Trending News: NDLEA foils drug shipments to US, Saudi Arabia, others; arrests two suspectsStrange Disease Kills Five Varsity Students In KebbiEko Disco accuses soldiers of attacking, abducting staff over power outageBudget presentation: We haven’t received any letter from Fubara, says Rivers AssemblyCatholic church criticises police, govt over abducted Seminarian’s deathSEC revokes Mainland Trust’s registration, suspends Centurion registrarsEFCC recovered N365.4bn, secured 4,111 convictions in 2024 – OlukoyedePoliceman takes his life in Nigeria’s South-westReport: DSS, NIA probing Natasha Akpoti’s unauthorised presence at IPU meeting in New YorkAmnesty International condemns alleged threats against corps member for criticising Tinubu’s govtUS Strikes In Yemen Kill 31 As Trump Vows To End Huthi AttacksNYSC officials threatening me for criticizing Tinubu’s govt – Corps MemberNAFDAC: The drugs we found during enforcement operations can ruin a nationAt Least 33 Dead As Tornadoes Ravage Central USNigeria pushing hungry youths towards revolution — ObasanjoNDLEA intercepts cocaine concealed in prayer beads, shoesSERAP sues Akpabio over Natasha’s suspensionDAILIES TOP STORIES: Niger begs Nigeria for petrol despite tense relationsEdo policeman ‘shoots’ teenage driver dead for not stopping at checkpointNigerian ‘swindles’ $183,000 from American woman in online scamTo stay alive, Qur’an recitation winner, family needs to pay N30m fee to Katsina banditsKano clarifies A’Court’s judgment on Sanusi’s reinstatement as emirRivers crisis: I won’t stop assembly from performing duties — Wike16-yr-old girl commits suicide in GombeAngry Protesters destroy Wike’s billboardsUK govt asks Nigerian nurses under investigation for ‘exam fraud’ to leave — ReportRivers SSG Warns Against Taking Fubara’s Simplicity For WeaknessTop Islamic State Leader KilledTrump plans travel ban on 43 countriesIndependent findings by FactWatch Nigeria show Abia Lawmaker didn’t shut down N’AssemblyNigeria spent $5.47bn on foreign debt servicing, says CBNAnambra bans students from using phonePolice confirm death of kidnapped Edo seminarianAdamawa man arrested for raping minorDAILIES TOP STORIES: Fubara in limbo as lawmakers suspend sitting indefinitelyPoliceman “stabs man to death’ in AbujaArmed groups recruited over 400 children into DRC conflict in 2025 — ReportNigeria refutes US claim of targeted killings of ChristiansBREAKING: Court stops Sanusi’s reinstatement as Kano EmirGunmen kidnap farm owner, manager in Ondo, demand N30m ransomUS vice president proposes deporting foreign students “not acting in nation’s best interest”Rivers Assembly adjourns sittings indefinitelyWoman jumps off Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos, diesINEC Releases Updated Voters Register, List Of Political Parties For Rivers LG ElectionJudges block Trump’s mass sacking, order workers reinstatementFubara Writes Rivers Assembly Again, Proposes Wednesday For 2025 Budget PresentationCourt Strikes Out Cyberstalking Suit As GTBank Withdraws Charge Against GTB CEO20-year-old woman kills co-wife in JigawaDAILIES TOP STORIES: PDP govs, Obi, NNPP mull alliance to stop Tinubu in 2027Witness testifies “ex-Police Chief Abba Kyari, got N200m with 10 bank accountsKidnapped Edo Catholic priest regains freedom — but seminarian’s fate uncertainInmates dying of hunger in Nigerian correctional centres – PanelI’m open to total peace in Rivers – FubaraNatasha’s actions may discourage politicians from appointing women – AkpabioBandits abduct 10, injure 2 in Kaduna midnight raidsCustoms Intercept Over $1.1m At Kano AirportPolice arrest couple for gun running in DeltaCourt orders arrest of VeryDarkMan for defamationIPOB asks NAFDAC to return seized goods from Onitsha drug marketThree-year-old video of policemen assaulting, extorting travelers on Kogi road resurfaces onlineHow ex-Kwara governor Ahmed ‘diverted’ N5bn UBEC fund —EFCC witnessNigerian TikTok worker dies in KenyaBREAKING: Rivers Assembly Moves To Probe Chief Judge Over Alleged Age FalsificationNEWS EXTRA: Police have right to check women’s belongings — Delta Police PROSuspension: Natasha files contempt charge against Akpabio, othersOil Hits $70/b As Nigeria’s Output Surpasses OPEC+ Quota For February — ReportIkimi-Led PDP Disciplinary Committee Recommends Anyanwu’s SuspensionSierra Leone Sacks Immigration Chief Caught Taking Drug Lord GiftNatasha suspended for misconduct, not harassment claim, Senate replies