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UPDATED: 2027: I will bring back petrol subsidy, Atiku insists

Nigeria, Aug. 26 -- Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, has restated his pledge to restore petrol subsidy if elected president next year. Atiku restated his... Read More


2027: I will bring back petrol subsidy, Atiku insists

Nigeria, Aug. 26 -- Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, has restated his pledge to restore petrol subsidy if elected president next year. Atiku restated his... Read More


Rockson A. Igelige: A tireless labourer's death just before harvest time!, By Ogaga Ifowodo

Nigeria, Aug. 26 -- Friday, morning, 21 August. As soon as I switched my phone back on, it began to ring. It was a call from a childhood friend of Rockson's, bearing the worst news of the year, guaran... Read More


Police arrest suspected cross-border car theft syndicate members in Oyo

Nigeria, Aug. 26 -- The Oyo State Police Command says it has disrupted a transnational criminal network involved in the trafficking of stolen exotic vehicles across Nigeria's borders for sale in forei... Read More


Many bodies recovered after Niger mosque attacks, LG chairman says, as Tinubu orders rescue operation

Nigeria, Aug. 26 -- About 30 people have died following last Friday's attacks on Muslim worshippers during the Jumaat prayers in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State, the chairman of the council... Read More


Veteran journalist, Eagle Online publisher Dotun Oladipo, dies at 56

Nigeria, Aug. 26 -- Veteran Nigerian journalist and publisher of The Eagle Online, Dotun Oladipo, has died at the age of 56. Mr Oladipo died on Tuesday, 25 August, after he suddenly took ill in his o... Read More


Nigeria Health Watch launches tracker to hold 2027 candidates accountable for health promises

Nigeria, Aug. 26 -- Nigeria Health Watch has launched a tool to track and assess healthcare promises made by political parties and candidates ahead of Nigeria's 2027 general elections, as it pushes fo... Read More


INTERVIEW: Nigeria must invest more in environment to tackle land degradation, farmer-herder conflicts - Expert

Nigeria, Aug. 26 -- Joseph Onoja, Director-General of the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF), speaks on Nigeria's worsening land degradation, the financing gap in environmental protection and the ... Read More


Will Nigeria, other African countries be affected by Trump's latest Iran sanctions?

Nigeria, Aug. 26 -- On Monday, the US threatened new rounds of sanctions against Iran. It made it clear that the goal was to isolate Iran and weaken its already battered economy. President Donald Tru... Read More


Gadzama obtains court's leave to challenge three-year suspension by LPDC

Nigeria, Aug. 26 -- The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted Joe-Kyari Gadzama, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), leave to challenge his three-year suspension from legal practice by the Legal Pra... Read More