Nigeria’s Private Media at 30: Louder, Freer, but Weaker?

I wrote in USAfrica Online in 1996 that Nigeria’s broadcasting industry was at a crossroads. While state television continued to dominate the airwaves, several newly licensed private broadcasting stations were trying to find space despite significant startup costs and a military government uncertain about what the future held for them. At the time, the big question was whether private radio and television would be able to establish themselves at all. Thirty years later, with a...

Enugu Police Commissioner, PRO Receive Best Crime-Busting Awards

The Commissioner of Police, Enugu State Police Command, CP Mamman Bitrus Giwa, has received the 2025 Best Crime Busting Police Chief in West Africa award, while the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Daniel Ndukwe, received the Best Police Public Relations Officer in Nigeria award. Presenting the awards at the Enugu State Command Headquarters, GRA, Enugu, the International Coordinator and Chief Executive Officer of the Security Watch Africa Initiative, Mr. Patrick Agbambu, said the...

Road Traffic Violators To Pay Fine And Undergo Psychiatric Evaluation In Enugu

The Enugu State Government announces the establishment of an Access and Sanitation Taskforce to enforce the new policy against road obstruction, illegal parking, indiscriminate passenger pick-up and drop-off, and roadside trading within the Enugu metropolis. Speaking at the meeting with stakeholders in the transport, environmental, market, and local government sectors on Wednesday, the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Prof. Chidiebere Onyia, announced the establishment of the task force and the planned measures to ensure...

Ododo Inaugurates APC Peace, Conflict Resolution Committee

Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo of Kogi State has inaugurated the All Progressives Congress (APC) Peace and Conflict Resolution Committee to reconcile aggrieved party members. He also stressed the need to restore unity and strengthen the party ahead of the 2027 general elections. According to a statement on Wednesday by Kingsley Femi Fanwo, Kogi State Commissioner for Information and Communications, the Governor gave the charge on Tuesday while inaugurating the 17-member committee headed by former Governor of...

Reps Investigate ₦432bn Oil Industry Liabilities, Summon Debtors

The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has commenced an investigation into outstanding financial liabilities in Nigeria’s oil industry, put at more than ₦432 billion. Affected companies and other relevant entities have been summoned to account for the debts owed to the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA). The investigation followed findings contained in the Auditor-General’s annual audit reports on unpaid regulatory and petroleum-related obligations accruing to the NMDPRA. The Committee is...

‘Security Conducted 7,062 Operations, Neutralized 1,487 Terrorists in Two Months’

Nigeria’s security agencies conducted 7,062 operations across the country in July and August, neutralising 1,487 terrorists and insurgents and rescuing 777 kidnapped victims, the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) has said. The figures, contained in the third-quarter national security update released in Abuja on Monday, reflect what the ONSA described as a more coordinated and intelligence-driven response to terrorism, banditry, kidnapping, arms trafficking and other security threats. Chido Onumah, Special Adviser to the...

‘We Don’t Want Peter Obi’: Youths Block NDC Candidate’s Convoy in Benue

Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, was on Tuesday prevented from proceeding to Yelwata in Benue State after youths barricaded the Gboko Road in Makurdi, accusing him of attempting to enter the state without the state government’s approval. The protesters, who blocked the road near the Nigerian Air Force Base and Makurdi Airport, were heard chanting, “We don’t want Peter Obi,” as Obi’s convoy was held up for hours, disrupting movement...

Membership Requests Surge After Sugar Land People’s Club Induction

Branch weighs annual ceremony as August event draws growing community interest in PCNI tradition and fellowship HOUSTON, TEXAS — Membership requests to the Sugar Land Branch of People’s Club of Nigeria International (PCNI) have risen significantly following its successful August induction ceremony, prompting the organization to consider making the event an annual affair. Group Chairman, Hon. Prof. Chris Ulasi, confirmed the surge in interest, saying the branch has received numerous inquiries from prospective members since...

Clubs to Catalysts: Reimagining the Nigerian Diaspora Organization

Nigerian social clubs, cultural organizations, and town unions meet every weekend in dozens of U.S. cities, including Houston, Atlanta, Chicago, and others. At these meetings, there is food (jollof rice), cloth (aso ebi), and joyous laughter, along with inevitable levies for funerals, weddings, or other projects back in Nigeria. These organizations — People’s Club of Nigeria International, Umuada Igbo, Ndi-Ichie Cultural Association, Omo Oduduwa, Zumunta Association, and hundreds of town unions formed around villages and...

Plateau State Government Closes Over Diphtheria Disease  

The Plateau State Government has directed temporary closure of all public and private primary and secondary schools across the state with effect from Monday, September 7, 2026, as part of measures to prevent the spread of suspected diphtheria disease. Governor Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang gave the directive in a statement made available to journalists in Jos, signed by the State Commissioner for Information and Communication, Rt. Hon. Joyce Ramnap follows reports of suspected diphtheria cases in some parts of the state, particularly Jos North, Wase, Jos South and Bassa Local Government Areas. Ramnap said schools that had already resumed academic activities were also required to close from Monday and remain shut until further notice. According to the Commissioner, the measure is aimed at protecting the health and wellbeing of pupils, students, teaching staff, and non-teaching personnel while the government responds to the situation. “School proprietors, administrators, teachers, parents, and guardians to comply fully with the directive and ensure that pupils and students remain safely at home throughout the period,” She warned The state government appealed to all stakeholders for their understanding and cooperation, assuring residents that it would continue to take appropriate measures in the best interest of the people of Plateau State. The government said further information regarding the resumption of academic activities would be communicated to the public in due course.

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