1+ day, 11+ min ago   (464+ words) Olalekan Oyeyemi, popularly known as Emir Ajagungbade, said to be an associate of Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke, and a member of the ruling Accord Party, has been killed in Ile-Ife amid a lingering dispute over the leadership of motor…...

1+ day, 15+ min ago   (384+ words) Catholic bishops in Nigeria have called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, political parties and candidates for the 2027 general elections to allow the will of voters to prevail at the poll and desist from manipulating the processes. The bishops lauded…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (284+ words) Suspected bandits have reportedly abducted several Islamic clerics who attended a prayer session at the residence of the Director General of the All Progressives Congress’ Campaign Council for the 2027 general elections, Senator Abdul’aziz Abubakar Yari in Talata Mafara Local Government…...

4+ day, 41+ min ago   (241+ words) The Kwara State Government has approved the implementation of backlog promotions for civil servants and public sector employees, with financial benefits officially taking effect from September 1, 2026. The approval covers the 2025 promotion exercise for workers within the mainstream state civil service,…...

4+ day, 25+ min ago   (755+ words) Nigeria has moved to accelerate its participation in the African Continental Free Trade Area by cutting the processing period for Certificates of Origin to 24 hours, a measure expected to make cross-border transactions easier for local exporters. The Federal Government said…...

4+ day, 30+ min ago   (491+ words) The move followed a series of high-level engagements between the Federal Government and major Chinese engineering companies and financial institutions in Beijing, as part of the ongoing Nigeria-China power sector mission. The engagements were led on behalf of the Federal…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (1164+ words) A 13-year-old Junior Secondary School student of Ihyau El-Burhan Academy, Phase 3, Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Alhassan Jamil, was swept away by flood while on his way to school on Wednesday. The boy’s father, Jamil Maikasuwa, who…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (912+ words) Infrastructure, investment and public-private collaboration took centre stage at the 2026 Julius Berger Luminary Soirée as Julius Berger Nigeria Plc and Lagos State Government articulated a shared vision for unlocking value in Africa’s second-largest city economy, and positioning Lagos on the…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (330+ words) Wife of the President, Oluremi Tinubu, has empowered 500 indigent and vulnerable women in Ebonyi State with business support equipment, including deep freezers, gas cookers with ovens, power generators and industrial grinding machines. The empowerment programme, held in Abakaliki on Thursday,…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (497+ words) The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee has opened an investigation into outstanding regulatory debts owed to the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited and oil companies, with liabilities under review put…...