The Lagos State Government has warned husbands against forcing their wives to have sex without their consent, saying anyone found guilty could face life imprisonment. The warning was given by the Director of Public...

Nigeria’s Minister of Defence, Christopher Musa, has accused former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai of deliberately planning the killing of people in Southern Kaduna. Musa made the statement on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Thursday....

Lagos Maritime Week returns this year from September 8 to 10, bringing together more than 500 maritime leaders at the Lagos Oriental Hotel. The focus: moving Africa’s blue economy beyond policy statements and into...

A 68-year-old British woman, Dawn Ottewell, is seeking to end her marriage to her 31-year-old Nigerian husband, Bright Emokpae, after their relationship reportedly broke down. Ottewell, who lives in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, told The...

The violence unfolding in Kano State is no longer a distant statistic — it has clawed right into the heart of local leadership. In recent days, armed men stormed Rogo Local Government Area and...

The FBI has confirmed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was investigated for alleged drug trafficking in the early 1990s. The confirmation came from a sworn declaration filed on August 28, 2026, in the US...

  The Lagos State Police Command has denied claims that officers used tear gas on pensioners during a protest at Alausa, calling the allegation false and insisting that no tear gas was deployed. The...

A video circulating on social media has sparked conversations within Nigeria’s fragrance community, with claims that some perfume vendors at Lagos Trade Fair Complex are protesting against the presence of the official Lattafa outlet...

At least four people were killed on the night of Friday, August 28, 2026, when suspected terrorists carried out coordinated attacks across several communities in Plateau State, Nigeria. The violence started along the Barkin...

Nigeria’s Customs Service has dealt a solid blow to the illegal wildlife trade. On August 25, officers from the Kano/Jigawa Area Command intercepted a consignment of trafficked animals during an operation along the Kano-Daura...

Bandits attacked the Ghandi community in Rabah Local Government Area, Sokoto State, on Sunday afternoon, killing at least eight farmers and injuring five others with gunshot wounds. The assault happened around 3:00 pm and...

The political race ahead of Nigeria’s 2027 presidential election is taking a new turn, with a group supporting President Bola Ahmed Tinubu planning to approach leaders in the South-East over Peter Obi’s presidential ambition....

The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State, Alhaji Yunusa Abu Ishaq, has been killed by gunmen during a kidnapping incident. Ishaq was among passengers in...

Rescuers in Nepal and China were still working on Saturday to find thousands of people who went missing after a deadly, tsunami-like wall of water and mud swept through the Himalayan region days ago,...

Residents across parts of southern Lagos and Ogun State have been left in the dark as a power supply dispute unfolds between two major players in Nigeria’s electricity sector. Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC)...

President Bola Tinubu has held closed-door talks with governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to sort out the controversy around the newly released Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) list. The list sparked criticism for...

A U.S.-based policy advisory and lobbying firm has made a striking claim against Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu — that he has poured millions of dollars into efforts to keep records from his alleged drug...

The Presidency has finally broken its silence over the recent collapse of the Benin-Agbor-Asaba Expressway, calling it an isolated incident even as motorists and commuters continue to battle the disastrous stretch. In a response...

David Umahi, Nigeria’s Minister of Works, has initiated legal action worth N2.5 billion against three parties over publications he describes as defamatory. The lawsuit, filed at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory...

The Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) has pulled back the curtain on a disturbing new reality: the way terrorists and their backers move money in Nigeria is no longer the crude cash-in-bags affair of...

The daily fuel consumption across Nigeria has taken a significant hit, with the country’s reliance on petrol, diesel, and aviation fuel dropping sharply during the month of July 2023. The decline paints a clear...

Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has taken steps to support residents affected by election-related violence. He has set up a committee to verify victims and released N500 million from the state’s Election Violence Victims...

Governor Ademola Adeleke has been re-elected as governor of Osun State, and he’s already calling for peace and unity across the state. Adeleke won Saturday’s governorship election with 511,067 votes, defeating his main rival,...

Today, we celebrate a true legend, an elder statesman, a man of vision, strength, dignity and uncommon impact — Senator Anthony Adefuye, the Olugbon of Lagos, as he marks his 82nd birthday. Senator Adefuye...

Over hundred intending voters allegedly imported by an Accord Party member ahead of the gubernatorial election in Osun State have been arrested. The voters carrying new Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, were camped at the...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State says its governorship campaign director’s nephew has been killed by suspected political thugs. The party claims Dele Ayegbo was shot dead on Wednesday night in Esa-Oke,...

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) is pushing forward with its digital transformation, aiming to tackle revenue leaks and procedural abuse while facing growing public scrutiny. The move comes in response to an investigative report...

More than 500 kidney patients gathered at the Enugu State University Teaching Hospital (ESUTH), Parklane, Enugu, following an invitation by humanitarian and philanthropist Mr Okoh Emmanuel Onyeka, popularly known as Okwuluora, to provide financial...

  Anthony Adeosun, husband of former Nigerian Minister of Finance Kemi Adeosun, has been laid to rest. His burial service was held on Thursday at the Redeemed Christian Church of God, City of David,...

Seyi Makinde, the presidential candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), has named former Department of State Services (DSS) Director-General Lawal Musa Daura as his running mate ahead of the 2027 presidential election. The...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has thrown its support behind Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke for Saturday’s governorship election. The move comes after the Court of Appeal ruled that Adebayo Olugbenga Adedamola is the...

Ahead of the governorship election in Osun State scheduled for August 15, 2026, sensitive election materials have arrived in Osogbo. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) plans to use over 30,000 members of the...

Air Peace flight operations came to a halt across the country following a protest by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). The industrial action forced the closure of the airline’s terminals at Murtala Muhammed International...