A British-Nigerian politician, Florence Eshalomi has been appointed as the United Kingdom’s trade envoy to Nigeria. The appointment makes Eshalomi the second Nigerian to hold the position. The 44-year-old Eshalomi, an MP representing the Vauxhall and Camberwell Green constituency, holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Political and International Studies, with Law from Middlesex University. UK’s Business and Trade Secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, who announced the appointment in a statement, said the decision was aimed at...

The Plateau State Governor Caleb Mutfwang has sacked five commissioners in a minor cabinet reshuffle. This is contained in a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Architect Samuel Jatau, and made available to newsmen. The affected cabinet members are Commissioner for Budget and Planning Chrysanthus Dawam, Commissioner for Culture and Tourism Jamila Tukur, Youths and Sports Noel Nkup, Commissioner for Science and Technology Obed Goselle, and Commerce and Industries Sule Haruna. The statement explained that...

The South-South Governors’ Forum has called on the Federal Government to accelerate the completion of the East-West Road that links the six states in the region. This appeal was made on Tuesday, 28 January 2025, during the forum’s meeting held at the Government House in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. In a communiqué issued after the meeting, the governors also expressed their support for President Bola Tinubu’s Tax Reform Bill but urged the federal government to extend...

The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has instituted a defamation lawsuit against the spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, at the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja. Kanu, through his lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, filed the suit on Tuesday, accusing Adejobi of portraying him as a terrorist leader in a press statement issued on 25 January 2025. In the said statement, Adejobi described IPOB as “a...

Recent data from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has revealed that 3,690 Nigerians in the United States have been issued final removal orders and are at risk of deportation. Additionally, 1,454 Nigerians are currently in ICE custody, bringing the total number of Nigerians set for deportation to 5,144. According to the ICE document dated 24 November 2024, there are 1,445,549 non-citizens on ICE’s non-detained docket with final orders of removal, Fox News reports....