Month: October 2025

Lagos Police Arrest Five Cultists After Deadly Rival Clash Police officers at crime scene after cult clash in Lagos

Police officers at crime scene after cult clash in Lagos

Lagos Police Arrest Five Cultists After Deadly Rival Clash

Korede Abdullah October 6, 2025

LAGOS, Nigeria – Police in Lagos have arrested five suspected cultists following a violent clash between rival...

Nigeria Ranks Lowest Globally in 2025 Quality of Life Index Nigerians walking in a crowded market as inflation and poverty bite

Nigerians walking in a crowded market as inflation and poverty bite

Nigeria Ranks Lowest Globally in 2025 Quality of Life Index

Korede Abdullah October 6, 2025

LAGOS, Nigeria – Nigeria has been ranked the country with the lowest quality of life in the...

Africa Health Report: Top 10 Health Stories of the Week, 29 September – 5 October 2025

Africa Health Report: Top 10 Health Stories of the Week, 29 September – 5 October 2025

Mirian Gom October 6, 2025

📝 Editor’s Note From global health innovation to grassroots mobilisation, this week’s stories reveal how African nations...

From Chalkboards to Keyboards: Nigeria’s Digital Leap in Classrooms Faces Unequal Readiness Composite image showing Nigerian students writing exams with pens in a dilapidated rural classroom on one side, and students typing on computers in a modern CBT centre on the other.

Composite image showing Nigerian students writing exams with pens in a dilapidated rural classroom on one side, and students typing on computers in a modern CBT centre on the other.

From Chalkboards to Keyboards: Nigeria’s Digital Leap in Classrooms Faces Unequal Readiness

Koko Maxwella October 6, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – When 16-year-old Aisha Muhammad, a JAMB candidate from Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna...

IATA Warns High Airfares Threaten Nigeria’s $2.5bn Aviation Growth Airplanes parked at Lagos airport as IATA warns about high airfares in Nigeria

Airplanes parked at Lagos airport as IATA warns about high airfares in Nigeria

IATA Warns High Airfares Threaten Nigeria’s $2.5bn Aviation Growth

Juliet Jacob October 5, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has warned that Nigeria’s aviation industry could lose...

Death in the Fast Lane: Why Nigeria’s Roads Kill in the Ember Months View of the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway from Gateway, Ota, Ogun State, depicting reconstruction work and traffic flow.

View of the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway from Gateway, Ota, Ogun State, depicting reconstruction work and traffic flow.

Death in the Fast Lane: Why Nigeria’s Roads Kill in the Ember Months

Korede Abdullah October 5, 2025

LAGOS, Nigeria – The air in Nigeria thickens with dust and expectation as the “Ember months” —...

NDLEA Dismantles Lagos Cocaine Cartels, Arrests Kingpin, Others NDLEA

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NDLEA Dismantles Lagos Cocaine Cartels, Arrests Kingpin, Others

Korede Abdullah October 5, 2025

LAGOS, Nigeria – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has dismantled two major cocaine cartels in...

Lagos Commissioner Denies ₦1bn Bribe Claim, Threatens Legal Action Lagos Commissioner Tokunbo Wahab addressing journalists on Ikota demolition

Lagos Commissioner Tokunbo Wahab addressing journalists on Ikota demolition

Lagos Commissioner Denies ₦1bn Bribe Claim, Threatens Legal Action

Korede Abdullah October 5, 2025

LAGOS, Nigeria – Lagos State Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, has denied allegations...

FG Launches Cancer Awareness Fiesta, Screens 1,000 Civil Servants Free cancer screening

cancer screening

FG Launches Cancer Awareness Fiesta, Screens 1,000 Civil Servants Free

Hussaini Ibrahim October 5, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – The Federal Government has reaffirmed its commitment to fighting Nigeria’s rising cancer burden through...

Troops Capture 450 Terrorists, Free 180 Hostages in September Nigerian soldiers during a joint military operation in rural area

Nigerian soldiers during a joint military operation in rural area

Troops Capture 450 Terrorists, Free 180 Hostages in September

Hussaini Ibrahim October 5, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has announced that Nigerian troops arrested over 450 terrorists, rescued...