Once, home entertainment meant waiting for a TV show. You’d also buy a CD from a roadside shop. Now, one small screen does almost everything. Nigerians do a lot on their phones. They follow Big Brother. They argue about football. They watch comedy skits. They discover new Afrobeats. They also play games. The same trend shows up in other places. This includes streaming services in South Africa and Live Casino games Zambia. The phone has quietly become Africa’s most convenient entertainment centre.
Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo, and Sharafadeen Alli, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in the state, have exchanged criticisms over their professional credentials and public service records ahead of the 2027 governorship election.
Abdulhamid Kabara has been deployed as the new commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Niger state.
The 2027 presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Peter Obi, has denied authoring a letter circulating on social media, purportedly addressed to the Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Nnaemeka Alfred Ugochukwu Achebe, over political and financial matters in Anambra State.
Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have intercepted a vehicle conveying military uniforms and cartons of suspected illicit drugs.
Reality TV star Josephina Otabor, popularly known as Phyna, and Nollywood actress Nkechi Blessing are set to face each other in a celebrity boxing bout on October 1, 2026.
Troops of Sector 2, Operation FANSAN YAMMA, have rescued three kidnapped victims after thwarting a kidnapping attempt along the Dandume-Damari axis in Dandume Local Government Area of Katsina State.
The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested 47 people suspected of impersonating state-owned security operatives and carrying guns, cutlasses and sticks at polling units during the by-election in Disina State Constituency, Shira Local Government Area.
Ayodele Odularu, a Nigerian lecturer at the University of Fort Hare, South Africa, has been found dead at her residence in Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.
NDC presidential candidate Mr. Peter Obi has arrived at the Kaduna residence of the party’s vice-presidential candidate, Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, for today’s highly anticipated Obi/Kwankwaso Talk.
The African Democratic Congress, ADC, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has promised to crash the fuel pump price with local refinery subsidy if elected President in the 2027 general elections.
Activist politician Aisha Yesufu has questioned the
circumstances surrounding the deaths of about 40 suspected illegal miners in
the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Niger
State.