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End of an Era: Last Child of 48th Ooni Passes at 102

Nigeria, April 8 -- Princess Rafatu Awofisayo, the last living child of Ooni Ademiluyi Ajagun, the 48th Ooni of Ife, has gracefully crossed the threshold of life at the age of 102, closing a chapter t... Read More


Kugbo Bus Terminal Didn't Collapse by Wind-It Collapsed by Greed

Nigeria, April 8 -- Yesterday, it was just a bus terminal. Today, it has become a story Nigerians cannot ignore-a story about how we do things in this country. When the Kugbo Bus Terminal, built under... Read More


BREAKING: Tension in Abuja as Obi, Atiku, Kwankwaso, Amaechi, Others Lead Mass Protest at INEC Headquarters

Nigeria, April 8 -- Prominent political figures including Peter Obi, Atiku Abubakar, David Mark, Dino Melaye, and activist Aisha Yesufu on Wednesday led a mass protest at the headquarters of the Indep... Read More


FRCN75: My odyssey with Radio Nigeria

Nigeria, April 8 -- An online source said, "Guglielmo Marconi is generally credited with inventing the first practical radio system in the mid-1890s, earning him the Nobel Prize in Physics and the tit... Read More


Competence vs Zoning

Nigeria, April 8 -- As the political season heats up, a debate has emerged pitting proponents of merit-based leadership against advocates of zoning as a deciding factor. Some dismiss zoning as a polit... Read More


Nigerian DJs Ban Burna Boy's Music After Fight with DJ Tunez

Nigeria, April 8 -- The Nigerian DJ Association (NDJ) has announced a temporary removal of songs by Burna Boy from DJs' playlists following an alleged physical confrontation with DJ Tunez at a private... Read More


The Two Tales in Abuja and Jos Town

Nigeria, April 8 -- It was a deeply unsettling experience I had last month in Abuja, one of those moments when fate seems to assert a quiet, ruthless authority over human vigilance, as though remindin... Read More


Nigerian Military Foils Bomb Attack on Borno Highway During Patrol

Nigeria, April 8 -- Joint troops of the 114 Battalion (Motorised) and 199 Special Forces Battalion have discovered and safely neutralised an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by suspected terr... Read More


Justice Binta Fatima Nyako Sentences Boko Haram Food Supplier to 10 Years in Prison

Nigeria, April 8 -- A Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced a major food supplier to Boko Haram terrorists in Borno State, Hamatu Modu, to 40 years imprisonment over terrorism-related activities. ... Read More


Agitations for Reparation a Dying Cause?

Nigeria, April 8 -- The recent UN resolution that recognised the trans-Atlantic slave trade as the "gravest crime against humanity" did not reverberate across the world as it should have, not even amo... Read More