Nigeria records an estimated 43,000 snakebite cases each year, with up to 2,500 deaths, experts warned at a Lagos workshop. The carpet viper alone causes about 66 per cent of snakebite deaths.
FOOG Women Support for Tinubu DG Esther Okotie-Eboh has asked Nigerians to back President Tinubu's 2027 re-election and challenged critics to show real alternatives.
INEC trained Benue electoral officers and disability groups on October 26, 2026, promising assistive devices, IDP voter registration and full inclusion ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Nollywood star Emeka Ike will host the National Automation Prize 2026, a national engineering and technology competition with over ₦50 million in prizes.
Nigeria's Tax Ombud is partnering NIPOST to take free tax complaint services to market traders and rural taxpayers, using a homegrown network to deliver grassroots justice.
An 80-year-old Nigerian widower says a woman he took in as a companion after his wife's death stole from him for months, until he drew the line.
Tottenham ended a 36-year Stamford Bridge curse with a 2-0 win over Chelsea, as a Mike Penders own goal, a Cole Palmer red card and a Mathys Tel strike sealed a famous away victory.
Nigeria orders tighter Ebola screening after protocol breaches, as crude at $115 threatens another petrol price hike and Lagos counts one dead after a Fadeyi building collapse.
HYPREP has graduated 120 persons living with disabilities in Ogoniland after vocational training in fish farming, photography, shoemaking, fashion design and computer studies, with starter packs.
Gen Z Nigerians are clashing with institutions, from Madonna University expulsions to workplace debates, and the data says they are not the problem, they are the signal.
Channels Media Group chairman Dr John Momoh has warned politicians against ethnic and religious rhetoric ahead of the 2027 elections, saying opponents are not enemies of the nation.
Nigerian universities are projected to achieve record-breaking global ranking performances from 2027, powered by a new national ranking framework and rising research citations.
Oyo State has activated disease surveillance across all 33 local government areas and prepared the Olodo Infectious Disease Centre, while confirming no Ebola case so far.
The family of late Afenifere leader Pa Reuben Fasoranti says it is celebrating, not mourning, as Governor Aiyedatiwa leads tributes to the centenarian nationalist.
Nigeria confirms its first Ebola Bundibugyo case in Abuja. Africa CDC demands urgent global support as the outbreak spreads across three African regions.
The ADC in Jigawa has suspended NWC member Aliyu Gantsa for 12 months over alleged anti-party conduct, but he calls the move unconstitutional and vows to fight back.
Bet9ja Foundation Trains 350 Young Nigerians at GEES 3.0 Summit</a> put 350 young Nigerians through practical sessions, a reminder that this generation is not waiting for permission before it moves.</p><h2>The photo that people misread</h2><p>Dangote also cleared the air on a picture he posted...
Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo in Ogun State has endorsed President Bola Tinubu and Senator Solomon Adeola for 2027, and conferred on Yayi the chieftaincy title of Dike Eji Eje Mba.
Kebbi State Commissioner Yakubu Ahmed-BK says Abubakar Malami is using a UNDP poverty report as a political weapon ahead of the 2027 governorship race.
<p>Ambassador Dele Cole, the Daily Times chief who defended press freedom and mentored a generation of Nigerian journalists, has died in London at 86. Tunde Okoro pays tribute to a giant.</p>
Luis Diaz hit a hat-trick as Bayern Munich crushed RB Leipzig 6-1 on Saturday, October 17, 2026, to go top of the Bundesliga, while Serhou Guirassy and Dortmund stumbled in Berlin.
Bet9ja Foundation's GEES 3.0 summit in Lagos trained over 350 young Nigerians on earning, building and growing, with ₦2.4 million in prizes awarded at the Pitch Slam.
Hajia Yemi Sowunmi-Kolapo, the PDP deputy governorship candidate for Ogun State, has expressed confidence that her principal, Ladi Adebutu, will emerge as the next governor of the state.
Nigerian and Indonesian firms signed $10 million in agreements at the 2026 Trade Expo Indonesia, covering pharmaceuticals, dental equipment, and gas appliances for everyday Nigerians.
The Federal High Court in Abuja has discharged and acquitted businessman Aliyu Abubakar, Malabu Oil and Gas Limited and six other defendants in the $1bn money laundering case tied to the disputed Oil Prospecting Licence 245, Punch Newspapers reported on Thursday.
Femi Fani-Kayode says Obasanjo inherited a dead airline in 1999 and had no choice but to liquidate Nigeria Airways in 2004, as the pension row with Keyamo and Atiku heats up.
More than 50 years after Walter Rodney's classic, Vanguard argues Nigerians' own political choices, from ethnic loyalty to festive rice, now hold back development more than Europe does.
Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa ordered fumigation of the Igbokoda River and health kits for residents after the NAF aircraft crash that killed all 25 people on board on October 5.
More than 7,000 Nigerian refugees voluntarily returned home in 2026, Dr. Bernard Doro announced at the UNHCR Executive Committee in Geneva, with 14,000 more registered to return from Cameroon.
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