7+ hour, 4+ min ago   (299+ words) Nigerian musician Stephen “Papi Urhobo” Ebihor has died following a severe illness. The platform did not disclose when Papi Urhobo died or provide details about the illness that claimed his life. It also appealed to his fans and members of…...

9+ hour, 40+ min ago   (459+ words) The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) will host the fifth edition of its Book Reading Programme on Tuesday, 15 September 2026, featuring writer, journalist, public policy analyst and strategic communicator, Paul C Nwabuikwu. This edition will focus on Nwabuikwu’s recently…...

6+ hour, 52+ min ago   (760+ words) Prison cells used to illustrate the story More than 250 inmates at the Jalingo Custodial Centre in Taraba State are sleeping on mats on the floor as the facility houses more than twice its designed capacity, Gabriel Olayinka, a former inmate,…...

6+ hour, 28+ min ago   (253+ words) Nigeria’s largest educational publisher, Learn Africa Plc, has announced the resignation of Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, a Non-Executive Director, from its Board of Directors, effective 7 September. The publisher disclosed this in a regulatory filing signed by DCSL Corporate Services Limited, the Company…...

5+ hour, 13+ min ago   (267+ words) Peter Obi (CREDIT: @PeterObi X) A human rights activist, Inibehe Effiong, has urged the 2027 presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, to stop his cautionary and diplomatic approach to issues and politics to exert his constitutional rights as…...

6+ hour, 49+ min ago   (377+ words) The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has called for a unified regulatory approach across Africa to reduce administrative bottlenecks and create a more predictable environment for technology investments. The regulator said governments should move away from fragmented regulatory systems…...

6+ hour, 45+ min ago   (401+ words) Mr Adebayo,​‌‌‍​‌‍⁠⁠‌‍‍‌⁠​‌‍⁠‌​ a professor, who did the public presentation of the Presidential Blueprint, entitled: ‘Farewell to Poverty and Insecurity’ in Abuja, decried the economic and security challenges currently confronting the country. He argued that the nation’s challenges stemmed directly from…...

12+ hour, 28+ min ago   (972+ words) Nigerian soldiers involved in the rescue operation The Nigerian government has reportedly entered into a secret ceasefire agreement with the Boko Haram faction led by Bakura Doro, a development that has kept parts of northeastern Nigeria relatively calm for the…...

11+ hour, 20+ min ago   (907+ words) Uber has left Nigeria. The announcement has understandably generated another round of debate about Nigeria’s business environment, government regulation, the treatment of investors and the economics of operating businesses in the country. But I think there is a danger in…...

12+ hour, 33+ min ago   (869+ words) Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno (CREDIT: Governor, Umo Eno X page) Akwa Ibom State recorded the lowest investment income among the five South-south states that published their 2025 audited financial statements, despite its extensive portfolio of quoted and unquoted investments,…...