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Sixteen Die on the Jos-Lagos Run: How a Tired Driver and an Unforgiving Bridge Turned the Lokoja-Okene Highway Into a Morgue
Sixteen people are dead and six others are fighting for their lives after a commercial Toyota Hiace bus plunged off a bridge on the Lokoja-Okene …
Katsina Commissions Multi-Billion Naira Smart School as NGF Chairman Abdulrazaq and Minister of Education Grace the Historic Occasion
Governor Dikko Umaru Radda's administration has commissioned the Radda Smart School in Charanchi Local Government Area of Katsina State today, Tuesday May 5, 2026 one …
Gombe APC Announces Dr. Jamilu shaiyaku Gwamna As Consensus Governorship Candidate For 2027 Elections The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Gombe State has announced Dr. Jamilu shaiyaku Gwamna as i
The All Progressives Congress in Gombe State has adopted Dr. Jamilu Shaiyaku Gwamna a former Managing Director of the Kano Electricity Distribution Company as its …
No Uniform Is a Licence to Kill: NPF Dismisses Five Officers, Hands Effurun Case to AGF as Justice Moves to the Courts
The Nigeria Police Force has taken the final institutional steps in the Effurun extrajudicial killing case formally dismissing ASP Nuhu Usman and four other culpable …
Three UNICROSS Student Union Executives Killed in Odukpani Auto Crash; SUG President Fights for Life.
Three officials of the Students' Union Government of the University of Cross River State have been killed in a road accident that occurred on the …
KPMG Veteran, China Envoy, Power Reformer: Tinubu Nominates Joseph Olasunkanmi Tegbe as Minister of Power to Succeed Adelabu
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated Mr. Joseph Olasunkanmi Tegbe, a fiscal and economic reform expert with over 35 years of experience, as Minister of …
A Decade in the Making: NNPC’s NGIC Completes River Niger Crossing on OB3 Pipeline, Unlocking Nigeria’s East-West Gas Revolution
The NNPC Gas Infrastructure Company (NGIC), a wholly owned subsidiary of NNPC Limited, has successfully completed the River Niger Crossing of the 130 kilometre Obiafu …
Dismissed and to Be Prosecuted: NPF Orders Sacking of ASP Nuhu Usman and Culpable Officers Over Effurun Extrajudicial Killing of Mene Ogidi
The Nigeria Police Force has announced the dismissal and prosecution of ASP Nuhu Usman and other officers found culpable in the fatal shooting of 28 …
“I’m a Stubborn Politician. I Just Refuse to Go”: Tinubu Declares 2027 Second-Term Bid, Dismisses Insecurity as Political Weapon Against His Presidency
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has formally declared his intention to seek a second term in the 2027 presidential election, using a blunt and combative address …
Nigerian of the Week: Dr. Iroro Tanshi The Woman Who Found a Lost Bat Species, Built an Army of Village Firefighters, and Won the World’s Green Nobel Prize
Dr. Iroro Tanshi, a 41-year-old Nigerian conservation ecologist from Warri, Delta State, has won the 2026 Goldman Environmental Prize widely regarded as the world’s most …
All 14 Home Safe: Police and EFCC Rescue Abducted Victims From Calabar-Oron Waterways as Hunt for Sea Pirates Continues
The Nigeria Police Force, in collaboration with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has successfully rescued all 14 victims abducted by sea pirates along …
Shot While Pleading for His Life: NPF Condemns Effurun Killing, Transfers ASP Nuhu Usman to Force HQ for Prosecution
The Nigeria Police Force has publicly condemned the extrajudicial killing of 28 years old Mene Ogidi in Effurun, Delta State, on April 26, 2026, and …
Sanwo-Olu Endorses Deputy Hamzat as APC’s Lagos Governorship Candidate for 2027 in Emotional Succession Ceremony at Marina
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Monday, April 27, 2026, publicly endorsed his Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Kadri Hamzat, as his preferred successor and the …
They Turned Down ₦100 Million: How NPF’s FID-STS Dismantled a Railway Vandalism Syndicate and Recovered ₦400 Million in Stolen Infrastructure
The Nigeria Police Force, through its Force Intelligence Department Special Tactical Squad (FID-STS), has arrested two suspects Chisom Goodnews (32) and Ahmed Adamu (22) and …
‘Stronger Workforce, Stronger Nation’: Inside the ₦10 Billion Housing Initiative Reshaping Civil Servant Welfare in Nigeria
The Federal Government of Nigeria has approved a ₦10 billion housing loan scheme for federal civil servants, unveiled on Friday, April 24, 2026 by the …