By Ankeli Emmanuel (In Sokoto State)

As the 8 Division Nigeria Army 2026 Inter-Brigade Combat Proficiency competition comes to an end, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 8 Division and Commander Sector 2 Joint Task Force North West Operation FANSAN YAMMA, Major General Bemgba Paul Koughna, has challenged Junior commanders of the Division to always maintain unmatched combat readiness in addition to physical fitness as well as professional competence.

By Princess Simon (Bureau Chief North Central, in Minna)

Barely days after the killing and abduction of mostly worshipers in a mosque, suspected armed bandits have killed a village Head of Galla in Niger state, Alhaji Ahmed Yusuf.

By Chinwendu Agoha (Media & Governance Correspondent)

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and governor of Lagos state, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, have expressed deep sadness over the sudden death of Mr Dotun Oladipo, former Political Editor of The Punch newspaper and Publisher of The Eagle Online.

By Chinwendu Agoha (Media & Governance Correspondent)

The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) has expressed sadness over the death of its former President, Dotun Oladipo, a distinguished journalist and publisher of The Eagle Online.

By Chinwendu Agoha (Media & Governance Correspondent)

The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), on Wednesday, expressed shock and profound sadness on the news of the passing of Dr. Samson Dotun Oladipo, a gentleman, distinguished journalist, former newspaper editor, ft ormer President of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) and publisher of Eagles Online.

By Our Reporter

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has charged local government chairmen across the country to uphold fairness, equity and inclusiveness in appointments, administration and distribution of resources.

By Our Reporter

Challenges facing the economy and insecurity, especially associated with elections in a developing economy like Nigeria, will be the focus of discussion at the seventh yearly lecture of Freedom Online (www.freedomonline.com.ng) on September 3 in Lagos.

• Obi of Onitsha To Chair The Event

By Chinwendu Agoha (Media & Governance Correspondent)

The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has announced that its 2026 All Nigeria Editors Conference (ANEC) will hold at the International Conference Centre (ICC), Enugu, on September 24 and 25, 2026.

By Princess Simon (Bureau Chief North Central, in Minna)

Worried be renewed hostilities between Fulani herders, Bargawa and Kambari farmers the Catholic Bishop of Kontagora Diocese, Most Rev. Dr. Bulus Dauwa Yohanna has pleaded with ethnic nationalities in Agwara and Borgu Local Government Areas (LGAs) to embrace one another for peace to reign in the area.

By Princess Simon (Bureau Chief North Central, in Minna)

Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Niger state chapter has been engulfed in crisis as two gubernatorial hopeful lay claims to the party's candidature ahead of the 2027 general elections.

By Princess Simon (Bureau Chief North Central, in Minna)

In Niger state, vehicular movements have been halted along the busy Lambata-Suleja road following demands from locals who baricaded the road that articulated trucks, trailers conveying scraps to other parts of the country in particular must pay N500 before allowed passage.

By Janet Bassey (Governance Correspondent)

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said that the re-election of Governor Ademola Adeleke in the just-concluded Osun election is a fitting assurance that democracy will continue to flourish in our country under the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration.