The Zamfara State House of Assembly has suspended two local government chairmen over alleged financial misappropriation, directing them to immediately hand over to their respective vice chairmen pending the outcome of investigations.
The affected officials are Mannir Mu'azu Haidara of...
Fresh intelligence has revealed growing internal strain within the Islamic State West Africa Province, with fighters expressing alarm over the fate of their families following recent precision airstrikes by the Nigerian Air Force in the Sambisa Forest axis of...
Popular Nigerian singer Wizkid has lashed out at his colleague, Burna Boy, following the latter’s recent altercation with DJ Tunez in Lagos.
The confrontation occurred at a weekly Afrobeats party held at Obi’s House in Lagos on Monday, April 6,...
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has released the timetable for the 2026 Batch ‘A’ Stream Two orientation course for prospective corps members scheduled to take place across Nigeria.
The NYSC announced this in a statement issued by its Director...
Lecturers at the University of Jos have declared an indefinite strike over the non-payment of their March 2026 salaries, throwing academic activities at the institution into uncertainty.
The branch chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Professor Jurbe Molwus,...
United States President Donald Trump is set to cut more than 9,400 workers and over $1.5 billion from the 60,000-employee Transportation Security Administration (TSA) that handles airport security operations in the U.S.
The details were part of a budget document...
Former Kano South lawmaker, Senator Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya has defected from the All Progressives Congress to the African Democratic Congress, the latest in a string of high-profile political departures reshaping Kano State's opposition landscape ahead of 2027.
Gaya, who represented...
UNICEF and the Kano State Primary Healthcare Management Board have joined forces to address the state's alarming maternal and child mortality crisis, targeting 18 local government areas spread across more than 200 wards.
Judith Leveillee, UNICEF's chief of field operations...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed over 60 people and abducted several others in coordinated attacks on villages across Kebbi and Niger States.
In Kebbi State, the attacks occurred on Tuesday, April 7, 2026, in the Shabanda, Debebe, and...
Two French nationals touched down in Paris, the capital of France, on Wednesday, April 8, 2026, after spending more than three years in prison in Iran on espionage charges.
Jacques Paris, 72, and Cecile Kohler, 41, arrived on a commercial...
