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Filmmaker Ose Oyamendan’s 108-minute documentary, MKO, will premiere in Nigerian cinemas on October 1, 2026, revisiting the political journey of late businessman MKO Abiola. The documentary examines the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Abiola’s decision...

The Department of State Services has alerted the Sokoto State Government to intelligence indicating that terrorist and bandit groups are shifting their targets from vulnerable primary and secondary schools to universities. The intelligence warning said the planned attacks...

PenCom named Bayelsa State governor as Nigeria's most friendly governor in pension reforms The state has amended its pension laws and improved pension institutions The state is geared towards adopting a contributory pension scheme Diri posited that his...

President Bola Tinubu has launched a fresh attack on former Vice President Atiku Abubakar over his proposal to restore fuel subsidy if elected president in 2027, describing a return to the old subsidy regime as “a demonstration of...

3,000 women to receive ₦100,000 each, amounting to ₦300 million, under the Federal Government’s grassroots LPG penetration programme. FG targets five million households by 2030 under the Decade of Gas Programme to promote cleaner and safer cooking. Governor...

A viral video showing United Bank for Africa (UBA) Chairman, Tony Elumelu, correcting a female graduand of the bank’s Graduate Management Acceleration Programme (GMAP) 2026 for addressing him by his first name has triggered a heated debate online. ...

Scores of people are feared dead after a boat carrying residents to their farms capsized in a river in Gorau town, Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State, on Thursday. An official of the National Inland Waterways Authority...

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday received Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, in their first meeting since Adeleke won the state’s governorship election. Adeleke arrived at the Villa at 5:25 pm in a navy...

FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has ordered the immediate demolition of about 30 buildings allegedly constructed illegally on the Ring Road III corridor at Karsana, Abuja. The directive followed a briefing by the acting Executive Secretary of FCDA, Richard...

Market capitalisation declined by ₦440 billion, from ₦155.417 trillion at the opening to ₦154.977 trillion at the close. The NGX All-Share Index fell by 712.67 points, from 240,750.47 to 240,037.80, a 0.30 percent decline. Market breadth remained negative,...