Traditional rulers and policy advocates from the South-West on Friday renewed pressure on federal and state lawmakers from the region to back the proposed Reserved Seats for Women Bill, arguing that the measure is essential to correcting Nigeria’s entrenched gender imbalance in political representation. Their appeal was delivered at a legislative dialogue organised in Abuja […]
The Department of State Services has ended a three-year search for a notorious Ansaru commander, Abdulazeez Obadaki, after operatives tracked and re-arrested him on Friday morning, closing the chapter on one of the country’s most protracted fugitive hunts since the 2022 Kuje jailbreak. Obadaki, known within extremist circles as Bomboy, had remained at large since […]
Journalist and academic Farooq Kperogi has corrected widespread online claims suggesting that Nigerian Army officer Lt. A.M. Yerima is the son of retired Major General M.M. Yerima, describing the narrative as a product of misinformation amplified by artificial intelligence tools. Kperogi said he revised his previous assumptions after receiving “convincing evidence” from someone familiar with […]
A 16-year-old medical student at Obafemi Awolowo University, Akande Oyinkansola Josephine, has taken the top spot in the 2025 National Undergraduate Essay Competition organised by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, after outperforming candidates from universities across the country. Akande, a 200-level student, received ₦1 million, a new laptop, and a commemorative plaque at […]
Prominent traditional rulers from Nigeria’s South-west geopolitical zone have thrown their weight behind the Special Seats Bill, urging lawmakers to ensure its passage into law. The call was made on Friday in Abuja during a meeting organised by the National Institute for Democratic and Legislative Studies (NILDS). Leading the delegation was the Ooni of Ife, […]
Nigeria’s senior women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, suffered a narrow 77–76 defeat to Turkey in an intense international friendly on Friday in Istanbul. The match served as a key preparation for the 2026 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup qualifiers. The closely contested game came less than three months after D’Tigress celebrated a historic fifth consecutive […]
Thousands of subscribers of mobile network provider Globacom Limited (Glo) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and several northern states were left without mobile voice and data services on Thursday as a major network disruption unfolded. Glo confirmed in an official statement that the outage, which began around 11:49 a.m., was caused by multiple […]
A Nigerian domestic worker in Kuwait, identified by the pseudonym Temitope Adewale, has alleged that her employer is preventing her from returning home after she expressed her desire to leave her job due to exhaustion and difficult working conditions. Temitope, who reportedly travelled to Kuwait through a private recruitment agent, said she informed her […]
The Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan has adjourned ruling on a preliminary objection challenging its jurisdiction to hear a suit seeking to halt the forthcoming national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The suit, filed by PDP member Folahan Adelabi, questions certain internal processes leading to the convention scheduled to hold in […]
A growing number of food traders across Nigeria say they are becoming increasingly worried as the price of rice one of the country’s most consumed staples continues to fall in major markets. While consumers are celebrating the lower prices, traders say the rapid decline is hurting their profit margins and destabilizing the local rice […]
