Nigeria has long treated illegal mining as a regulatory nuisance — a matter for bureaucrats armed with paperwork rather than for security agencies with the authority to act. The Mining Marshals’ recent enforcement operation across Nasarawa State signals that this…
The District Head of Gwandu in Kebbi State, Alhaji Muhammadu Rasheed — widely known by his title Sarkin Gabas — died on Wednesday, 23 September 2026, leaving the state’s traditional institutions and wider community in mourning. Two senior officials of…
On a Tuesday morning in late September, Rabiu Kwankwaso sat before the cameras at Arise TV and said something that will resonate across petrol queues from Kano to Lagos: “We are bringing subsidy in our own way.” It was a…
A Calculated Arrangement President Bola Tinubu is manoeuvring to give FCT Minister Nyesom Wike a defined role in his 2027 re-election campaign — one that keeps the former Rivers State governor useful without granting him formal standing inside the All…
The Call That Sparked a Backlash A civil society coalition has firmly rejected demands for the dismissal of the Commandant-General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Professor Ahmed Abubakar Audi, following the deaths of 37 suspected illegal…
Thirty-seven Nigerians entered government custody alive. None came out. Now someone must explain why. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has placed responsibility for those deaths squarely on three men: President Bola Tinubu, Minister of Solid Minerals Development Dele Alake, and…
Nyesom Wike, the Federal Capital Territory Minister, launched his so-called Rainbow Coalition with considerable fanfare, presenting it as a broad, multi-party front to secure President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027. The idea was straightforward: pull together figures from across the…
The University of Lagos has published its UTME merit admission cut-off marks for the 2026/2027 academic session, covering programmes in the Faculty of Computing and Informatics and the Faculty of Engineering. The figures, released on 16 September 2026, include both…
It was one short caption, four words, and it set Nigerian social media alight. On Thursday, 17 September 2026, the singer and entrepreneur Oluwatosin Oluwole Ajibade — better known as Mr Eazi — posted a video to his Instagram page…
A Public Spat That Serves Nobody Ima Niboro, the spokesperson for the APC Presidential Campaign Council, has had enough of the noise. Speaking on Arise Television’s The Morning Show, he delivered a blunt message to both FCT Minister Nyesom Wike…