Over 500,000 residents displaced by insecurity in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State, many of whom are scattered across Kebbi, Kwara, Kogi, Kaduna States, the Federal Capital Territory, and neighbouring Benin Republic are to be reunited and resettled by the Niger State Government, in collaboration with the Federal Government and development partners. Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago made this disclosure during a presidential initiative to distribute food, nutritional items, and essential drugs to vulnerable residents...

The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Lagos State has demanded justice for Ms. Maureen Omorinola Badejo, a United Kingdom-based Nigerian blogger and activist, and is also seeking an end to judicial persecution. The coalition, in a statement on Sunday, signed by Comrade Wale Ojo, Chairman, CDHR, Lagos Branch, and Comrade Ola Agboola Jnr., Chairman media, noted that on Monday, March 16, 2026, Ms. Badejo will appear before Justice Akintayo Aluko of the Federal...

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has announced the official timetable for its 2026 nationwide congresses and National Convention, setting in motion a process to renew the party’s leadership structures nationwide. In a press statement issued by the party on Sunday, the ADC said the congresses would begin at the grassroots level and progress through the party’s various tiers before culminating in a National Convention scheduled for mid-April. The party explained that the exercise forms part...