Nigeria has held a state funeral with full military honours for one of its top commanders, as a surge in insurgent violence continues to rattle the country’s northeast. Brigadier General Oseni Braimah, along with Captain Ismail and several other soldiers, was laid to rest on Wednesday at...
A prominent political advocacy group has told leaders of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) to stop using President Bola Tinubu as a “scapegoat” for an internal leadership crisis they claim was caused by a “procedurally defective” takeover. The Tinubu...
A prominent Nigerian advocacy group has called for a criminal investigation into a local NGO, accusing it of fabricating a report that claimed over 1,400 Christians were killed in just three months. The Democratic Front (TDF) described the latest figures from the Onitsha-based...
A prominent support group has thrown its weight behind Nigeria’s judicial overhaul, claiming that a flurry of recent terrorism convictions proves the government is finally winning the battle for accountability. The Tinubu Media Volunteers (TMV) say the sentencing of more than 10 Boko...
Nigeria’s electoral umpire has revealed that young people now make up the overwhelming majority of new voters, as the country prepares for a high-stakes general election in 2027. At a civic engagement summit in Abuja on Wednesday, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)...
