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The Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Emomotimi Agama, has called for sustained policy consistency and operational resilience across Nigeria’s financial system following the country’s placement on the S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) 2027 Watchlist for possible reclassification from a Standalone to a Frontier Market. In a strategy paper titled “Nigeria’s Path to Index Reclassification: A Unified Strategy on Policy Consistency and Operational Resilience,” Agama described the S&P DJI decision, alongside an ongoing Frontier Market review by FTSE Russell, as Nigeria’s biggest opportunity in a decade to…

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has successfully completed live-line maintenance on the Zaria–Funtua 132kV Transmission Line without disrupting bulk electricity transmission, reinforcing its commitment to ensuring a stable and reliable national grid. According to TCN, the maintenance exercise was carried out by the company’s Kaduna Region Live-Line Crew between Saturday, July 4 and Tuesday, July 7, 2026. The operation involved replacing damaged glass disc insulators on selected transmission towers with a combination of polymer and glass disc insulators to restore the integrity and reliability of the transmission line’s insulation…

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has commenced a Strategic Refresher Course for 100 Deputy Comptrollers as part of efforts to prepare a new generation of senior officers for higher leadership responsibilities and strengthen ongoing reforms across the Service. The workshop, organised by the Human Resources Development Department in collaboration with the Customs Police Unit, began on Tuesday at the Nigeria Customs Command and Staff College, Gwagwalada. Declaring the workshop open on behalf of the Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, the Commandant of the College, Assistant Comptroller-General of Customs Dow Gaura,…

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has announced the immediate disengagement of Online Integrated Solution (OIS Services), the operator of Nigeria’s Visa Application and Submission Centers in the United States, from the collection and submission of visa applications on behalf of Nigerian diplomatic missions. The announcement, made in a statement on Thursday by the Service Public Relations Officer, DCI Akinsola Akinlabi, said the decision takes immediate effect and affects all prospective travelers as well as Nigerians residing in the United States who require visas to enter Nigeria. According to the NIS,…

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has raised serious concerns over the state of human rights in Nigeria, disclosing that it received 326,113 human rights complaints across the country in June 2026 and calling for urgent measures to protect citizens and strengthen accountability. Speaking at the presentation of the Commission’s June 2026 Monthly Human Rights Situation Dashboard in Abuja on Thursday, the Executive Secretary of the NHRC,Chief Tony Ojukwu welcomed representatives of the Nigeria military, the Police Service Commission (PSC), the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and other government agencies, describing…

The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has congratulated the 2025 Batch ‘B’ Stream 1 Corps Members on the successful completion of their one-year mandatory national service, urging them to remain committed to national unity, integrity, and entrepreneurship. In a farewell message issued by the Director of Information and Public Relations, Caroline Embu, the NYSC Director General commended the corps members for their dedication, patriotism, and invaluable contributions to national development during their service year. The DG praised the corps members for their diligence and selfless service…