Nigeria

The National Orientation Agency (NOA) on Friday asked Nigerians to spend the Christmas season praying for renewed love, unity, and brotherhood among citizens as the country celebrates Christmas alongside the rest of the world.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) personnel have seized shipments of Colorado cannabis hidden in automobiles imported from Montreal, Canada, and packs of cannabis juice flown in from South Africa for distribution before Christmas.

The Police Command in Kaduna State says its agents have apprehended a suspected bandit and gunrunner and confiscated four AK-47 weapons with 344 rounds of ammunition and the suspect’s operational motorcycle in Kaduna.

Bolanle Raheem, a female lawyer, was shot and killed by a police officer from the Ajah Police Station on Sunday. This caused a lot of chaos in the Ajah neighbourhood of Lagos State.

Quilox, a prominent nightclub, has been ordered closed by the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency after it was found to have hosted an event without obtaining a sound control permit.

Most Reverend Matthew Man-Oso Ndagoso, Archbishop of the Catholic Diocese of Kaduna, has reportedly told INEC that the people of Nigeria demand nothing less than free, fair, peaceful, and credible elections in 2023.

AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, the governor of Kwara State, has said that his government is developing a new political structure in the state.

The Deputy Governor of Anambra, Dr Onyekachukwu Ibezim, confronted soldiers on Saturday for making roadblocks on some major roads in the state and making it hard for drivers to get around.

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued President Muhammadu Buhari for “the failure to thoroughly, effectively, and transparently investigate spending on all social safety nets and poverty alleviation programmes and projects executed between 2015 and 2022.”