Court remands school teacher for allegedly beating young man to death in Ondo

The Ondo State Police Command has arraigned a 51-year-old teacher, Gbogidi Ojo Williams, before an Akure Magistrate’s Court for allegedly k!lling one Abayomi Olamitoke by beating him to d3ath.  …

Police arrest suspect supplying food items to kidnappers in Plateau

The Plateau State Police Command has arrested one Auwal Mohammed, who was arrested while trying to supply bread and other items to kidnappers in the Mazah community of Jos North…

Stop badmouthing your nation, Remi Tinubu appeals to Nigerians

    Nigeria’s First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, has urged Nigerians to stop badmouthing the country, insisting that the era when Nigeria was branded the “most corrupt country” is over.   …

Nigeria’s health system currently operating at 45% capacity, new report says

A new Country Health System and Services Profile (CHSSP) from the African Health Observatory Platform on Health Systems and Policies (AHOP) has revealed that Nigeria’s health system is performing at…

Atiku Abubakar denies plan to step down for any presidential aspirant ahead of 2027

Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has strongly denied a new media report suggesting he intends to abandon his presidential ambition in the 2027 election cycle to support a different…

Why I accepted renaming of National Theatre after me – Soyinka

Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka has revealed why he accepted the renaming of the National Theatre in Lagos after him despite previously criticising the renaming of public monuments after individuals.  …

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs to be sentenced today

Music mogul Diddy is scheduled to be sentenced on Friday, October.           Federal prosecutors have asked that Combs be sentenced to at least 11 years and…

Court dismisses suit challenging Tinubu’s Rivers State Emergency rule

The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, September 2 dismissed a suit seeking to declare as illegal and unconstitutional the six-month suspension of Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara and…

Lassa Fever: Nigeria records 895 confirmed cases and 166 deaths in 2025 – NCDC

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has released its latest Situation Report, covering Week 37 (September 8–14, 2025), confirming a total of 895 Lassa fever cases and…

Nigeria now has second-highest number of poor people globally – Former statistician-general of the National Bureau of Statistics Yemi Kale

Former Statistician-General of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Yemi Kale, has said around 89 million Nigerians, representing 40 percent of the population, are living below the poverty line.  …