IPUHeatwave in Nigeria may trigger meningitis outbreak, says NiMETDAILIES TOP STORIES: Power plants face shutdown as FG pays only 20% of N1.9tr subsidy debtImo village youths beat man to death for eating aunt’s foodNnamdi Kanu’s ‘terrorism’ trial begins afresh March 21I’m Ready To Re-Present Budget Despite Being Locked Out — FubaraThree police officers injured as IED explodes in BornoNothing Will Happen If Fubara Is Impeached, Says WikeFubara writes speaker, requests to present 2025 budgetFraudster falsely declared Nigerian woman dead to seize her £350k home in UKPolice in Imo needed a one-week ultimatum before confirming the killing of suspected kidnapper six months after — why?Nine abducted Ondo surveyors pay N20m to regain their freedomFubara’s Letter To Rivers Assembly Over S’Court Verdict ‘Useless’ — WikeBandit kingpin, Dogo Saleh, killed by gang in rescue attempt – PoliceWe’ll hear both sides before deciding on Akpoti-Uduaghan suspensionBREAKING: Amaewhule-Led lawmakers refuse Fubara entry into Rivers Assembly ComplexDAILIES TOP STORIES: Anger over herders’ deadly attacks in Ondo, Benue, Nasarawa, over 42 killedALERT: EFCC exposes 58 illegal ponzi scheme operators planning to defraud NigeriansWike Orders Demolition Of Houses In FCTSenator Natasha Reports Her Suspension, Case Against Akpabio To UN Inter-Parliamentary UnionS’court dismisses Rivers’ suit against EFCC probe of Odili, orders return to appeal courtSix persons including pregnant woman killed as farmer-herder clash in NasarawaIGP bans parade of suspects68m Poor Nigerians captured in National Social Register – ReportReps Tell CBN To Suspend ATM Charges HikeBREAKING: We will implement Supreme Court’s judgement in full, says FubaraNEWS EXTRA: Nigerian Lawmakers Order Shut Down Of Pornographic WebsitesSupreme Court Dismisses Appeal Against Aiyedatiwa’s CandidacySuspected meningitis outbreak kills 26 in Kebbi – GovtDrunk Nigerian policeman kills resident in Niger StateSecurity operatives comb Imo forest, arrest hoodlums after CrimeFact’s storyDAILIES TOP STORIES::Consumers groan as data depletion, exploitation complicate telcos’ tariff hike 
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Trending News: NDLEA foils drug shipments to US, Saudi Arabia, others; arrests two suspectsStrange Disease Kills Five Varsity Students In KebbiEko Disco accuses soldiers of attacking, abducting staff over power outageBudget presentation: We haven’t received any letter from Fubara, says Rivers AssemblyCatholic church criticises police, govt over abducted Seminarian’s deathSEC revokes Mainland Trust’s registration, suspends Centurion registrarsEFCC recovered N365.4bn, secured 4,111 convictions in 2024 – OlukoyedePoliceman takes his life in Nigeria’s South-westReport: DSS, NIA probing Natasha Akpoti’s unauthorised presence at IPU meeting in New YorkAmnesty International condemns alleged threats against corps member for criticising Tinubu’s govtUS Strikes In Yemen Kill 31 As Trump Vows To End Huthi AttacksNYSC officials threatening me for criticizing Tinubu’s govt – Corps MemberNAFDAC: The drugs we found during enforcement operations can ruin a nationAt Least 33 Dead As Tornadoes Ravage Central USNigeria pushing hungry youths towards revolution — ObasanjoNDLEA intercepts cocaine concealed in prayer beads, shoesSERAP sues Akpabio over Natasha’s suspensionDAILIES TOP STORIES: Niger begs Nigeria for petrol despite tense relationsEdo policeman ‘shoots’ teenage driver dead for not stopping at checkpointNigerian ‘swindles’ $183,000 from American woman in online scamTo stay alive, Qur’an recitation winner, family needs to pay N30m fee to Katsina banditsKano clarifies A’Court’s judgment on Sanusi’s reinstatement as emirRivers crisis: I won’t stop assembly from performing duties — Wike16-yr-old girl commits suicide in GombeAngry Protesters destroy Wike’s billboardsUK govt asks Nigerian nurses under investigation for ‘exam fraud’ to leave — ReportRivers SSG Warns Against Taking Fubara’s Simplicity For WeaknessTop Islamic State Leader KilledTrump plans travel ban on 43 countriesIndependent findings by FactWatch Nigeria show Abia Lawmaker didn’t shut down N’AssemblyNigeria spent $5.47bn on foreign debt servicing, says CBNAnambra bans students from using phonePolice confirm death of kidnapped Edo seminarianAdamawa man arrested for raping minorDAILIES TOP STORIES: Fubara in limbo as lawmakers suspend sitting indefinitelyPoliceman “stabs man to death’ in AbujaArmed groups