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Northern Nigeria's tech turn: Solar, biotech and digital innovation can drive the change, By Mukhtar Yau Madobi

Nigeria, Oct. 20 -- Northern Nigeria is a region of contrasts - rich in sunlight, land and youthful energy, yet constrained by insecurity, unreliable electricity, unemployment, climate pressures and l... Read More


Journalists, media leaders honour Dele Giwa at book unveiling

Nigeria, Oct. 20 -- Journalists and prominent figures from Nigeria's media industry on Monday gathered in Lagos to honour Dele Giwa, the late founding editor-in-chief of Newswatch magazine, 40 years a... Read More


Nigeria is not doomed: Countering the forces of polarisation, By Chris Ngwodo

Nigeria, Oct. 20 -- Since the inception of the modern Nigerian state, observers have repeatedly contemplated its bewildering diversity and issued earnest forecasts of its impending disintegration. Acr... Read More


Osun police declare ex-NURTW chief wanted over killing of Adeleke's ally

Nigeria, Oct. 20 -- The Osun State Police Command has declared Nurudeen Alowonle, a factional chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), wanted over the killing of Accord Party ... Read More


Rivers Assembly reinstates three pro-Fubara lawmakers

Nigeria, Oct. 20 -- The Rivers State House of Assembly has reversed its earlier decision declaring the seats of three lawmakers loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara vacant. The Assembly took the decis... Read More


Police arrest man over alleged plot to kidnap 16-year-old girlfriend for N50m ransom

Nigeria, Oct. 20 -- The police in Delta State have arrested a 23-year-old man, Terry Ogbonna, over an alleged plot with his friends to kidnap his 16-year-old girlfriend and demand a N50 million ransom... Read More


Sanwo-Olu asks LAWMA boss to resign over waste crisis - Report

Nigeria, Oct. 20 -- Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has reportedly asked the Managing Director of the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), Muyiwa Gbadegesin, to resign over the persistent... Read More


Two casualties as tanker catches fire under Otedola Bridge in Lagos

Nigeria, Oct. 20 -- Two casualties were recorded on Monday after a diesel-laden tanker reportedly fell from Otedola Bridge and caught fire underneath it, inward Berger, Lagos State. The Lagos State T... Read More


Court dismisses El-Rufai's N120 million rights suit against SSS, EFCC, ICPC, AGF

Nigeria, Oct. 20 -- The FCT High Court in Maitama, Abuja, on Monday, dismissed former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai's N120 million fundamental rights enforcement suit, which he instituted follo... Read More


Kwam 1 hands daughter to Lagos deputy governor for Assembly ambition (VIDEO)

Nigeria, Oct. 20 -- Fuji musician Wasiu "Kwam 1" Ayinde has sought the support of Lagos State Deputy Governor Obafemi Hamzat for his daughter, Damilola Ayinde-Marshall, who hopes to secure a seat in t... Read More