Fourteen-year-old Michael begins most mornings not in a classroom, but at an open gold mining site in Osun State. He tells himself the long hours are temporary, that the money …
Stallion Times
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Investigation
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The truck lurches violently as its front wheels slam into yet another crater on the Ogbuma Junction section of the Ogoja–Katsina Ala road. Inside, Musa Adamu grips the dashboard as …
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Investigation
Abandoned to Burn: Ondo Government’s Neglect of Fire Services Puts Communities at Risk
According to the Ondo State Fire Service Law 1978, Cap 39, the Ondo State Fire Service was established for “the purposes of the extinction of fires and the protection of …
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We, the undersigned civil society organizations and leaders, express grave concern and deep alarm over the recent U.S. air strike carried out on Christmas Day on Nigerian territory, and the …
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Nigerian political activist and former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, on Friday, accused the Nigerian government of deliberately shielding financiers of …
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Niger and Akwa Ibom state governors, Umar Bago and Umo Eno respectively, have been blacklisted by the International Press Institute (IPI) Nigeria as the worst offenders of media repression in …
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Anti-CorruptionCivil Society
Alleged $6bn Mambilla Power Fraud: Agunloye forged Contract Document – Witness
The third prosecuting witness in the ongoing trial of a former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye, on Monday told Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal High Court sitting …
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Peace and Security
NDLEA Intercepts Meth, Cocaine Concealed in Machine Cylinders, Auto Parts at Lagos Airport
In a sweeping nationwide offensive against drug trafficking networks, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have busted at least six syndicates, seizing large quantities of illicit drugs …
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A mosquito coil left burning overnight has been identified as the cause of a tragic house fire that claimed the lives of four family members in Kano on Wednesday. The …
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Bala Ibrahim The altercation between the minister of the Federal capital territory Abuja, Nigeria, Barrister Nyesom Wike and Naval officer, Lieutenant Yarima, has opened a new chapter in the place …