Year: 2026

Silencing the Drums of Ramadan: Inside Kano’s Tashe Ban and the Battle Between Culture, Security Hausa children performing Tashe drama during Ramadan in Kano streets

Hausa children performing Tashe drama during Ramadan in Kano streets

Silencing the Drums of Ramadan: Inside Kano’s Tashe Ban and the Battle Between Culture, Security

Hussaini Ibrahim March 14, 2026

KANO, NIGERIA – The streets of Kano during Ramadan have long echoed with the laughter of children,...

Lagos Reintroduces Monthly Environmental Sanitation Exercise Lagos State warns residents against unregistered hospitals, launches HEFAMAA barcode verification system

Lagos State warns residents against unregistered hospitals, launches HEFAMAA barcode verification system

Lagos Reintroduces Monthly Environmental Sanitation Exercise

Korede Abdullah March 14, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has flagged off the reintroduction of the monthly environmental...

Jigawa Launches Third Phase of Civil Servants’ Agricultural Support Programme Government-backed agricultural support programme

Government-backed agricultural support programme

Jigawa Launches Third Phase of Civil Servants’ Agricultural Support Programme

Hussaini Ibrahim March 14, 2026

DUTSE, Nigeria – Governor Umar Namadi of Jigawa State has launched the third phase of the Civil...

Kano Police Recover Four Stolen Vehicles, Arrest Four Suspects Recovered stolen vehicles at police station yard

Recovered stolen vehicles at police station yard

Kano Police Recover Four Stolen Vehicles, Arrest Four Suspects

Hussaini Ibrahim March 14, 2026

KANO, Nigeria – The Nigeria Police Force in Kano State has recovered four stolen vehicles and arrested...

Oil Above $100: Economist Warns Nigeria Must Avoid Another Windfall Scandal Mojeed Saliu

Mojeed Saliu

Oil Above $100: Economist Warns Nigeria Must Avoid Another Windfall Scandal

Korede Abdullah March 14, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – Nigeria could earn billions of dollars in additional oil revenue as global crude prices...

Wike Orders Demolition of Illegal Buildings on Embassy Land FCT Minister Nyesom Wike inspecting illegal buildings on embassy land in Katampe Abuja

FCT Minister Nyesom Wike inspecting illegal buildings on embassy land in Katampe Abuja

Wike Orders Demolition of Illegal Buildings on Embassy Land

Oluwafunbi Bello March 14, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike has ordered the demolition of illegal structures built...

Airlines Face Financial Strain as Aviation Fuel Price Surges Commercial aircraft on runway as Nigerian airlines struggle with rising aviation fuel costs

Commercial aircraft on runway as Nigerian airlines struggle with rising aviation fuel costs

Airlines Face Financial Strain as Aviation Fuel Price Surges

Oluwatobi Adu March 14, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigerian domestic airlines are facing mounting financial pressure after the price of Jet-A1 aviation...

Police Arrest Suspect Over Fatal Stabbing of Teenager in Ondo Katsina Police Recover AK-47 Rifles After Foiled Ambush

Katsina Police Recover AK-47 Rifles After Foiled Ambush

Police Arrest Suspect Over Fatal Stabbing of Teenager in Ondo

Chukwu Obinna March 14, 2026

AKURE, Nigeria – The Nigeria Police Force in Ondo State has arrested a suspect over the alleged...

CBN Restricts Credit Access for Defaulting Large-Ticket Borrowers CBN Governor Olayemi Cardoso addressing journalists after MPC meeting in Abu

CBN Governor Olayemi Cardoso addressing journalists after MPC meeting in Abu

CBN Restricts Credit Access for Defaulting Large-Ticket Borrowers

Edino Chubiyo Cornelius March 14, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The Central Bank of Nigeria has directed banks to restrict access to new credit...

Shell Restarts Bonga Oil Production After Maintenance Completion Bonga FPSO vessel offshore Nigeria as Shell resumes oil production after maintenance

Bonga FPSO vessel offshore Nigeria as Shell resumes oil production after maintenance

Shell Restarts Bonga Oil Production After Maintenance Completion

Koko Maxwella March 14, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company resumes oil production at the Bonga deepwater field...