ROP NEWS
Kano expands health insurance to inmates, HIV, hypertensive patients
The Kano State Contributory Healthcare Management Agency says it has enrolled vulnerable groups, including hypertensive and HIV patients and inmates in correctional centres, into...
POLITICS
INEC: We’ll review court verdict on 2027 election timetable before taking...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will study the court ruling voiding the general election timetable.
On Wednesday, a federal high court in...
NDC unveils 20-member panel for governorship, N’Assembly primaries
The Nigeria Democratic Congress has constituted a 20-member National Selection Committee to oversee the screening and selection of aspirants seeking the party’s governorship and...
HEALTH NEWS
Gbajabiamila lauds Wike for helping private businesses thrive in FCT
The Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, Femi Gbajabiamilia, has lauded the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, for providing...
Resident Doctors To Commence Indefinite Strike Tuesday
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has announced an indefinite nationwide strike starting at 12:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 7, 2026.
The strike follows...
TRENDING
NEMA repatriates 497 Nigerians from Niger Republic
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has repatriated 497 Nigerian migrants from Niamey to Kano.
The agency received the returnees at the Malam Aminu Kano...
BUSINESS
NNPC opposes Dangote refinery suit, warns against ‘monopoly control’ of fuel...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has opposed the lawsuit filed by Dangote Petroleum Refinery challenging fuel import licences issued to marketers, warning...
S&P upgrades Nigeria’s rating to ‘B’, cites FX market reforms, improved...
Standard and Poor’s (S&P), an international rating agency, has upgraded Nigeria’s long-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings to ‘B’ from ‘B-’, citing...
Nigeria’s inflation rate rises to 15.6%
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says Nigeria’s headline inflation rate was 15.69 percent in April 2026 — up from 15.38 percent in March.
The...
CULTURE & LIFESTYLE
Blaqbonez: My mum was against my career until I gained fame
Blaqbonez has opened up about his mother’s initial opposition to his music career and the creative lengths he went to in order to keep...
OPINION
Memoirs: How I confronted Joe Garba on his plot to overthrow...
Former Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, has recounted how fear, betrayal and growing distrust consumed the final days of his government before the July...
SPORTS
‘Unselfish’ over ‘ego’ – what do leaks say about Tuchel’s England?
There were very few surprises when England's World Cup squad was announced on Friday morning.
Not because Thomas Tuchel made no controversial selections, but because...
FOREIGN NEWS
Trump acknowledges Nigerian government’s ‘partnership’ in killing of ISIS leader
United States President Donald Trump has recognised the federal government for its “partnership” in the operation that led to the death of Abu-Bilal al-Minuki,...
