[mc4wp_form id=33047] The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned Nigeria that its planned $5bn (approximately N7tn) financing deal with First Abu Dhabi Bank carries transparency and refinancing risks, saying derivative-based transactions are often opaque and complex. “Our view is that the transaction in these types of structures carry risks. Usually they are opaque so the…
Following the spate of kidnappings – human beings being stolen across the country as if they were mere objects – in Oyo, Borno, Kebbi, Katsina, Kwara, Zamfara, Niger – there has been a renewed agitation for the establishment of state police by lawmakers, Governors and concerned citizens, out of the belief that state police, a…
[mc4wp_form id=33047] The Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), on Tuesday, said the cholera outbreak that began in early May in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state has killed at least 74 people. According to MSF, 7,850 suspected cases had been recorded across 14 local government areas as of June 7. The government had earlier announced 27 deaths and…
Nigerian soldiers have accused the Nigerian Army authorities of failing to implement a salary increment approved by President Bola Tinubu. In March 2026, Tinubu announced the approval of a salary increment for military personnel during an interfaith breaking of fast with service chiefs at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Three months later, some soldiers who…
The House of Representatives has summoned the service chiefs and the National Security Adviser (NSA) Nuhu Ribadu to appear before the lawmakers over the rising incidents of insecurity in the country. The lawmakers passed the resolution on Tuesday during plenary following the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance sponsored by Sulaiman Gumi, lawmaker…
