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SSS arrests wanted suspected kidnappers at hajj camps

Nigeria, May 19 -- Operatives of the State Security Service (SSS) on Sunday arrested two high-profile suspected kidnap kingpins as they made to depart Nigeria for Saudi Arabia to observe the holy pilg... Read More


Opposition lawmakers should start counting their days in National Assembly - Governor

Nigeria, May 19 -- The Governor of Jigawa State, Umar Namadi, has advised the People's Democratic Party's members from the state in the National Assembly to start counting their days ahead of the 2027... Read More


EDITORIAL: Time to deal with alarming shortage of doctors in Nigeria's hospitals

Nigeria, May 19 -- Nigeria's broken healthcare system is worsening. There is no better evidence than the zero response to Kwara State government's advertisement for the recruitment of doctors. Its hos... Read More


Akpoti-Uduaghan petitions IGP over alleged defamation by Akpabio, US-based activist

Nigeria, May 19 -- The suspended Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has petitioned the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, demanding an urgent investigation into an allege... Read More


El-Rufai carpets Nigerian judiciary, says many judges, lawyers corrupt

Nigeria, May 19 -- The former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has alleged widespread corruption in the Nigerian judiciary, saying many judges and lawyers are corrupt. Speaking on Monday at the... Read More


UPDATED: El-Rufai carpets Nigerian judiciary, says many judges, lawyers corrupt

Nigeria, May 19 -- The former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has alleged widespread corruption in the Nigerian judiciary, saying many judges and lawyers are corrupt. Speaking on Monday at the... Read More


Police speak on reported abduction of 15 UTME candidates

Nigeria, May 19 -- The police in Imo State, South-east Nigeria, have refuted a report that 15 candidates for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) were abducted in the state. The pol... Read More


Democracy in Africa and the dangers of a judicial selectorate, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

Nigeria, May 19 -- In March 2006, Uganda's Supreme Court convened to begin adjudication of the disputes over the presidential election that occurred the previous month in the country. Voting took plac... Read More


Drivers of conflict in Nigeria's Middle Belt are beyond climate change, By Uche Igwe

Nigeria, May 19 -- Over the past decade, conflict between communities has claimed countless lives in Nigeria's Middle Belt region and displaced millions. Similar clashes are happening in states like P... Read More


Inside Nigerian newspaper headlines today - Monday, 19 May, 2025

Nigeria, May 19 -- President Tinubu's trip to Rome for the innaguration of the newly elected pope Leo XIV dominated headlines today. "Let's convert our diversity to prosperity, says Tinubu," The Nati... Read More