’s session, presiding Magistrate Olanrewaju Salami struck out the matter following an application by Police Prosecutor Oluwabunmi Adeitan, who informed the court that the complainant, the airline, and the authorities were “no longer interested in pursuing...

NBA Condemns Ibom Air’s ‘Reckless’ Treatment of Passenger, Demands Redress

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has strongly criticised the treatment of Ms Comfort Emmanson by Ibom Air, describing it as “reckless” and a violation of her right to dignity. The incident occurred aboard an Ibom Air flight on 10 August 2025, leading to her forcible removal from the aircraft and the imposition of a lifetime flight ban by the airline and the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON). In a press statement jointly signed by NBA...

Keffi Prison Break: 2 Officers Injured, 9 Inmates on the Run

In the early hours of Tuesday, 12 August 2025, sixteen inmates escaped from the Medium-Security Custodial Centre in Keffi, Nasarawa State, following a violent breach of the facility’s security. Some detainees reportedly “breached the security of the facility and attacked personnel on duty to compromise the situation, enabling 16 inmates to escape custody.” A statement by NCoS spokesperson Umar Abubakar disclosed that five officers sustained varying degrees of injury during the chaos, two of whom...

Nigeria Exceeds OPEC Quota, Oil Output Hits 1.507 Million bpd in July

In July 2025, Nigeria’s average daily crude oil production rose to 1.507 million barrels per day (bpd), a modest increase from June’s 1.505 million bpd, according to OPEC’s latest Monthly Oil Market Report. This surpasses the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries’ (OPEC) quota for the third time this year. OPEC emphasised that these figures were obtained via direct communication with Nigerian authorities, boosting the country’s status as Africa’s leading oil producer, ahead of Algeria,...

Rights Group Accuses Nigerian Government of  Plotting to Erase Christianity by 2075

…Intersociety warns of Fulani jihadists’ plan to impose Sultanate, as attacks intensify across Africa Nigeria is at the centre of a grave plot to wipe out Christianity and indigenous cultures by 2075, replacing them with a Sultanate system, a human rights organisation has warned In a “facts-laden” special report, the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) accused the country of “headquartering 22 Islamic terror groups in Africa seeking to obliterate Christianity...

Ibom Air Passenger Remanded in Kirikiri, Faces Lifetime No-Fly Ban Over ‘Unruly’ Conduct

Comfort Emmanson, the female passenger who assaulted airline crew and security personnel on an Ibom Air flight from Uyo to Lagos, has been charged to court and remanded at the Kirikiri Correctional Facility. Officials confirmed on Monday that Emmanson was arraigned before a magistrate court in Ogba, Lagos, which ordered her remand until 6 October after she failed to provide adequate sureties. The incident, described by the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) as “one of...

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