The Ogun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress on Sunday unveiled Alhaja Kudirat Adegunwa-Balogun, a Chartered Accountant and daughter of industrialist, Alhaji Adebola Adegunwa, as the deputy governorship candidate of the party and running mate to its 2027 governorship…

The House of Representatives on Thursday passed a constitutional amendment bill seeking the establishment of state police, paving the way for the creation of a decentralised policing system in Nigeria. The proposed amendment seeks to alter the 1999 Constitution to…

A woman who went shopping on Sunday at the popular Vegetable Market, off Airport Road in Benin City, has reportedly been abducted. The woman was at the market with her children and husband when gunmen reportedly came to the scene…

Journalist and former senator Babafemi Ojudu has criticised the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, after a viral video showed her dancing with Nigerian inmates during a recent visit to a prison in Ethiopia. Mr Ojudu, who represented Ekiti Central…

Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has called on the state police command to probe the assassination attempt alleged by the Ataoja of Osogbo, Oba Jimoh Oyetunji, with a view to bringing to justice those responsible. This was…

African delegates attending seminars in China have condemned xenophobic attacks against foreign African nationals in South Africa and called for greater unity across the continent. The delegates responded to the ongoing black-on-black violence while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria on the sidelines…

The Prayer and Support for the Nigerian Armed Forces and Other Security Agencies has expressed deep sorrow over the death of former Director of Defence Information, Major General Rabe Abubakar (retd), who reportedly died while in the custody of kidnappers…

The Governing Council of the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam, Anambra State, has dismissed five staff members over alleged sexual abuse, harassment, intimidation, extortion, and other forms of misconduct. The university’s Public Relations Officer, Harrison Madubueze, disclosed this in a…

Former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd.), has revealed that General Sani Abacha personally summoned and pressured him to accept appointment as Chief of Army Staff during the November 1993 coup. He disclosed that he twice rejected the appointment…

The Nigerian Bar Association Anti-Corruption Committee and the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) have called for stronger and faster disciplinary action against lawyers. They also raised concerns over delays in handling complaints and inconsistencies in sanctions, according to a statement…

The Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, on Sunday visited Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, at his private residence in Ibadan to sympathise with the people and government of the state over the abduction of teachers and pupils in Yawota…

Edo Queens Football Club have emerged as the 2026 champions of the Nigeria Women Football League after finishing top of the Super Six competition on Sunday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. In their final game against Bayelsa Queens, Edo Queens…

The former Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar, has reflected on one of the most consequential periods in Nigeria’s history, saying the decision to hand over power to a civilian government in 1999 was both a political necessity and a moral…

Ejimofor Opara, the Special Adviser on Media to the Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has faulted the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Peter Obi, over his comment on the case of the leader of the Indigenous People…

Suspected Lakurawa insurgents have killed at least 20 people in a brutal attack on Sunday in Fasken Rafi, a village in the Arewa Local Government Area of Kebbi State. The terrorists carried out what residents described as one of the…