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Here are the top ten stories from across the country 1. Kwankwaso joins ADC Former governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso, on Monday officially joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC), in a watershed moment for opposition politics in the state.Read more 2. Tuggar resigned as foreign minister to pursue Bauchi governorship candidacy Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, has …

Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike has criticized the Labor Party’s presidential candidate for the 2023 elections, Peter Obi. He also criticized the governor of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who defected from the opposition party after the crisis hit the party. Wike, while speaking at the PDP national convention held at the Velodrome of the Moshood Abiola National …

The Lagos State Judiciary has announced the 2026 Easter holidays, with judicial activities suspended from April 3. This was stated in an official notice signed by the Chief Registrar, Mr. Tajudeen Elias, and made available to judicial correspondents in Lagos. The statement said the leave was approved by the Chief Justice of the state, Justice Kazeem Alogba, in line with …

A man has appeared in a Dublin court after being charged with the murder of a former Sinn Fein official who was shot dead 20 years ago. Denis Donaldson, 55, was killed in a remote cottage in County Donegal in April 2006, months after admitting his role as a police officer and MI5 agent for two decades. Antoine Duffy, aged …

Israel has passed a law that would impose the standard death penalty for Palestinians in the West Bank convicted of killing Israeli citizens. That English, German, France And Italy criticized the law, and said in a joint declaration that the law would “significantly expand the possibility of applying the death penalty”. Allies called the law “de facto discriminatory” and said …

An inmate of Potiskum Correctional Center in Yobe State, Blessing Sunday, allegedly impregnated by a prison officer, Sani Saleh-Bodejo, has given birth to a baby boy. A source confirmed that the inmate gave birth on Sunday at the Potiskum Specialist Hospital, adding that both mother and baby were in stable condition. The case first came to light in November 2025 …

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in Ebonyi State has renewed its call for justice in the killing of Nnenna Onu, a 35-year-old woman allegedly killed in a family inheritance dispute. The incident, which occurred in December 2021 in Amagu, Anike community in Onicha Local Government Area, reportedly involved relatives opposed to her claim to her late father’s property. According …

Russia has revoked a British diplomat’s accreditation for intelligence activities. The Federal Security Service (FSB) said in a statement on Monday in Moscow. The diplomat, identified as the second secretary of the British Embassy, ​​Janse Van Rensburg, has been ordered to leave the country within two weeks. READ ALSO: University workers gave Nigerian government an ultimatum in April to renegotiate …

The 13th inaugural lecture of the Federal University Dutsin-ma (FUD), Katsina State, will be held today, at the Professor Lawal Audu Saulawa Auditorium, take-off campus, Dutsin-ma. A press release signed by the Chairman of the Inaugural Professors Conference Committee, Professor Mohammed Umar Sanda, states that the topic of the conference is: “Demystifying Traditional Barbing (Wanzanci) in Hausaland: Islamic Influence and …

Nigeria’s small and medium-sized businesses are grappling with a massive $48 trillion financing gap, amid concerns that recent banking reforms have not yet translated into significant credit to the manufacturing sector, a new report has revealed. The Center for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE) sounded the alarm in a policy brief on Sunday, saying that despite improvements in the …