Nigeria and Poland are moving to strengthen economic cooperation and expand strategic investment opportunities, following high-level talks in Abuja between the Federal Ministry of Finance and a visiting Polish delegation. The discussions were led by Honourable Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, and Poland’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Africa, Wojciech Zajączkowski. The meeting focused on enhancing bilateral trade and investment partnerships, with Minister Edun welcoming Poland’s growing engagement in Nigeria’s economy. He highlighted Nigeria’s improved economic outlook, driven by ongoing reforms, rising investor confidence, and strengthening macroeconomic indicators. Edun encouraged Polish investors to explore…
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By Stacey Ukaobasi TACEY For a long time, Nigeria has been trapped in a cycle of insecurity, fear, and corruption. Terrorists negotiate freely with politicians; they storm classrooms, abduct schoolgirls, and take them into the forest to do unimaginable things to them. Some of these girls escape — often with children born from their captors — while the rest never make it out alive. Their voices are silenced forever, their dreams buried in shallow graves deep in the forests. The world once cried out for the Chibok girls, but that cry faded. Many of them are still missing. Some returned…
Nigeria’s notorious drug barons are reportedly on edge, as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu reappoints Brigadier General Mohammed Buba Marwa (retd.) for a second term as Executive Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Civil rights group HURIWA hailed the move as a decisive boost to the country’s fight against narcotics trafficking and abuse. HURIWA said intelligence reaching its offices indicates that several hardened drug kingpins are already planning to evade law enforcement following signals that Marwa will take the counter-narcotics war to “even greater strategic heights.” The rights group described the reappointment as a clear message: “No tolerance…
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has raised serious concerns over what it describes as a predetermined bias by Justice James Omotosho in the ongoing trial of IPOB leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. In a statement by its National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Nnadozie Onwubiko on Thursday, HURIWA condemned the judge’s handling of the case, saying his “hurried, choreographed and restrictive approach” undermines the constitutional right of Kanu to a fair trial. The group expressed alarm that, after over four years in federal custody, Kanu has yet to be allowed sufficient time to challenge the charges against him. Central to…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has issued a final order halting the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) from proceeding with its 2025 National Convention scheduled for November 15–16 in Ibadan, Oyo State. Justice Peter Odo Lifu delivered the judgment on Friday, following a suit filed by former Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido, who complained that he was denied the opportunity to purchase a nomination form for the office of National Chairman. The court ruled that the PDP must comply with its own Constitution and Guidelines before holding the convention. Justice Lifu also barred the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has renewed the tenure of Brigadier-General Mohammed Buba Marwa (rtd), giving the NDLEA chairman another five-year term to continue what many now describe as the most aggressive anti-drug campaign in Nigeria’s history. The announcement, made Friday in a statement by Presidential Adviser Bayo Onanuga, came with strong commendation from the President, who said Marwa’s reappointment reflects the administration’s full confidence in his “relentless, results-driven fight against drug trafficking and drug abuse.” Tinubu urged him to intensify his crackdown on “the merchants of hard drugs determined to destroy our youth.” Marwa, first appointed in 2021 under former…
Fatima Ndagi The Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) has issued a final mobilization order to all its chapters nationwide, signalling its preparedness to embark on an indefinite strike as its 21-day ultimatum to state governors draws to a close. The imminent industrial action could cripple legislative activities across all 36 State Houses of Assembly. The union’s latest step follows a National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held in Bauchi on October 23, 2025, where members resolved to give State Governments a 21-day deadline—effective October 24—to begin implementing the Consolidated Legislative Salary Structure (CONLESS) and full financial autonomy for State Legislatures,…
The family of detained IPOB leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has issued one of its fiercest criticisms yet — a scorching indictment of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), accusing the nation’s most powerful legal institution of “standing by as the Constitution is desecrated in broad daylight.” In an explosive open letter signed by Prince Emmanuel Okwu-Kanu, the family charged that Kanu is being “unlawfully and illegitimately” prosecuted under a law that no longer exists, insisting that the Terrorism (Prevention Amendment) Act 2013 — the very statute underpinning the charges — was buried the moment the Terrorism Prevention and Prohibition Act 2022…
The Nigerian Senate has advanced the Bill for an Act to Establish the Chartered Institute of Revenue and Fiscal Management of Nigeria (SB. 614) to its second reading, a key step toward professionalizing the nation’s revenue and fiscal management sector amid concerns about potential overlap with existing bodies. Sponsored by Senator Aliero Adamu Mohammed Mainasara (Kebbi Central), the legislation proposes creating a statutory institute tasked with capacity building, regulation, and the promotion of global best practices in fiscal administration, with the aim of enhancing efficiency, transparency, and accountability in public financial management. During plenary, Senator Aliero highlighted the urgency of…
On Thursday, the Nigerian Senate moved to modernize the country’s civil justice framework, approving for second reading a bill to amend the Sheriffs and Civil Process Act, a colonial-era law dating back to 1945. The proposed legislation, SB. 432, sponsored by Senator Idiat Oluranti Adebule (Lagos West), seeks to bring the administration of civil justice in line with the realities of the digital age and strengthen enforcement of court judgments. Senator Adebule explained that the current law, largely unchanged for nearly eight decades, remains outdated and disconnected from today’s judicial and technological environment. It still mandates manual service of court…