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Fans threaten to boycott Davido's December concerts over Adeleke's support for Tinubu

Nigeria, Oct. 16 -- Some Nigerians on social media have threatened to boycott Davido's three December concerts in Lagos after Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke endorsed President Bola Tinubu for a s... Read More


Truancy: Akwa Ibom warns parents, plans to 'intercept' loitering students

Nigeria, Oct. 16 -- The Akwa Ibom State Government says it will deploy a special monitoring task force to tackle truancy, street hawking by school-age children during school hours, and children not en... Read More


Oil-rich nations must turn fossil fuel wealth into sustainable energy - Expert

Nigeria, Oct. 16 -- A professor of Energy and Environmental Economics at Pan-Atlantic University, Ekundayo Mesagan, has urged Nigeria and other oil-producing countries to transform their fossil fuel w... Read More


Gunmen abduct Catholic priest

Nigeria, Oct. 16 -- A Catholic priest, John Otache, has been kidnapped along the Otobi Amejo-Ajegbe Road in Ohimini Local Government Area of Benue State, the police and the Catholic Diocese of Otukpo ... Read More


Atiku launches 'Ask AA' platform, says it received 1,000 questions in 30 minutes

Nigeria, Oct. 16 -- Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar says Nigerians submitted more than 1,000 questions within 30 minutes of launching his citizen-engagement platform, Ask AA, on Thursday evening.... Read More


Nigerian govt reopens First Niger Bridge after 38 days of closure

Nigeria, Oct. 16 -- The Nigerian government has reopened the First Niger Bridge linking Onitsha in Anambra State with Asaba in Delta State. Nigeria's Minister of Works, David Umahi, reopened the brid... Read More


Senate passes bill backing Akwa Ibom's federal university of technology

Nigeria, Oct. 16 -- The Senate has passed a bill seeking to provide a legal framework for the Federal University of Technology, Ikot Abasi (FUTIA), Akwa Ibom State, five years after it was established... Read More


Police remove DPO after suspected cultists renovate station

Nigeria, Oct. 16 -- The Police Command in Rivers State has removed the divisional police officer in charge of Abuloma Division and the officer overseeing its police outpost following allegations that ... Read More


2027: Dickson urges INEC to restore omitted NDC candidates in final list

Nigeria, Oct. 16 -- The National Leader of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Seriake Dickson, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to "promptly" restore omitted names of... Read More


Senate probes death of ex-SUG president in Enugu NYSC camp

Nigeria, Oct. 16 -- The Nigerian Senate has ordered an investigation into the death of a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Etimbuk Daniel, at the NYSC camp in Enugu State. PREMIUM TI... Read More