Supreme Court Restores Strict Party Membership Rules
Nigeria’s Supreme Court has delivered a sharp blow to the loose bookkeeping of the country’s…
Supreme Court Restores Strict Party Membership Rules
Nigeria’s Supreme Court has delivered a sharp blow to the loose bookkeeping of the country’s political machines ahead of the 2027 polls. On Thursday, a seven-member panel led by Justice Adamu Jauro allowed an appeal filed by the Independent National Electoral Commission against a lower appellate ruling that had dismantled key sections of the Electoral…
FIFA Backs Nigeria Football Overhaul Under Dikko
World football governing body FIFA has formally endorsed a comprehensive overhaul of Nigerian football administration following the mass resignation of the Nigeria Football Federation leadership. National Sports Commission Chairman Shehu Dikko confirmed the development on Friday after bilateral talks with FIFA and Confederation of African Football officials in Switzerland. Zurich now prepares to install an…
Court Remands KC Luxury Over Alleged Cocaine Trafficking
Justice Musa Kakaki of the Federal High Court in Lagos sent online influencer Afolabi Kazeem Michael, popular as KC Luxury, to prison custody on Friday over an alleged international cocaine smuggling conspiracy. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency brought Kazeem into court alongside Boniface Freeman Ochoche Sule and Ikechukwu Ekugo Patriarch on a 22-count indictment…
RCCG Funds Repatriation of 105 Nigerians
A commercial airliner from Johannesburg touched down at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Thursday night, carrying 105 distressed Nigerian citizens fleeing fresh anti-migrant hostility in South Africa. The passenger manifest listed 82 adults and 23 children who abandoned homes and livelihoods after street mobs renewed violent campaigns against foreign Africans. Public funds…
Trump Rejects Iran’s Seven-Day Ceasefire Plan
Donald Trump has turned down an Iranian offer for a swift seven-day ceasefire, betting that military strikes will yield better terms than compromise. Reports published on Saturday, 26 September 2026, reveal that the American president dismissed the proposal to halt regional hostilities and unblock the Strait of Hormuz. Mr Trump expects the Pentagon to resume…
Nigeria Smartphone Ownership Climbs to 75 Percent
Three out of four Nigerians now own a smartphone, up from 64 per cent in 2023. A joint study by KPMG and Orange Group Nigeria, sampling 13,251 consumers across 12 cities, documents this shift towards web-enabled handsets. Cheap handheld devices and an overwhelmingly youthful populace drive this rapid consumer migration away from legacy feature phones….
Troops Rescue 60 Hostages in Countrywide Sweeps
Nigerian troops rescued over 60 kidnapped hostages and arrested 44 suspects during coordinated security sweeps across the country, Defence Headquarters announced on Friday, 25 September 2026. The weekly operational bulletin from Abuja tracks multi-theatre actions that stretch from forest hideouts in the north-west to oil bunkering hubs across the Niger Delta. Military spokesmen present the…
Former Guinean Premier Sidya Toure Dies at 81
Sidya Toure, the veteran opposition chief and former prime minister of Guinea, died in a Paris hospital on Friday, 25 September 2026, aged 81. He spent his final fortnight at the American Hospital of Paris after doctors transferred him from Abidjan following a sudden illness. His death closes a career spent navigating the violent turns…
Iran Offers Hormuz Deal With Khamenei Backing
Tehran has placed the world’s most critical maritime bottleneck directly on the diplomatic table. President Masoud Pezeshkian announced on Saturday, 26 September 2026, that Iran’s Supreme Leader backed a comprehensive proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. In an interview broadcast by American network CBS and published via official state media, Mr Pezeshkian confirmed that…
DisCos Generate N205bn From Customers in July
Nigeria’s power distribution companies collected N205.53bn from consumers in July, converting higher tariffs into record monthly receipts while basic supply remains fragile. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission released the data on Friday, 25 September 2026, in its Commercial Performance Factsheet. DisCos received energy worth N333.94bn from the national grid during the period and billed electricity…