Zamfara State has extended the resumption of public and private schools by two weeks as health authorities respond to a growing diphtheria outbreak. The state has recorded 367 clinically suspected diphtheria cases, with more than 320 patients treated and discharged, while 44 deaths have also been reported. Why Zamfara Is Keeping Schools Closed The decision…
The Ondo herbal drink tragedy has raised fresh concerns about the safety of locally produced alcoholic beverages after 29 people died in communities across Odigbo Local Government Area. The Ondo State Government said 60 suspected cases have been recorded, with three people still receiving hospital treatment and another 27 under medical observation. Most of those…
The Peter Obi convoy blockade in Benue is taking on a bigger political meaning as supporters of the former presidential candidate prepare to hold a One Million-Man March in Makurdi on Saturday, September 12. The Benue chapter of the Obidient Movement says the march will begin at 9 a.m. from Wurukum Roundabout under the slogan…
African Action Congress presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore has renewed calls for Nigeria to reconsider its approach to cannabis, arguing that the plant could become a source of export earnings, jobs and industrial materials if properly regulated. Speaking on the BTC Podcast, Sowore proposed large-scale cannabis exports from Nigeria, pointing to low-THC varieties and uses beyond…
Nigeria’s public universities are again facing the possibility of disruption as the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) threatens industrial action over unpaid salaries and the unresolved implementation of the 2025 agreement with the Federal Government. The latest warning is not happening in isolation. Across several universities, ASUU branches have already moved from complaints to…
Nigerian activist Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, has challenged phone sellers in Nigeria over the price of the newly launched iPhone 18, saying he is prepared to import the devices himself if vendors add what he considers excessive markups. VeryDarkMan made the threat from an Apple Store in China shortly after Apple unveiled…
Peter Obi says his NDC 2027 election strategy will rely on independent monitoring and a dual system for transmitting polling-unit results, a move he says is designed to prevent a repeat of the problems that followed Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election. The NDC presidential candidate wants results transmitted simultaneously to INEC’s IReV portal and the party’s…
The Nigerian Army redeployment in 2026 has placed a new senior commander at the centre of Nigeria’s fight against Boko Haram and other terrorist groups in the North-East. Major General I.A. Ajose has been appointed Theatre Commander of Joint Task Force North-East, Operation Hadin Kai, replacing Major General A.E. Abubakar. The change is part of…
The NAFDAC alcohol ban in Nigeria has taken on a new dimension after the agency’s Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, linked excessive alcohol consumption to banditry and other social problems. Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Wednesday, Adeyeye said alcohol damages organs including the brain, kidneys and liver and argued that it also encourages banditry….
A confrontation between a Lagos mother and police officers in Ikorodu has drawn attention to renewed concerns over Lagos police illegal phone searches and how young Nigerians respond when stopped by security personnel. The incident, which was captured on video and circulated online, reportedly involved three young men travelling in a tricycle. The officers allegedly…
