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Cinemas favour films that fill seats, not filmmakers - Mo Abudu replies to bias claims

Nigeria, Feb. 9 -- Nigerian media mogul and philanthropist Mosunmola "Mo Abudu" Abudu has responded to allegations that cinema owners show bias by giving preferential screening slots to certain films.... Read More


CCTV footage captures thieves stealing car battery in seconds

Nigeria, Feb. 9 -- A CCTV footage posted on Facebook showed the moment thieves stole a car battery in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The footage from a hospital surveillance camera was posted on Facebook on 3... Read More


SSS takes over terrorism- related probe, abduction, attack of Don Pedro Obaseki

Nigeria, Feb. 9 -- The State Security Services (SSS) has formally taken over the investigation into the alleged attack and abduction of veteran filmmaker, Don Pedro Obaseki, in Benin City, on 28 Decem... Read More


BREAKING: Appeal Court upholds Senate's power to suspend Akpoti-Uduaghan, cancels fine

Nigeria, Feb. 9 -- The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Monday upheld the Senate's power to suspend the senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, over misconduct in March last year. In a... Read More


Measles-Rubella: 1.29 million children vaccinated in six days in Akwa Ibom - Official

Nigeria, Feb. 9 -- Data released by the Akwa Ibom State Government shows that the state has vaccinated 1.29 million children in the ongoing nationwide Measles-Rubella immunisation campaign, just six d... Read More


Why Rivers United lost Champions League match against Pyramids-Finidi

Nigeria, Feb. 9 -- Rivers United head coach Finidi George did not hide behind excuses after his side's CAF Champions League group stage 4-1 defeat in the clash against Pyramids FC of Egypt, played in ... Read More


The SEDC will need protection from political extortion,By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

Nigeria, Feb. 9 -- When he presented his budget proposals for 2024 to Nigeria's National Assembly, the first full year of appropriations under his presidency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu identified as... Read More


Electoral transparency in reverse gear, By Dakuku Peterside

Nigeria, Feb. 9 -- A democracy rarely collapses in a single dramatic moment. More often, it is slowly redesigned - clause by clause - until citizens wake up one day to discover that elections still ha... Read More


June 12, kayfabe, and defining moments, By Uddin Ifeanyi

Nigeria, Feb. 9 -- The events leading up to and succeeding the elections of 12 June, 1993, were remarkable in several respects in Nigeria's political (and if all their consequences are included, econo... Read More


Witness shares more details of cash flow from Taraba LGs in Darius Ishaku's fraud trial

Nigeria, Feb. 9 -- A prosecution witness at the FCT High Court, Abuja, on Monday provided details of how he allegedly received funds from some local governments of Taraba State, some individuals and a... Read More