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Nigerian Queer Parties Offer Liberation Amidst Strict Laws

Secret Venue for Queer Celebration In Lagos Nigeria, a secret celebratory ball offered a safe haven for the Nigerian queer community parties, defying strict laws against same-sex relationships. The organisers of the...

Court Nullifies 33 New LCDAs in Ondo State

High Court Ruling An Ondo State High Court in Akure nullified the creation of 33 Local Government Development Areas (LCDAs) by the late Governor Rotimi Akeredolu. The court declared these LCDAs illegal,...

Peter Obi Condemns Cybersecurity Levy Implementation

Former Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has expressed strong opposition to the Federal Government’s move to enforce a 0.5 percent cybersecurity levy. This criticism comes in the wake of the...

Detention Order Issued for Suspected ISIS Member

In a bid to bolster national security measures, a Federal High Court in Abuja has authorized a 60-day detention period for Emmanuel Osase, a Nigerian suspected of having ties to the Islamic...

Tinubu Declares Three Days of National Mourning After Ondo Air Force Crash

President Bola Tinubu has declared three days of national mourning and ordered flags flown at half-mast across Nigeria after the Ondo military plane crash, as the Defence Minister ordered a comprehensive investigation...

Air Force Plane Carrying 32 Crashes in Ondo as Tinubu Mourns Personnel

A Nigerian Air Force ATR-42 aircraft carrying 32 people crashed near the Naval Base in Igbokoda, Ondo State, on Monday, prompting a search and rescue operation, condolences from President Bola Tinubu and...

INEC to Brief Nigerians on 2027 Election Preparations as 100-Day Countdown Begins

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will on Tuesday 6 October brief Nigerians on its preparations for the 2027 general elections, with updates promised on the voters’ register, candidate nominations, election logistics...

Obi Appeals for Peace as Deadly Aguleri–Umuoba Anam Clash Grips Anambra East

Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), has appealed to the people of Aguleri and Umuoba Anam in Anambra East to end the deadly communal clash between them. At...

SERAP Gives Tinubu Seven Days to Probe N94.4bn Oil Fund Irregularities

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has given President Bola Tinubu seven days to order a probe into more than N94.4 billion in petroleum-sector funds flagged by the Auditor-General, threatening legal action...

Obi Demands Rescue of Abducted NYSC Members, Says Insecurity Must Not Become a Norm

Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), has demanded the immediate and safe rescue of the prospective National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members abducted in Imo State, saying insecurity...

Public Service Warning Strike Ends After Uneven Nationwide Compliance

Nigeria’s three-day public-service warning strike ends on Sunday 4 October 2026 after uneven compliance nationwide, as unions pressed the Federal Government to cut petrol prices to N500 a litre, grant an immediate...

Police Locate Camp Holding Abducted NYSC Members in Imo but Delay Raid Over IEDs

Imo State police say they have pinpointed the bush camp where remaining abducted prospective National Youth Service Corps members are being held, but a raid has been delayed over fears the site...

Tinubu’s October CNG Low-Fare Push Stalls as Many States Lag on Rollout

President Bola Tinubu’s drive for measurable transport fare cuts from 1 October through Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and electric buses has left many Nigerian commuters still paying unchanged or higher prices, even...

Opposition Challenges Tinubu’s Age of Prosperity After Independence Address

Opposition figures have challenged President Bola Tinubu’s Independence Day claim that Nigeria has entered an “age of prosperity”, arguing that cost-of-living pressures, insecurity and weak household purchasing power contradict official growth narratives...

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