Nigeria

WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus has urged regional vigilance after Nigeria confirmed its first Ebola case, with 44 contacts now being monitored.

Peter Obi has told Nigerians in the UK to stop sending money to relatives who ask for help and to urge them to vote for productive leaders in 2027.

The National Open University of Nigeria has matriculated 36 inmates, including two PhD candidates, at the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Ikoyi, Lagos.

The US has placed Nigeria on its Child Soldiers Prevention Act list, threatening military aid and arms sales unless President Trump grants a waiver.

A faction of Afenifere has demanded an immediate cut in petrol prices to between N350 and N400 a liter and a review of the N70,000 minimum wage.

Oyo police have arrested a 45-year-old man for allegedly running an unlicensed Ibadan clinic and treating fertility patients for seven years without any medical qualification.

Twenty abducted prospective corps members freed in Imo have reportedly been offered South-West postings, while parents say they paid N6 million each in ransom.

Nigerians chasing lighter skin are swallowing handfuls of supplements, getting vitamin drips and using creams, and doctors warn of serious liver, kidney and nerve damage.

INEC says it has not yet received budgeted funds for the 2027 general elections, but preparations, including BVAS procurement, are underway.

Nigeria’s four biggest banks spent more than N119bn on technology in the first quarter of 2026, a 43 percent jump, as digital banking demand keeps rising.