recruited over 400 children into DRC conflict in 2025 — ReportNigeria refutes US claim of targeted killings of ChristiansBREAKING: Court stops Sanusi’s reinstatement as Kano EmirGunmen kidnap farm owner, manager in Ondo, demand N30m ransomUS vice president proposes deporting foreign students “not acting in nation’s best interest”Rivers Assembly adjourns sittings indefinitelyWoman jumps off Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos, diesINEC Releases Updated Voters Register, List Of Political Parties For Rivers LG ElectionJudges block Trump’s mass sacking, order workers reinstatementFubara Writes Rivers Assembly Again, Proposes Wednesday For 2025 Budget PresentationCourt Strikes Out Cyberstalking Suit As GTBank Withdraws Charge Against GTB CEO20-year-old woman kills co-wife in JigawaDAILIES TOP STORIES: PDP govs, Obi, NNPP mull alliance to stop Tinubu in 2027Witness testifies “ex-Police Chief Abba Kyari, got N200m with 10 bank accountsKidnapped Edo Catholic priest regains freedom — but seminarian’s fate uncertainInmates dying of hunger in Nigerian correctional centres – PanelI’m open to total peace in Rivers – FubaraNatasha’s actions may discourage politicians from appointing women – AkpabioBandits abduct 10, injure 2 in Kaduna midnight raidsCustoms Intercept Over $1.1m At Kano AirportPolice arrest couple for gun running in DeltaCourt orders arrest of VeryDarkMan for defamationIPOB asks NAFDAC to return seized goods from Onitsha drug marketThree-year-old video of policemen assaulting, extorting travelers on Kogi road resurfaces onlineHow ex-Kwara governor Ahmed ‘diverted’ N5bn UBEC fund —EFCC witnessNigerian TikTok worker dies in KenyaBREAKING: Rivers Assembly Moves To Probe Chief Judge Over Alleged Age FalsificationNEWS EXTRA: Police have right to check women’s belongings — Delta Police PROSuspension: Natasha files contempt charge against Akpabio, othersOil Hits $70/b As Nigeria’s Output Surpasses OPEC+ Quota For February — ReportIkimi-Led PDP Disciplinary Committee Recommends Anyanwu’s SuspensionSierra Leone Sacks Immigration Chief Caught Taking Drug Lord GiftNatasha suspended for misconduct, not harassment claim, Senate replies IPUHeatwave in Nigeria may trigger meningitis outbreak, says NiMETDAILIES TOP STORIES: Power plants face shutdown as FG pays only 20% of N1.9tr subsidy debtImo village youths beat man to death for eating aunt’s foodNnamdi Kanu’s ‘terrorism’ trial begins afresh March 21I’m Ready To Re-Present Budget Despite Being Locked Out — FubaraThree police officers injured as IED explodes in BornoNothing Will Happen If Fubara Is Impeached, Says WikeFubara writes speaker, requests to present 2025 budgetFraudster falsely declared Nigerian woman dead to seize her £350k home in UKPolice in Imo needed a one-week ultimatum before confirming the killing of suspected kidnapper six months after — why?Nine abducted Ondo surveyors pay N20m to regain their freedomFubara’s Letter To Rivers Assembly Over S’Court Verdict ‘Useless’ — WikeBandit kingpin, Dogo Saleh, killed by gang in rescue attempt – PoliceWe’ll hear both sides before deciding on Akpoti-Uduaghan suspensionBREAKING: Amaewhule-Led lawmakers refuse Fubara entry into Rivers Assembly ComplexDAILIES TOP STORIES: Anger over herders’ deadly attacks in Ondo, Benue, Nasarawa, over 42 killedALERT: EFCC exposes 58 illegal ponzi scheme operators planning to defraud NigeriansWike Orders Demolition Of Houses In FCTSenator Natasha Reports Her Suspension, Case Against Akpabio To UN Inter-Parliamentary UnionS’court dismisses Rivers’ suit against EFCC probe of Odili, orders return to appeal courtSix persons including pregnant woman killed as farmer-herder clash in NasarawaIGP bans parade of suspects68m Poor Nigerians captured in National Social Register – ReportReps Tell CBN To Suspend ATM Charges HikeBREAKING: We will implement Supreme Court’s judgement in full, says FubaraNEWS EXTRA: Nigerian Lawmakers Order Shut Down Of Pornographic WebsitesSupreme Court Dismisses Appeal Against Aiyedatiwa’s CandidacySuspected meningitis outbreak kills 26 in Kebbi – GovtDrunk Nigerian policeman kills resident in Niger StateSecurity operatives comb Imo forest, arrest hoodlums after CrimeFact’s storyDAILIES TOP STORIES::Consumers groan as data depletion, exploitation complicate telcos’ tariff hike 
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USAID places 1,600 employees on administrative leave
USAID places 1,600 employees on administrative leave

