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Nigeria: How politicians started dashing cars and houses to judges, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

Nigeria, Sept. 15 -- In January 1993, Ibrahim Babangida was Nigeria's military ruler. He was supposedly in the last year of an interminable transition at the end of which he promised to hand over powe... Read More


NPFL Roundup: Plateau United, Kun Khalifat secure first wins as Enyimba go top

Nigeria, Sept. 15 -- The Nigeria Premier Football League produced plenty of drama on Matchday 4 as Plateau United and newly-promoted Kun Khalifat finally tasted victory for the first time this season.... Read More


Police invite lawyer for questioning over alleged defaming of governor

Nigeria, Sept. 15 -- A former secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Owerri branch, Chinedu Agu, said the police in Imo State, Nigeria's South-east, have invited him for allegedly defaming Go... Read More


Denari, Tracy evicted from BBN Season 10 as Faith shines again

Nigeria, Sept. 15 -- The Big Brother Naija journeys of Denari and Tracy have come to an end after seven dramatic weeks in the reality show. The housemates were evicted after polling the lowest percen... Read More


Five days of music, culture as 'Jameson Distillery on Tour' returns to Lagos

Nigeria, Sept. 15 -- Irish whiskey maker Jameson is set to bring its signature Distillery on Tour (JDOT) back to Lagos from 26 September to 1 October, promising a vibrant mix of music, fashion and cre... Read More


Charlie Kirk: A call for politics without bitterness and bloodshed, By Sunday Ogidigbo

Nigeria, Sept. 14 -- The recent killing of Charlie Kirk is a chilling reminder that politics in Nigeria has sometimes become a battlefield where ideology masquerades as reason and rivalry becomes leth... Read More


Kwara community on edge as bandits kill, abduct, burn villages

Nigeria, Sept. 14 -- The people of Isanlu-Isin in Isin Local Government Area of Kwara State have expressed fear for their lives after an encounter with bandits led to the killing of some vigilante mem... Read More


Group backs Senator Buba's peace efforts in northern Nigeria

Nigeria, Sept. 14 -- The Bauchi State Muslim Parliament has endorsed the peace-building efforts of Senator Shehu Buba, the chair of the Nigerian Senate Committee on Security and National Intelligence.... Read More


Resident doctors' strike paralyses hospitals, leaves patients stranded across Nigeria

Nigeria, Sept. 14 -- (By Mariam Ileyemi, Qosim Suleimon, Chinagorom Ugwu, Fortune Eromonsele, Oluwakemi Adelagun, Saviour Imukudo, Anas Dansalma, and Pascal Ibe) The nationwide five-day warning strik... Read More


Major restructuring at FRSC as corps marshal redeploys top officers nationwide

Nigeria, Sept. 14 -- The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has announced a sweeping redeployment of senior officers across its national formations, in what the Corps described as a strategic move to st... Read More