Nigeria’s poverty rate climbs to 63% despite easing inflation — World Bank
Poverty in Nigeria rose to 63 per cent in 2025 despite a slowdown in inflation, underscoring the limited impact of recent macroeconomic improvements on household welfare, the World Bank has said.
Lagos Taskforce impounds 70 motorcycles for traffic violations at Mile 2
The Lagos State Taskforce has impounded 70 commercial motorcycles, popularly known as Okada, along the Mile-2–Lagos–Badagry Expressway and surrounding areas for traffic violations.
Your selective outrage is troubling — Sowore fires back at NBA
Activist and 2023 African Action Congress presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has reacted to the Nigerian Bar Association following the body’s criticism of his conduct at the Federal High Court in Abuja. The activist accused the association of selective outrage, falsehood, and shielding powerful actors while targeting victims of state abuse. In a counter-statement issued on […]
Gunmen ambush troops, kill nine soldiers, one policeman in Kebbi
By Haruna Aliyu, Birnin Kebbi Gunmen have killed nine soldiers and one police officer, along with some civilians, in an ambush at Giro Masa community in Shanga Local Government Area of Kebbi State. Kebbi State Governor, Nasir Idris, confirmed the incident while speaking to journalists after visiting the mortuary and the Accident and Emergency unit […]
Two men jailed 12 years each for trafficking eight children in Cross River
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Cross River State Command, has secured the conviction of two men for trafficking eight children, including some of their biological children.
Ozoro: Festival of fertility or harassment?
The Alue-Do Festival in Uruamudhu quarters of Ozoro Kingdom, Isoko North Local Government Area of Delta State, last week, has hit the headlines for the wrong reasons, with many branding it the “Ozoro rape festival.” The furore sparked by the event has left many wondering what really transpired behind the scenes.
Two nurses arrested after injection kills two sisters in Kebbi
Two nurses are in police custody following the deaths of two young sisters at the General Hospital in Zuru, Kebbi State, allegedly due to a wrong injection administered at the facility.
ECWA pastor abducted in Plateau
The assailants abducted eight worshippers, injured several others, and made away with mobile phones and other valuables
Ozoro: Six female students sexually harassed, not raped — SUG president
President General of Ozoro kingdom, Chief Berkeley Asiafa, also said there was no rape but admitted that some females were sexually molested by hoodlums during the festival.
Eight dead as terrorists bomb bridge in Niger
“Apart from bombing the bridge, they also detonated bombs between Rafingiwa and Babana, and another at Woro and Kaiama”
Economy: Nigerians in diaspora now order clothes from home
A Yoruba adage says ‘oun a ni l’angbe l’aruge’, meaning what one owns, he values’.
