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Nigeria is stepping up its drive for digital independence, unveiling plans to develop national software infrastructure and enforce high-standard regulations designed to secure data sovereignty and strengthen local technological capacity. The initiative is focused on developing high-standard regulatory policies that will enhance digital integration while ensuring that critical national systems…

Senator representing Borno South, Ali Ndume, has raised fresh concerns over the deteriorating security situation in Nigeria’s North-East, disclosing that more than 400 residents are currently being held captive by terrorists following recent coordinated attacks on communities in Borno State. Speaking on Politics Today on Channels Television, Ndume described the…

Troops of Sector 3 under the Joint Task Force (North East), Operation HADIN KAI, have repelled an attempted terrorist infiltration on their position in Monguno, Borno State, but suffered a devastating loss after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) killed a Commanding Officer and six soldiers. A statement issued on Monday…

President Bola Tinubu has approved a ₦3.3 trillion payment plan to clear long-standing debts in Nigeria’s power sector, marking a major step toward stabilising electricity generation and restoring investor confidence after over a decade of financial strain. The debt repayment plan followed the final review of the legacy debts that…

Nigeria has taken a major step toward modernising its trade ecosystem with the launch of Phase 1 of the National Single Window (NSW), a coordinated reform initiative aimed at reducing cargo dwell time, lowering trade costs, and unlocking broader economic growth. The reform initiative is designed to address cargo dwell…

Troops of Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) have demonstrated superior combat strength and tactical dominance, successfully repelling coordinated terrorist attacks by ISWAP fighters on multiple military positions in Njimtilo, Baga, Buratai, and Damboa, the military said. The military in a statement on Tuesday by the Media Information Officer Headquarters Joint Task…

Nigeria, Africa’s leading oil exporter, shipping approximately 2.3 million barrels of oil per day, might miss out in the oil windfall triggered by the ongoing US-Iran war, if oil theft in its creeks is not checked. Recent operations by the Nigerian Navy in the Niger Delta revealed four dug-out pits…

Justice Anthony Onovo of the Enugu High Court, on Thursday, ordered the British Government to pay £20 million each to the families of the 21 coal miners killed in Enugu State in 1949 by the Colonial masters. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the massacre took place at…

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, has reaffirmed the unwavering commitment of the Nigerian Army to a dynamic, intelligence-led and technology-enabled approach to tackling asymmetric threats to Nigeria’s national security. Speaking during a strategic lecture to participants of National Defence College (NDC) Course 34, the COAS…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reportedly intervened in the deepening political crisis in Rivers State, brokering a truce between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike. The move, according to reports, comes as tensions have paralyzed governance in Nigeria’s oil-rich state, threatening both political stability and…