Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has appointed Dr. Fatima Zuntu to lead the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), as the country seeks to tighten its regulatory framework around genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and biosecurity. Dr. Zuntu, a public health professional and policy...
Road safety officials in Gombe have foiled an attempted vehicle fraud and recovered a car suspected to have been stolen five years ago during a routine administration check. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) intercepted the vehicle at its National Vehicle Identification Scheme (NVIS)...
Road safety officials in northern Nigeria have intercepted a vehicle carrying passengers perched precariously atop a mountain of goods in what they described as a “life-threatening” violation of traffic laws. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), operating from the Darazo Unit...
Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has fired the starting gun on the 2027 election cycle, announcing a primary schedule that requires presidential hopefuls to pay 100m Naira ($70,000 / £55,000) just to enter the race. The announcement on Monday by APC spokesperson Felix...
A prominent Nigerian comedian and satirist has revealed he was offered a “life-changing” sum of US dollars to tone down his viral skits mocking the country’s political elite. Kevin Chinedu, better known by his stage name Kevinblak, told Arise TV on Monday that a political...
