Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) ahead of next year’s election, has described former Labour Party vice-presidential candidate Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed as his brother and ally, insisting that political differences will not destroy their bond.
The United States Embassy in Abuja has ended routine visa processing and directed applicants to the US Consulate General in Lagos instead.
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has blamed a “brief technical downtime” for lapses in the federal government’s passport intervention in the United Kingdom (UK).
Bello Mandiya, a former Katsina south senator, is dead.
Muslim and Christian leaders in Southern Kaduna have called for calm, restraint and dialogue after Defence Minister Gen. Christopher Musa (retd.) made critical remarks about former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai.
Hon. Abba Aliyu Tilde, Senior Legislative Aide to Senator Shehu Buba Umar (Bauchi South), has resigned with immediate effect, pointing to a breakdown in mutual respect, communication and trust in their working relationship.
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.