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.  …

Tinubu to Inaugurate Nigeria’s First Indigenous On‑shore Oil Export Terminal in 2025

  President Bola Tinubu is expected to commission the $400 million Otakikpo Onshore Crude Oil Export Terminal in Rivers State on October 8, 2025. It is the first new crude…

Political Showdown Looms as Jandor Calls Out Tinubu’s Son on Governance Readiness

The 2023 governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olajide Adediran, also known as Jandor, has disclosed that President Bola Tinubu’s son, Seyi, is qualified to run for governorship…

Defence Chief Blames Eroding Family Values for Nigeria’s Rising Insecurity

  The Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Christopher Musa, says loss of family values is responsible for rising insecurity in Nigeria. The defence chief declared that strengthening family values is…

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.  …

DSS DG orders release of businesswoman wrongfully arrested for oil bunkering

The Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Oluwatosin Adeola Ajayi, has ordered the immediate release of an Abuja-based businesswoman, Chineze Ozoadibe, who was wrongfully arrested and detained…