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Abuja Electricity Distribution Company has announced that it has restored electricity supply to State House, Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Lugbe, Garki, and other areas in the nation’s capital after an outage.  AEDC disclosed this in a notice on Saturday night.  Recall that major parts of Abuja were thrown into darkness due to the Transmission Company of Nigeria’s Apo substation fault.  TCN had on Saturday issued an update noting that its engineers were working to fix the fault.  In a notice later on Saturday night, AEDC announced electricity supply has been restored to affected areas.  “Abuja Electricity Distribution Plc (AEDC) is pleased to inform our esteemed customers that power supply has now ...

An early-morning fire on Sunday gutted a residential building at Tewo-Gbore Street, Ogele Ori-Sunbare in the Eyenkorin area of Asa Local Government Area of Kwara State, destroying parts of the property. The incident, which reportedly occurred at about 12:38 am, affected a building comprising a room-and-parlour self-contained apartment and a two-bedroom flat. According to a statement issued on Sunday by the spokesperson for the Kwara State Fire Service, Hassan Adekunle, firefighters responded swiftly after receiving a distress call from the area. The statement said the timely intervention of firemen prevented the fire from spreading to nearby structures and limited the extent of the damage recorded during the incident. It said firefighters swiftly mobilised to the scene and ...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, said its operatives have arrested a 63-year-old Chinese woman, Ting Hung Kiong, for allegedly attempting to smuggle a large consignment of Canadian Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, into Nigeria. The suspect, a Chinese national naturalised in Malaysia, was arrested on Sunday, May 17, 2026, upon her arrival at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos, from Thailand via Dubai aboard an Emirates Airline flight. According to a statement issued on Sunday by NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, the suspect was intercepted at the Terminal 2 arrival hall of the airport. Babafemi said investigations revealed that the suspect travelled from Malaysia to Thailand before proceeding to Nigeria through the...

The United Nations on Friday warned that about 35 million Nigerians are at risk of acute hunger from June to August. The UN Humanitarian Country Team in New York City, United States, said Nigeria was facing a deepening hunger crisis, with millions at risk as the lean season approaches. “Nearly one in seven people, that is 35 million people nationwide in Nigeria, are likely to face acute food insecurity during this year’s lean season, which runs from June to August,” it said. The UN said the latest report makes Nigeria one of the world’s largest hunger crises, with the burden falling overwhelmingly in the northern part of the country. undefined “If assistance is further delayed, millions of families will be forced to reduce meals further, sell assets, or withdraw their childr...

Donald Trump has ordered Nigerians and other foreign nationals seeking permanent residency in the United States to return to their home countries to complete their green card applications. The new directive, announced on Friday by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, will apply to most applicants except in what authorities described as “extraordinary circumstances.” According to USCIS, the policy is intended to restore the original structure of US immigration law by requiring foreigners already in the country on temporary visas to process residency applications through American consulates abroad. “We’re returning to the original intent of the law to ensure aliens navigate our nation’s immigration system properly,” the agency stated. “From now on, an alien who is in th...

497 Nigerian migrants evacuated from Niger Republic through the Jibia border have been received in Nigeria by the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI).‎‎The returnees arrived at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport at about 12:25pm on Friday, May 22, from Agadez in Niger Republic.‎‎The migrants were received by officials of the commission’s Kano Field Office alongside other relevant agencies.‎‎Speaking during the reception, the Federal Commissioner of the commission, Dr. Tijjani Aliyu Ahmed, said the evacuation followed a coordinated humanitarian effort by the Federal Government in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Represented at the exercise by the Kano Field Coordinator of the commission, Lub...

The Trump administration has directed that any migrant seeking to get a green card must return to their home country to apply, effectively closing a loophole that allows migrants to remain in the United States while awaiting permanent residency. On Friday, May 22, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced new guidance directing immigration officers to treat the transition from temporary nonimmigrant status to permanent immigrant status under Section 245(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act as a process that should generally take place outside the United States. Under the guidance, individuals seeking lawful permanent residency would typically be required to return to their home country, complete screening procedures and obtain an immigra...

The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has urged the South-East to overwhelmingly support President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general elections, warning that failure to do so could jeopardize the continuation of major federal infrastructure projects across the region.  Umahi spoke, Wednesday, May 20, during an inspection tour of ongoing federal road and bridge projects in Ebonyi State.The minister described the projects as unprecedented in the history of the South-East, insisting that no previous administration had invested so heavily in the region’s infrastructure. Among the projects inspected was the ongoing Calabar-Ebonyi–Benue-Nasarawa-Abuja Superhighway, which Umahi identified as one of the administration’s legacy projects.According to him, the stretch from Ndibe Beach in Ebony...

Nigerian businessman and socialite Obi Cubana has reportedly deleted all Instagram posts connected to the City Boy Movement, a group known for supporting President Bola Tinubu. The move comes amid growing criticism from some Nigerians over his association with the Tinubu-led administration. Naija News recalls that Obi Cubana was previously named the South-East Coordinator of the City Boy Movement, a youth-oriented political advocacy group established to promote the President’s Renewed Hope Agenda. At the time of filing this report, the businessman had not released any official statement regarding the removal of the posts. Obi Cubana has recently faced backlash on social media following his visible involvement with the pro-Tinubu organisation. His role within the movement genera...

South African opposition leader and Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader,  Julius Malema, labeled the anti-immigration marches across South Africa as "clownish" and "stupid." Thousands have marched in anti-immigration protests in South Africa, accusing illegal immigrants of taking away jobs, healthcare, housing, and public services. Speaking during an interview with Sky News Africa correspondent Yousra Elbagir, Malema rejected the idea that xenophobia exists in South Africa, describing the participants instead as a group of charlatans, extortionists, and corrupt individuals trying to extort foreign nationals. Malema also alleged that these marches are sponsored and fully backed by the government to distract South Africans from major issues. He questioned how an ordinary ...