Tension has gripped parts of Sokoto metropolis following the stabbing of controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Musa Ayuba Lukuwa, shortly after he conducted the Jumu’at prayer at his mosque in the Mabera area of the metropolis.

Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency, NiHSA, has warned of a high riverine flood risk across 15 states from September 19 to 25, 2026, urging affected communities to relocate to safer and higher grounds.

The Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of NiHSA, Arch Umar Mohammed, disclosed this on Saturday in the agency’s National Flood Advisory.

As the rising cost of living continues to pressure households and businesses across the country, economic, financial and social analysts have warned that wage awards and palliatives alone cannot resolve the crisis.

By Chioma Obinna William Popoola is a digital transformation entrepreneur and co-founder of Medbankr, a digital health platform tackling Nigeria’s fragmented medical records system. With over a decade’s experience in software engineering, artificial intelligence, robotics and enterprise technology, he founded Wow Effect Communications and has supported organisations across three continents with digital transformation. In this […]

Anger mounted yesterday over the reported deaths of 37 suspected illegal miners in the custody of the Niger State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, as the Federal Government suspended 20 officers and ordered an independent investigation into the circumstances surrounding the deaths.