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JUST IN: Fire guts hotel accommodating over 480 Nigerian pilgrims in Mecca

Nigeria, June 7 -- A fire incident has occurred at the Imaratus Sanan Hotel, accommodating over 480 Nigerian pilgrims performing the 2025 Hajj through private tour operators. Imararus Sanan Hotel is ... Read More


Fire guts hotel accommodating over 480 Nigerian pilgrims in Mecca

Nigeria, June 7 -- A fire incident has occurred at the Imaratus Sanan Hotel, accommodating over 480 Nigerian pilgrims performing the 2025 Hajj through private tour operators. Imararus Sanan Hotel is ... Read More


Osun 2026: Gov Adeleke's aide writes Tinubu, seeks president's neutrality in coming poll

Nigeria, June 7 -- Olawale Rasheed, the special adviser on media to Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State, has written an open letter to President Bola Tinubu, seeking his neutrality in the 2026 off-... Read More


Eid-el-Kabir: South-east governors vow policies for ethnic, religious harmony

Nigeria, June 7 -- Governors from the South-east Nigeria have vowed to introduce policies that will foster inclusiveness and religious harmony in the country. The governors, in their separate goodwil... Read More


One killed as security operatives, gunmen engage in 7-hour shootout

Nigeria, June 7 -- Combined security operatives have killed an armed hoodlum in Anambra State, Nigeria's South-east. The police spokesperson in Anambra State, Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in a sta... Read More


FEATURE: Leadership lessons from AfDB's Akinwumi Adesina, By Femi Adesina

Nigeria, June 7 -- It is not the end. Not yet. But it was the beginning of the end. President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Nigeria's Dr Akinwumi Adesina, was hosting the last Annual Meetings of... Read More


Highlife legend, Mike Ejeagha, is dead

Nigeria, June 7 -- Mike Ejeagha, the legendary Nigerian highlife musician and folklorist whose classic, 'Gwo Gwo Ngwo', recently found renewed popularity, is dead. He was 95. The legendary musician ... Read More


CJN Kekere-Ekun mourns Uwais

Nigeria, June 7 -- The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, has paid an emotional tribute to a former CJN, Mohammed Uwais, who died earlier today. In a press statement she signed, Mrs... Read More


PT Health Watch: Why seizures are common among children in poor communities - Expert

Nigeria, June 7 -- Convulsions, commonly called seizures, are becoming an increasingly frequent health concern among Nigerian children, especially those living in overcrowded and impoverished environm... Read More


Court dismisses Gombe ex-councillors' entitlement suit

Nigeria, June 7 -- The Bauchi Division of the National Industrial Court (NIC) has dismissed a lawsuit by 114 former councillors seeking entitlements from the Gombe State Government, citing a lack of e... Read More