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No fewer than 700 students from across Lagos are expected to compete for a prize pool of N10 million at the ChessMasters 2026 tournament scheduled for May 2 at Eko Hotels and Suites. The tournament, considered the largest school chess championship in Africa, is sponsored by Nigeria’s FirstBank and organized by KEY Foundation in association with Eko Hotels and Suites. …

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 …