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Patients stranded across Nigeria as health workers' strike enters third month

Nigeria, Jan. 16 -- For more than two months, public hospitals across Nigeria have struggled to function amid an indefinite strike by the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU), leaving patients stranded... Read More


2027: Tinubu and Ndigbo, By Majeed Dahiru

Nigeria, Jan. 16 -- Ahead of the 2027 presidential election, it appears the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) may not be slowing down on the expansion of its sphere of influence into hitherto hos... Read More


Why the House of Representatives must reclaim its oversight role, By Bola Aliu

Nigeria, Jan. 16 -- The House of Representatives occupies a sacred place in Nigeria's constitutional architecture. It is entrusted not only with lawmaking, but with safeguarding the rule of law throug... Read More


From Ese Oruru to Walida: Unmasking selective outrage on child abuse cases, By Yushau A. Shuaib

Nigeria, Jan. 16 -- I have always resisted being dragged into ethnoreligious arguments. Not because the issues are trivial, but because many of the loudest voices in such debates are not merely passio... Read More


Captured suspected Ansaru leaders' terrorism trial stalls over defence lawyer's complaint to judge

Nigeria, Jan. 16 -- The terrorism trial of two alleged top leaders of Ansaru, an Al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group, stalled on Thursday at the Federal High Court in Abuja. The proceeding was cut sh... Read More


Atiku speaks on son's defection to APC

Nigeria, Jan. 16 -- Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said he is unperturbed by his son, Abubakar Atiku Abubakar's, decision to join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), describing it as... Read More


Shehu Sani launches books, urges communities to organise against insecurity

Nigeria, Jan. 16 -- Former senator and rights activist Shehu Sani has called for community resilience against banditry and terrorism, stating that Nigerians can no longer outsource their survival sole... Read More


Alleged $4.5bn fraud: Lawyer alleges EFCC pressured co-defendant to implicate Emefiele

Nigeria, Jan. 16 -- The lawyer for Henry Omoile, second defendant in the ongoing $4.5 billion fraud trial of former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele, on Thursday, accused the Eco... Read More


Atiku's son joins APC, declares support for Tinubu's re-election

Nigeria, Jan. 16 -- Abubakar Atiku Abubakar, son of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and declare... Read More


Alaafin stripped of Obas council's permanent chairman status as Olubadan emerges new chair

Nigeria, Jan. 16 -- The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, on Thursday emerged as the inaugural chairman of the newly reconstituted Oyo State Council of Obas and Chiefs, following its inaugur... Read More