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Edo communities lament 9-month blackout, seek governor’s intervention

Residents of Ikagbigbo, Ayogwiri, Irekpai and Ugbenor communities in Edo State have decried a blackout that has lasted about nine months following the

2 killed in Lagos tanker explosion

Two people were on Wednesday night killed, and several others injured in a tanker explosion in the Oto-Ijanikin axis of the Badagry Expressway in Lago

Peaceful Christmas nationwide

Christmas celebrations were held peacefully across Nigeria yesterday as families and worshippers, in major cities and remote communities, gathered in

Borno mosque blast: I watched worshippers fall – Imam

The Chief Imam of Gamboru Juma’at Mosque, Maiduguri, Borno State, Ustaz Al-Ali Muhammad, has recounted the terrifying moments a suicide bomber struck

2025: Overturned presidential pardon, reform in judges’ punishment, Kanu’s conviction shaped judiciary

There were major reforms, events and constitutional rulings that shaped Nigeria’s judiciary in 2025. Some of the timeline for these key judicial devel