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El-Rufai: Court to rule Tuesday on ICPC’s request for fresh 14-day detention

A magistrate court in Abuja has fixed Tuesday, March 17, to rule on a fresh request by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Co

Girl, 8, dies after falling on iron rod in Kano

An eight-year-old girl, Siyama Idris, has died after falling on an exposed iron rod at an ongoing road and drainage construction site in Tudun Wada qu

Bandits kill Zamfara college director after N20m ransom

When Malam Bashar Sani, a senior staff member of the College of Education, Maru, Zamfara State, was abducted by bandits on December 22, 2025, alongsid

Tinubu backs Nigerian media’s fight for fair revenue from big tech

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu said his government will support the evidence-led campaign of the Nigerian media against the dominance of big tech, anti-c

Waspapping: Social media critic’s rough road to ‘freedom’

The recent arrest of Nigerian social media commentator Sani Buhari, widely known online as Waspapping, has sparked intense debate about freedom of spe