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The Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted three live pangolins allegedly being smuggled through Ogun State, in the latest seizure highlighting the illegal trade of one of the world’s most...
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The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service says it responded to 1,324 emergency incidents between January and September, with fire calls accounting for 1,135 of the cases.
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The Federal High Court in Jalingo, Taraba State, has reserved ruling in a suit challenging the exclusion of Abdulhadi Haruna Lau from the All Progressives Congress (APC) state chairmanship primary.
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A video showing officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) repeatedly hitting and kicking a man during a roadside encounter in Lafia, Nasarawa State, has triggered outrage online.
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At least eight soldiers have reportedly been killed while repelling an attack by Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists on a military base in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno...
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The federal government had begun efforts to set up a National Research and Innovation Development Fund to boost research and scientific innovation in the country.
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said political parties that violated the statutory requirement on membership registers will not be allowed to field candidates in the 2027...
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Sporting Lagos head coach Jeffrey Buter has been fined N500,000 and cautioned by the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) following an inquest into comments he made about refereeing after the...
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Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, says 9.5 million children in 57 supported countries received no routine vaccine in 2025, despite gains in global immunisation.
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Moove, a global mobility company, on Thursday announced that it will conclude its operations in Nigeria, six years after the company was founded in Lagos.
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Sometimes, the person who looks strongest in the room is the one who is silently falling apart. Let me start with a story of a man I will call Ogede. Not his real name. He was a hardworking man.
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While Wike remains a formidable kingmaker, his aggressive manoeuvring has caused a massive pushback.
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Canadian writer Anne Carson has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature, according to an announcement by the Nobel Prize on Thursday.
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged survivors and families of victims of the 1967 Asaba Massacre to embrace forgiveness and reconciliation.
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But I must also urge you to remember this: Nigeria’s problems are not only political and economic… They carry deep, far-reaching spiritual dimensions that can only be decisively addressed by a...
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The Anaocha Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has raised an alarm over alleged harassment of court bailiffs by police operatives in Anambra State.
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Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State has set up a judicial commission of inquiry to tackle the deadly intercommunal clash between Amaeze Aguleri and Umuoba Anam in Anambra East Local Government...
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The Police Command in Ogun State has arrested a suspect, Adewale Arojah, for allegedly impersonating a cleric on Facebook and defrauding victims of over N18 million.
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VFD Group Plc has announced the appointment of Ijeoma Emezie-Ezigbo as its Deputy Managing Director, effective 5 October.
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Zimbabwean writer Simbarashe Steyn Kundizeza has won the 2026 Caine Prize for African Writing, according to an announcement published on the Caine Prize website.
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