At least 82 people have been killed and two are missing after a coal mine blast in northern China, officials have said. Rescue officials revised down the death toll in an update late on Saturday, having earlier said at least 90 people had died. The gas explosion at the LiushenyuContinue Reading
By Usman Aliyu The Nigeria Conservation Foundation (NCF) has called on President Bola Tinubu to urgently sign the Endangered Species Conservation and Protection Bill, 2025 into law. The foundation in a statement issued on Saturday to celebrate the 2026 World Biodiversity Day, warned that Nigeria’s biodiversity was facing unprecedentedContinue Reading
Plymouth Argyle striker Owen Oseni says he was in “disbelief” when he was called up to the Nigeria squad. The 23-year-old is part of the group that will play Poland and Portugal next month in pre-World Cup friendly matches. He will also feature in the group playing in the UnityContinue Reading
Aisha has just arrived at Jahun General Hospital in Jigawa State in northern Nigeria, in deep pain, not only emotional pain after losing a child during childbirth in Yobe, a neighbouring state, but also physical pain from an injury caused by complications during delivery. On the eastern side of theContinue Reading
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Adamawa state chapter and the electoral Committee has declared Ahmed Tijjani Galadima Aminu the winner of governorship primaries. The Chairman of the party’s governorship primary election committee in Adamawa State, Prof. Innocent Barikor, announced the final result at the Government House in Yola. Prof. BarikorContinue Reading
Abayomi Semako Hunye’s self-declared guber ‘victory’: A re-enactment of Baba Sala’s awada kerikeri comedy By Segun Olatunji In the high-wire theatre of politics in Ogun State, where until the recent past “parallel primaries” were common features like the traffic on the Isheri Long Bridge, Abayomi Semako Hunye’s recent bid forContinue Reading
Presidential aspirant of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has called on the government to take firm and decisive action against terrorism and insecurity in order to safeguard schools and the wider society. Obi made the statement on Thursday while visiting Practicing Nursery and Primary School in Agulu, AnambraContinue Reading
Members and stakeholders of the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC) in Anambra State have expressed concern over what they described as attempts to undermine and sideline the party’s State Chairman, Mr. David Patrick Chukwudifu. The concerns were raised during a peaceful rally held in Onitsha on Thursday, where party supporters publiclyContinue Reading
Katsina State Governor, Malam Dikko Umaru Radda has flagged off the second disbursement of School Improvement Grants valued at Six Billion, One Hundred and Sixteen Million, Three Hundred and Forty-Three Thousand, Four Hundred and Seventy-Seven Naira (₦6,116,343,477.00) to benefit 110 schools across Katsina State. The Governor made this announcement atContinue Reading
Contrary to claims by a national media outfit, ‘Sahara Reporters’ that Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State hijacks Local Government statutory allocations, the Chairman of the state chapter of Association of Local Government of Nigeria, (ALGON), Jamilu Abubakar says the claim is not only unfounded but misleading. In a pressContinue Reading