A Detained Former Governor Just Became a Presidential Campaign’s Deputy Chairman, Testing How Far Nigerian Opposition Politics Will Go

25 Sep 2026

Former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has been named Deputy Chairman of Atiku Abubakar’s National Campaign Council for the 2027 presidential election, while still in the custody of Nigeria’s Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). Atiku, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, unveiled the full campaign structure on Thursday, with Kashim […]

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A Uniformed Officer’s Viral Remarks Reopen an Old Nigerian Wound About Who Is “Allowed” to Be President (What an Inspector’s Comments Reveal About Bias Inside the Police)

25 Sep 2026

The Lagos State Police Command has identified and begun disciplinary action against one of its officers after a video of him making derogatory remarks about Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate Peter Obi and Igbo people went viral. The officer, named as Inspector Osumah Frank, was filmed in his police uniform while seated in a […]

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An NDLEA Officer’s Death in a Delta River Raises Hard Questions About How Nigeria’s Anti-Drug Agents Are Trained for Water Pursuits

23 Sep 2026

An officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), not yet publicly identified, drowned on Saturday, September 19, 2026, while chasing a suspected drug offender who jumped into the Ethiope River at Obiaruku, in the Ukwuani Local Government Area of Delta State. According to community sources, NDLEA operatives had apprehended the suspect and were […]

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A Traditional Ruler’s Ex-Wife Takes a Custody Dispute Public, Testing an Old Nigerian Question About Who a Child Belongs To

23 Sep 2026

A woman identifying herself as the former wife of the King of Ubiaja in Edo State has gone public with allegations that the monarch removed their children from her care and left them in the village with his mother, while he himself stays in Benin City. In an emotional video posted to Facebook, the woman, […]

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A ₦200 Million Billboard Fee Has Become a Test of How Fair Nigeria’s State Governments Are Being With Rival Candidates

22 Sep 2026

Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde and his Allied Peoples Movement (APM) have sued Abia State Governor Alex Otti, along with the state’s Attorney-General, the Abia State Signage and Advertisement Agency (ABSAA) and the State House of Assembly, over a mandatory ₦200 million fee that any presidential candidate must pay before displaying campaign materials anywhere in […]

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Off-Campus Hostels Are Exposing Nigerian Female Students to Repeated Attacks (Why Housing Location Keeps Putting Students at Risk)

22 Sep 2026

Hundreds of students at the Taraba State College of Nursing Sciences, Jalingo, staged a peaceful protest on Monday, September 21, 2026, after armed hoodlums broke into a female hostel located outside the college’s premises overnight. The attackers allegedly raped a student and cut off one of her fingers, and made off with phones and other […]

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A Campaign Promise on Electricity Is Now a Test of Tinubu’s Case for a Second Term

22 Sep 2026

Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde, the presidential candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), has argued that President Bola Tinubu does not deserve a second term because of an electricity promise he made before the 2023 election. Speaking on Monday, September 21, 2026, Makinde said: “President Tinubu deserves no second term because he once said […]

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Tension Grips Minna After 37 Illegal Miners Die in Civil Defence Custody

18 Sep 2026

Anger and grief have taken over parts of Minna, the Niger State capital, after 37 suspected illegal miners died while held by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC — a paramilitary agency that protects government buildings, pipelines, and other public assets alongside the police). The suspects were arrested between September 15 and 16, […]

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NLC Demands Wage Awards as Petrol Price Climbs Higher

18 Sep 2026

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on the Federal Government to urgently approve wage awards for workers, after petrol prices climbed to about ₦1,430 per litre in major cities, with even higher prices in harder-to-reach areas. What the NLC Is Asking For In a statement titled “Save the Situation Now,” issued September 16 by […]

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