Niger State Governor Mohammed Bago has appointed six commissioners-designate and four aides as part of efforts to strengthen governance and broaden representation across the state.
Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo and founder of the PBAT Door-to-Door Movement, has launched the initiative in Katsina State to mobilise grassroots support for President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
Academic staff at Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Awka, have commenced an indefinite strike over the non-payment of their full August 2026 salaries.
An Italian Catholic priest has stepped away from the priesthood and married a Kenyan woman in a traditional Kalenjin wedding in Baringo County.
The Oyo state police command says its operatives have rescued 17 children and arrested seven suspects linked to an inter-state child-stealing and trafficking syndicate operating across Oyo, Ogun and Delta states.
A three-storey building located in Wuse Zone 4 of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, has collapsed.
Former Minister of Aviation and ambassador-designate to South Africa, Femi Fani-Kayode, has accused Karl Ikemefuna Von Batten and his United States-based lobbying firm, Von Batten-Montague-York LC, of spreading false information about President Bola Tinubu.
Abubakar Labbo Gwandu, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) House of Representatives candidate for Gwandu Federal Constituency in Kebbi State, has filed a lawsuit against his party and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), alleging that he was unlawfully replaced.
Former Attorney-General of the Federation and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Benue State, Chief Michael Aondoakaa, has declared that the 2027 election will give voters the chance to decide whether Governor Hyacinth Alia deserves a second term.
Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has approved the appointment of Alhaji Aminu Atiku as the 21st Emir of Zurmi.
Lawal Daura, former Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS) and current vice-presidential candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), has insisted that he remained loyal to late former President Muhammadu Buhari throughout his administration, while rejecting claims that he was part of any cabal.
Nigerian troops under Operation FANSAN YANMA have launched coordinated airstrikes against suspected terrorists in Yankuzo, Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State, reportedly killing several fighters.
The legal team representing the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State has distanced itself from a petition purportedly filed to challenge Governor Ademola Adeleke’s win in the August 15 governorship election.