18+ hour, 27+ min ago   (294+ words) The Ondo State Government has banned the sale and distribution of unverified alcoholic drinks and other substances across the state. Government’s decision followed the death of 30 persons and the hospitalisation of 50 others after consuming a local herbal alcoholic mixture, commonly…...

18+ hour, 8+ min ago   (297+ words) Nigeria’s Falconets have qualified for the knockout stage of the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup after defeating New Caledonia 10-1 in their final Group F match in Poland on Sunday. The victory took Nigeria to four points from three matches, enough…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (358+ words) The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 53-year-old man, Gambo Hassan, alias “Anahaka”, over alleged kidnapping, rape, armed robbery and unlawful possession of an offensive weapon in Bauchi metropolis, the Vanguard reporting. Hassan, a resident of Igbo Quarters, Bauchi,…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (393+ words) Operatives of the Cross River State Police Command have arrested a 33-year-old man, Otu Bassey, for allegedly posing as a doctor and performing an unauthorised hernia surgery on a 60-year-old man in Ekori, Yakurr Local Government Area of the state....

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (414+ words) Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has said she no longer feels the same way about Nigeria following the death of her 21-month-old son, Nkanu. Adichie, in an interview with The New York Times, said the loss of her son had…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1002+ words) The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has announced the seizure of surveillance drones, narcotics and expired pharmaceutical products with a combined value of N43.59 billion at the APM Terminals examination bay, Apapa Port, Lagos. He said the seized items would be handed…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (244+ words) The Olusegun Agagu Foundation, OAF Memorial Lecture is set to return with its 13th Anniversary Edition on Monday, September 14, 2026 at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos. The annual OAF Memorial Lecture was instituted In honour of late Dr. Olusegun Kokumo Agagu,…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (285+ words) The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has called for stiffer penalties for the production and sale of counterfeit regulated products, including life imprisonment or the death penalty for offenders…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (709+ words) The Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC) has called on the Lagos State House of Assembly to convene a public hearing into the legal framework governing the ban on commercial motorcycles, known locally as Okada, and how the…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (264+ words) Nigeria has facilitated the safe and dignified return of Sierra Leone’s former President Ernest Koroma to the country, following more than two years of temporary relocation to Nigeria. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, made this known in…...