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Nollywood Has Lost a Rare Soul — Alexx Ekubo Dies After Silent Battle With Cancer
Nigerian actor Alexx Ekubo is dead. The popular Nollywood star passed away on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, after being rushed to hospital on Monday, where …
Last Day of Exams, Last Day Alive — Gunmen Kill UNIBEN Student at Campus Gate in Broad Daylight
A 200 level part-time Political Science student of the University of Benin has been shot dead by gunmen at the institution's main gate in Ugbowo, …
Never Getting Committed Again. Ever.': Frank Edoho Confirms Divorce Proceedings, Breaks Silence on Two Years of Private Pain
Veteran Nigerian broadcaster Frank Edoho has publicly confirmed that his second marriage to Sandra Onyenucheya is over, revealing he has been navigating divorce proceedings privately …
A Door Slammed Shut: NUC Forces Universities to Scrap HND to BSc Conversion and Thousands of Polytechnic Graduates Are Paying the Price
The National Universities Commission has effectively brought Nigeria's HND to BSc conversion programmes to a halt with universities across the country now discontinuing top up …
Nine Goals, One Mission: How Akor Adams Became Sevilla's Unlikely Saviour in La Liga's Most Unforgiving Stretch
Nigerian striker Akor Adams has written himself into Sevilla folklore again. Coming off the bench with 15 minutes left in a tense Round 35 La …
Gratitude or Political Theatre? NELFUND Students Donate ₦10.7m for Tinubu's 2027 Form and Nigeria Has Questions
Beneficiaries of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund in Anambra State have publicly endorsed President Bola Tinubu for a second term in office donating ₦10,735,500 toward …
One Term, One South, One Deal — NDC Convention Locks In Zoning Formula as Peter Obi's Path to 2027 Clears
The Nigeria Democratic Congress has made its most consequential political decision since its registration formally zoning its 2027 presidential ticket to Southern Nigeria for a …
'No Case in Nigeria' — NCDC Issues Hantavirus Alert as Deadly Cruise Ship Outbreak Spreads Across the Atlantic
Nigeria's Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a public health advisory on hantavirus assuring Nigerians that no case of the disease has been …
Six Marketers, 720,000 Metric Tons, and a Very Uncomfortable Question for Dangote
The Federal Government has issued fresh petrol import licences to six petroleum marketers, authorising the importation of 720,000 metric tons of Premium Motor Spirit into …
Sixteen Die on the Jos-Lagos Run: How a Tired Driver and an Unforgiving Bridge Turned the Lokoja-Okene Highway Into a Morgue
Sixteen people are dead and six others are fighting for their lives after a commercial Toyota Hiace bus plunged off a bridge on the Lokoja-Okene …
Earn While You Learn — But Are They Actually Paying? FG Opens TVET Cohort 2 With ₦22,500 Monthly Stipend Amid Unpaid First Batch Complaints
The Federal Government has opened applications for the second cohort of its Technical and Vocational Education and Training Programme, offering young Nigerians tuition-free skills training …
'Not a Computer Game' — Jonathan Keeps Nigeria Guessing as Supporters March, Courts Intervene, and 2027 Draws Closer Summary
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has stopped just short of declaring a presidential run telling thousands of supporters who marched to his Abuja office on Thursday …
Up, Down, Up Again: How Dangote Refinery's Price Rollercoaster Is Leaving Nigerian Motorists With No Answers
Nigeria's downstream petroleum market has been thrown into a week of dizzying confusion with Dangote Refinery raising, reversing, and then denying a fuel price hike …
APC Waives Tinubu’s Screening Requirements, Clearing Path to Uncontested 2027 Presidential Primary
The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress, at its 188th meeting on May 6, 2026, formally waived all screening requirements for President Bola …
No Subsidy. No Price Controls. And a War That Opens Doors: Oyedele Delivers Nigeria’s Firmest Economic Message Yet in Paris
Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister of the Economy Taiwo Oyedele used a post meeting press interaction in Paris on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, to deliver …