The Federal Fire Service, Gombe State Command, has disclosed that the command saved property estimated at N35m from a fire outbreak at a 15-bedroom residential flat location in Pantami Quarters, Gombe State. Our correspondent learnt that the incident occurred behind Jiri and Brothers Filling Station...

A medical practitioner and Medical Coordinator at Victoria Island Medical Centre, OneHealth by AXA, Dr Akinlawon Olamide, has urged families caring for ageing parents to adopt structured healthcare plans to help them balance the demands of work, family and caregiving. Olamide made the call in an int...

One of the governorship aspirants of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party in Gombe State, Khamisu Mailantarki, has clarified that he did not declare himself the winner of the party’s fresh primary as reported in the media, saying he has no such powers to do so. While making the clarification to A...

The Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, has warned politicians against inflammatory rhetoric and other actions that could threaten Nigeria’s peace ahead of the 2027 general elections. Bamidele, who is also the Chairman of the South-West Caucus in the National Assembly, urged political parties and their...

The African Democratic Congress governorship candidate in Sokoto State, Manir Muhammad Dan’iya, has called on the state government to urgently clarify reports of deaths allegedly linked to suspected diphtheria cases across the state. Dan’iya, in a statement issued by his media aide, Aminu Abdullahi,...

Reality television star, Phyna, and skit maker, Carter Efe, emerged winners in the celebrity boxing bouts at Balmoral Promotions’ Chaos in the Ring event, held at the Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, on October 1, 2026, while Ghana’s Seth “Freezy Macbones” Gyimah dethroned Godday “Zodso...

Former political associates and grassroots allies of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, have rejected accusations of betrayal, insisting that it was the former governor who abandoned the political understanding that brought them together. The position, signed by former Deputy Speaker of t...

CHILD labour and out-of-school children remain a serious menace in Nigeria. This is despite the challenges they pose to societal well-being and progress. The failure of government is writ large in this problem. Governor Umar Bago of Niger State amplified this failure recently when he said young boys...

The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Peter Obi, has vowed not to spend his holidays outside Nigeria if elected President in the 2027 general elections. Obi pledged in his Independence Day address delivered in Abuja on Thursday, saying he would use his four-year tenure to tr...

The 36 states generated N113.94bn from road taxes between 2023 and 2025, an analysis of data from the National Bureau of Statistics has shown. According to the NBS Internally Generated Revenue at State Level 2025, the figure comprised N40.14bn collected in 2023, N23.92bn in 2024 and N49.88bn in 2025...

The Christian Association of Nigeria has urged the Federal Government to prioritise reductions in the cost of food, transportation and energy as the country marks its 66th Independence Anniversary. It also asked the government to strengthen social protection and improve security, saying the benefits...

The implementation of the Federal Government’s CNG-powered transport initiative, a three-day warning strike by public workers, rising NNPC oil security claims, criticism of President Bola Tinubu’s prosperity claim and the cancellation of a planned Obi-Kwankwaso rally in Akwa Ibom are among the major...