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Lagos records 1,324 fire, building-collapse, other emergency incidents in nine months

Nigeria, Oct. 8 -- The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service says it responded to 1,324 emergency incidents between January and September, with fire calls accounting for 1,135 of the cases. The agency ... Read More


Court reserves ruling on Taraba APC chairmanship primary dispute

Nigeria, Oct. 8 -- The Federal High Court in Jalingo, Taraba State, has reserved ruling in a suit challenging the exclusion of Abdulhadi Haruna Lau from the All Progressives Congress (APC) state chair... Read More


Outrage over video showing FRSC officers allegedly beating motorist in Nasarawa

Nigeria, Oct. 8 -- A video showing officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) repeatedly hitting and kicking a man during a roadside encounter in Lafia, Nasarawa State, has triggered outrage on... Read More


Supreme Court Judgement: Parties that violate membership register rule won't field candidates - INEC

Nigeria, Oct. 8 -- The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said political parties that violated the statutory requirement on membership registers will not be allowed to field candidat... Read More


NPFL: Sporting Lagos Coach Buter fined N.5m over referee comments after Ikorodu City Derby

Nigeria, Oct. 8 -- Sporting Lagos head coach Jeffrey Buter has been fined N500,000 and cautioned by the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) following an inquest into comments he made about refereei... Read More


How Nigeria's Population Commission mismanaged N245 billion on undelivered products, other controversial contracts - Auditor-General

Nigeria, Oct. 8 -- The National Population Commission (NPC) awarded and paid for census-related contracts worth billions of naira without adequate evidence of delivery, according to the Auditor-Genera... Read More


Campaign council defends Obi over fuel subsidy U-turn

Nigeria, Oct. 8 -- The Peter Obi's presidential campaign council has defended his decision to restore petrol subsidy if elected in 2027, despite his repeated calls for the removal of the subsidy regim... Read More


We all need support, By Yemi Adetayo

Nigeria, Oct. 8 -- Sometimes, the person who looks strongest in the room is the one who is silently falling apart. Let me start with a story of a man I will call Ogede. Not his real name. He was a har... Read More


Nyesom Wike the el-terrible of Nigerian politics, By Sunday Adelaja

Nigeria, Oct. 8 -- Even though I am not a politician, I am a very keen political observer and analyst. I love my country of origin to a fault. Hence despite my 40 years sojourn in Europe I am deeply f... Read More


Canadian Writer Anne Carson Wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature

Nigeria, Oct. 8 -- Canadian writer Anne Carson has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature, according to an announcement by the Nobel Prize on Thursday. Ms Carson won the prize for her "bold and inven... Read More