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FG Sets Up Probe Into Deaths Of 37 Suspected Illegal Miners In Minna
The federal government has constituted a 10-member independent committee to investigate the deaths of the 37 suspected illegal miners detained last Thursday by the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps
NAHCON Rejects Alleged Diversion Of 5,000 Hajj 2027 Slots
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has rejected allegations of diversion of 5,000 Hajj slots for the 2027 pilgrimage, describing the claims as unfounded and urging stakeholders to distinguish
APC wins Gombe/Kwami/Funakaye Federal Constituency bye-election
By Ben Ngwakwe, Gombe The All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, Engr. Usman Maijama’a Kallamu, has won the Gombe/Kwami/Funakaye Federal Constituency bye-election held on Saturday, September 19, 2026. Kallamu polled 41,121
Nigeria vs Colombia: Five players who could decide crucial FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Quarter-final clash
For Nigeria, the challenge now is to reproduce the intensity, discipline, and attacking quality that overwhelmed England; with the stakes higher and the margin for error smaller, individual performances could
2027: Over 6,000 NDC members defect to PDP in Enugu
By Chinedu Adonu ENUGU — More than 6,000 members of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Enugu State ahead of the 2027
I was offered N250m to support Obasanjo’s 3rd term agenda — Farouk Aliyu
Former House of Representatives Minority Leader, Farouk Aliyu, has alleged that he was offered N250 million to support former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s controversial third-term agenda in 2006. Aliyu made the
Gombe Diphtheria Outbreak: 332 cases recorded in four LGAs
By Ben Ngwakwe, Gombe The Gombe State Government has commenced an emergency vaccination exercise following a diphtheria outbreak that has recorded about 332 cases across four local government areas of
Osimhen to miss AFCON qualifiers due to groin injury
By Enitan Abdultawab Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen has been ruled out of Nigeria’s upcoming Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, qualifying matches against Madagascar and Guinea-Bissau due to a lingering
2027: ‘No Be Cho Cho Cho’, APC’s four bye-election wins significant — Keyamo
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has described the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s victory in four of five recent bye-elections across three geopolitical regions as significant ahead
Osimhen ruled out of Super Eagles’ AFCON qualifiers
The Nigeria national team confirmed his withdrawal on Saturday after the Galatasaray forward was absent from his club’s 4-0 defeat to Trabzonspor in the Turkish Süper Lig. The post Osimhen
