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Moshood Jimoh, Lagos commissioner of police, says he will not hesitate to dissolve the state task force — the police unit that enforces environmental and traffic laws — if there is clear evidence of human […]

An unspecified number of persons were feared killed, while many others sustained injuries following bomb explosions around Monday Market in Maiduguri, Borno State and near a security post at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, […]

The International Energy Agency (IEA) says the war in the Middle East is creating the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market. In its oil market report for March, the agency […]

The United States mission in Nigeria has warned Nigerians against engaging in visa fraud, saying such actions would attract stricter scrutiny for all applicants. In an X post shared on Monday, the US said it […]

In a historic turn, Nigeria has recorded single-digit food inflation for the first time in over a decade, signalling a monumental pivot in the cost of living for millions of households. After years of grappling […]

Nasir el-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna, says he expects to be arrested “any moment now” by federal authorities. Speaking in a recent interview with BBC Hausa, el-Rufai said four individuals who worked closely with him […]

WITH the 2027 general elections approaching, the Senate’s conditional approval of electronic transmission is shifting pressure to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), raising fresh questions about infrastructure, preparedness and the credibility of future polls. […]

An extensive traffic diversion on Apongbon Bridge that will last for six weeks begins on Thursday, February 5, 2026, Lagos State government has announced. The government explained that the traffic diversion is to enable the […]

The United States has dispatched a “small team” of troops to Nigeria following recent security cooperation between both countries. Dagvin Anderson, the general in charge of US Africa Command (AFRICOM), spoke of the development in […]

British prosecutors on Wednesday told a London court that former Nigerian Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, lavished more than £2m (N4bn) at Harrods, allegedly using funds provided by oil executives who benefited from lucrative […]

The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFund) says it has disbursed N1.33 billion to the University of Lagos (UNILAG) for the 2025/2026 academic session. In a statement on Friday, Oseyemi Oluwatuyi, NELFund director of communication, said […]

The Nigerian passport has ranked 89th place out of 199 in the 2026 Henley Passport Index. The index is updated annually, and is premised on exclusive data from the International Air Transport Authority (IATA), and […]

The late Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, has become the first African musician ever awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. The announcement on Saturday 19 December 2025 has put the late freedom fighter in the club […]

Former permanent secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Joe Keshi, has faulted the ambassadorial list sent to the Senate by President Bola Tinubu for confirmation. He also questioned the character of some of […]

Thirteen days after the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) began its strike, major hospital services remain paralysed, leaving patients stranded. The strike, which began on 1 November, has grounded operations in several federal and […]

Over 68 per cent of electricity consumers in Nigeria are illegally bypassing their prepaid meters and consuming power without payment, the Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO) has revealed. This disclosure came yesterday in Abuja during […]

A retired Professor of Sociology at the University of Lagos, Lai Olurode, has said that the recent threat by United States President Donald Trump to launch military action against Nigeria is not driven by any […]