A sudden and sharp nationwide increase in the price of cooking gas has worsened the economic hardship facing Nigerian households, forcing many consumers to downsize their purchases or resort to hazardous energy alternatives like charcoal.
Former Anambra State Governor and prominent political figure Peter Obi has lamented the severe hardships faced by Nigerian diaspora communities, revealing that many citizens suffering from xenophobic hostilities in South Africa explicitly rejected evacuation offers because they consider domestic economic realities to be far worse.
Suspected bandits who abducted 39 students and seven teachers from the Ahoro Esinele community in Oyo State have opened indirect negotiations with the state government for an undisclosed ransom, following the gruesome on-camera beheading of mathematics teacher Michael Oyedokun.
Former Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Chief Uche Nnaji, has clinched the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship ticket in Enugu State after promising to abolish oppressive taxes and serve only a single term in office.
Aggrieved front-line soldiers from the 241 Recce Model Battalion in Yobe State have accused military authorities of withholding their approved ₦45,000 monthly operational allowance despite their active involvement in counter-insurgency operations against Boko Haram.
Former Minister of Communications Adebayo Shittu has announced his retirement from active partisan politics to focus on Islamic Dawah, citing widespread candidate imposition and deceptive manipulation during his party’s recent primary elections.
The Federal Government has declared Wednesday, May 27, and Thursday, May 28, 2026, as public holidays to mark the Eid-el-Kabir
The Katsina State Government has confirmed that Nura Aliyu Garwa, the suspected mastermind of an urban kidnapping syndicate, had previously been suspended from his role as Senior Special Assistant to Governor Dikko Umaru Radda.
The Kwara State Police Command has confirmed a coordinated night attack by suspected bandits on the Yashikira Police Divisional Headquarters and the Palace of the Emir of Yashikira, which resulted in parts of the palace being set ablaze and 10 people abducted.
A surge of coordinated attacks, killings, and mass school abductions by suspected terrorists across Oyo, Ogun, and Ekiti states has triggered severe panic and heightened security concerns across Nigeria’s South West region.
