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A peace group blasted former Kano governor Ganduje for floating plans to launch his own Hisbah squad after 12,000 officers got canned. The International Peace and Secure Society says letting a private citizen run religious police would wreck the state's security setup, and they called it...

Gunmen raided a Cherubim and Seraphim Church in Ejiba during worship hours, and they grabbed the pastor along with his wife plus several other churchgoers. Information Commissioner Kingsley Fanwo said the attackers probably camped out in nearby bushes for days before striking, and he called out...

Senator Gbenga Daniel went off on Ogun State leadership during a community tour, claiming the governor runs things with just two or three cronies who shut down anyone trying to give advice. The former governor said officials suspended him through some sketchy backroom deal, even though he backs...

Nigeria's student loan program has handed out cash to nearly 789,000 kids since the thing went live, and they've processed over a million applications total. The fund dropped about 82 billion naira on tuition payments to 262 schools, plus another 58 billion went straight to students for living...

A journalist group in Kano says political drama between state officials and former governor Ganduje is pulling security forces away from actual crime-fighting work. The forum warned that beef between political camps is making rural areas less safe, and criminal networks are using the chaos as...

Abia State officials rolled out electric buses that they claim will cut transport costs and eliminate exhaust fumes for riders. Transport Commissioner Chimezie Ukaegbu announced at a summit that 20 vehicles arrived already, and another batch lands soon. The state built terminals and installed AI...

Ogun State officials are setting up free lead-poisoning tests for people living near those battery-recycling plants in Ogijo after some viral videos sparked contamination concerns. Health Commissioner Dr Tomi Coker says the testing center at Ogijo Primary Health Centre is ready to go with all...

The Nigerian Air Force dropped bombs on terrorist camps in the northwest and northeast regions, and they say they took out a bunch of militants. Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame confirmed the strikes happened after intelligence teams spotted the targets. Fighter jets hit two separate locations in...

Nigerian Army troops pulled off a late-night rescue in Kano State's Tsanyawa area after locals rang them up about bandits causing chaos. Operation MESA forces teamed up with the air force and police units to track down the attackers, and they managed to free seven people who'd been grabbed. The...

Open Forum just called out Akwa Ibom officials for letting Uyo turn into a pothole-riddled mess with garbage piling up in weird spots around town. Matthew Kofi Okono from the group said one trash dump sits right next to a primary school entrance and the Township Stadium, which is basically...

Youth from Ifon in Ose Local Government just hit the streets demanding that Ondo State install a new traditional ruler after their last king got shot by highway bandits half a decade back. Oba Israel Adewusi died after gunmen ambushed him on the Benin-Owo-Akure road while he was heading home...

Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan from Kogi Central just called out Senator Osita Ngwu from Enugu West on Facebook over some deleted WhatsApp messages between lawmakers. She told him to repost her removed comments in the senators' group chat, or she would drag the whole thing onto the Senate floor...

Don Jazzy just added another artist to Mavin Global, and this time it's LOVN from the Mavin Academy program. The producer hyped him up on X by pointing out that the guy has been grinding through talent competitions like Access The Stars and The Voice Nigeria for years without giving up. Jazzy...

Rahma Adam Mohammed from Amaryadotcom and HER360 just made the Global 100 Most Impactful Leaders list that PAYLEF put together, and the award ceremony went down in Kigali. Her COO, Summaya Mohammed, picked up the trophy since Rahma couldn't make it, and the recognition was basically for building...

The Nigerian Marketing Awards handed out trophies to companies that actually delivered results this year, and Insight Publicis grabbed the top agency spot while Lafarge Africa scored brand innovation honors for their Ecoplanet cement thing. Dufil Prima won for best AI usage in marketing...

Abode Assets just dropped a 100-acre project called Empire Park Estate, and they're letting people buy in with literally 100,000 naira, which is wild for Nigerian real estate. CEO Jeffrey Itepu said the whole point was making property investment accessible beyond just rich people, and COO...

The head of the Nigerian Railway Corporation just dropped some brutal numbers about how the country basically ignored trains for six decades straight. Kayode Opeifa pointed out that from 1962 through 2000, the government built absolutely nothing while other places were upgrading to bullet trains...

Paul Alaje from SPM Professionals told a journalism training session in Abuja that Nigeria keeps spinning its wheels because the country never properly built out its manufacturing base. The economist said America and China both needed industrial revolutions before they became economic...

MATAN Food Bank rolled out a digital food security system at a three-day event in Lagos that pulled farmers from every state to talk about fixing hunger from the ground up. Olakunle Johnson said the plan uses multipurpose ID cards linked to bank verification numbers and national ID info to cut...

Olaide Alimi got fed up after getting debited for a bill payment that never went through, so he built SnappyPay to fix the busted digital payment system in Nigeria. The Lagos entrepreneur said the platform handles stuff like airtime top-ups and data purchases without the usual failed transaction...