September 21, 2026 RRifnote Latest News, Notes

Latest list: US-based Nigerian lawyers sanctioned for fraud, client fund mismanagement

Several U.S.-based Nigerian lawyers have faced disciplinary sanctions, including suspension and disbarment, over professional misconduct ranging from mishandling client funds to fraud and misrepresentation, though many have since been reinstated. According to a report…

September 20, 2026 TOTribune Online Latest News, Nigeria, Notes

FG to governors: Transport fares must drop nationwide from October 1

President Bola Tinubu has directed all 36 state governors to accelerate implementation of the National Affordable Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Transit Programme, to ensure Nigerians begin seeing measurable reductions in transport fares from October…

September 20, 2026 FKFarooq Kperogi Notes, Opinion

Sowore as best president Nigeria refuses to have

By Farooq A. Kperogi Nigeria has tried almost everybody except the people who actually frighten the system, who can shake, even extirpate, the status quo and who can cause the sort of creative destruction…

September 19, 2026 BBlueprint Nigeria, Note of Interest

NIDCOM explains Ekene Chukwuma’s detention in India, urges Nigerians to obey host laws

The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has clarified the detention of Ekene Vitus Chukwuma, a Nigerian currently held at Lampur Detention Camp in Delhi, India, over a visa overstay, Blueprint reports. In a statement…

September 18, 2026 TCThe Cable Nigeria

Mambilla: ICC tribunal faults ex-AGF Malami over actions against Nigeria’s interest

An International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) arbitration tribunal has accused Abubakar Malami, former attorney-general of the federation, of acting against Nigeria’s interest in the Mambilla hydropower dispute, The Cable reports. The tribunal, chaired by…

September 18, 2026 VVanguard Nigeria, Notes, Political Landscape

APC: Atiku “unfit for presidency” over Mambilla scandal revelations

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council has described African Democratic Congress presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar as “unfit for Nigeria’s presidency” over revelations from the Mambilla Hydroelectric Power Project arbitration dispute, Vanguard reports.…

September 18, 2026 SRSahara Reporters Notes, Political Landscape

Sowore declares he’d rather die than seek treatment abroad as president

VIA SAHARA REPORTERS: The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has declared that any illness he cannot treat in Nigeria after becoming president should be allowed to kill him. Sowore…

September 17, 2026 VXVIA X Nigeria, Technology

Tinubu: Africa’s next tech giants must be built on Nigerian soil

BOLA AHMED TINUBU VIA X: BUILDING AFRICA’S NEXT GENERATION OF GLOBAL DIGITAL COMPANIES FROM NIGERIA Nigeria has the talent, enterprise, and ambition to build companies that can compete anywhere in the world. Our responsibility…

September 17, 2026 PGPeoples Gazette Nigeria, Notes, Political Landscape

FG to remove electricity subsidy in 2027, minister says

President Bola Tinubu’s government is set to remove electricity subsidy by 2027, a move that will see Nigerians pay more for power, Peoples Gazette reports. Minister of Power Joseph Tegbe disclosed this at the…

September 17, 2026 PGPeoples Gazette Health, Nigeria, Notes

WHO: Dementia now major health challenge in Africa, costs families $15.6bn yearly

The World Health Organisation has said dementia is increasingly becoming a major public health challenge in Africa, costing families and societies an estimated $15.6 billion annually, Peoples Gazette reports. In a statement issued after…