  The United States Agency for International Development, on Sunday, at 11:59 p.m. placed no fewer than 1,600 employees worldwide on administrative leave. The administrative leave was announced in a…

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Reps to probe NGOs over USAID terrorism funding allegation
Reps to probe NGOs over USAID terrorism funding allegation

  The house of representatives has resolved to probe the activities of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in the country. The investigation aims to uncover the “real identities, sources of funding and…

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No evidence USAID funds Boko Haram – US Ambassador
No evidence USAID funds Boko Haram – US Ambassador

  The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Richard Mills, has said there is no evidence that the United States Agency for International Development is funding Boko Haram or any terrorist…

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Nigerian Senate summons security chiefs over USAID terrorism claims
Nigerian Senate summons security chiefs over USAID terrorism claims

  The Senate on Wednesday summoned intelligence chiefs to investigate allegations made by United States Congressman Perry Scott that the United States Agency for International Development has been funding terrorist…

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USAID: US probes aid funds to Nigeria
USAID: US probes aid funds to Nigeria

  The United States Mission to Nigeria has announced that the U.S. government is set to investigate how past aid allocated to Nigeria and other countries has been utilised. On…

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Probe Weighty Claim USAID Funded Boko Haram, Ndume Tells FG
Probe Weighty Claim USAID Funded Boko Haram, Ndume Tells FG

  The lawmaker representing Borno South Senatorial District, Ali Ndume, has asked the Federal Government to probe a claim by US Congressman Scott Perry that aborted United States Agency for…

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USAID funded Boko Haram, other terror groups – US congressman
USAID funded Boko Haram, other terror groups – US congressman

  US Congressman, Scott Perry, has said that US aid agency, United States Agency for International Development, funded terrorist organisations, including Boko Haram. Perry, a Republican representing Pennsylvania, made the…

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Nearly All USAID Staff To Be Laid Off — Reports
Nearly All USAID Staff To Be Laid Off — Reports

  The Trump administration plans to reduce the number of staff at the US government’s giant humanitarian agency USAID to fewer than 300 people from more than 10,000, the New…

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Federal workers sue Trump administration over plan to shut down USAID
Federal workers sue Trump administration over plan to shut down USAID

  Federal workers associations in the US have asked a federal high court in Washington to stop the Donald Trump administration from shutting down the United States Agency for International…

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Trump has agreed to shut down USAID, says Elon Musk
Trump has agreed to shut down USAID, says Elon Musk

  Elon Musk says US President Donald Trump has agreed to shut down the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). USAID is the world’s premier international development agency. It…

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