News

FG to close Lagos–Ibadan Expressway for six weeks

By Ayo Ayodele The Federal Government has announced a six-week partial closure of the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway to carry out urgent repairs on expansion joints at Kara Bridge, Magboro Bridge, and…

Politics

ADC slams FG over Kwara massacre, demands security reforms

By Ayo Ayodele The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has condemned the killing of about 170 people in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State, describing the incident as evidence of…

Metro

Ondo Police arrest landlady for poisoning tenant’s 3-year-old son

By Ayo Ayodele The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a 40-year-old landlady, Nafisat Lateef, for allegedly poisoning the three-year-old son of her tenant in Odigbo Local Government Area of…

Business

Dangote, NNPC seal strategic Gas Supply agreements

PHOTO: ( L-R) Dr. Deborah Usman, Company Sec./Legal adviser, NNPC Gas Marketing Limited ( NGML); Declan O. Nwokoro MD NNPC Gas Marketing Company Limited; David Bird, CEO, Dangote Petroleum Refinery;…

Entertainment/Arts

Nollywood Mourns as actress Aunty Ajara passes on

By Crystal Ugoeze Nollywood actress Ajara Lasisi, popularly known as Aunty Ajara, has died after a prolonged illness. Her death was announced on Thursday by Nollywood director Tobi Oladele Teemony,…

Sports

Goal and assist: Lookman shines in Atletico’s Copa del Rey rout of Betis

By Our Reporter Ademola Lookman enjoyed a dream debut for Atletico Madrid, scoring once and providing an assist in their emphatic 5–0 victory over Real Betis in Thursday’s Copa del…

Opinion/Features

Press freedom, intelligence power, and Nigeria’s democratic signal to West Africa

By Ademola Oshodi West Africa’s democratic breakdowns have increasingly followed a predictable sequence. Civic space narrows, dissent is reframed as a security problem, and coercive institutions begin to set the…