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March 16, 2026

NOA seeks traditional rulers’ support for peaceful 2027 elections

Ms Shettima said traditional rulers’ support would help ensure credible, peaceful, and violence-free elections in 2027.

Traditional leaders
March 16, 2026

FG undertaking bold reforms to reposition Nigeria: Minister

The minister said the APC remained committed to advancing the president’s Renewed Hope Agenda.

Information minister, Mohammed Idris (credit: Cable)
March 16, 2026

Tinubu swears in Taiwo Oyedele as deputy finance minister

Mr Tinubu praised Mr Oyedele’s role in reviewing Nigeria’s tax system, describing his work as critical to modernising the country’s fiscal framework.

Taiwo Oyedele with Tinubu
March 16, 2026

Man bags 12 months in jail for stealing phone

The area court judge, Irene Pati, sentenced the convict after he pleaded guilty. The judge, however, gave the convict an option of a N50,000 fine.

Jos prison
March 16, 2026

Kano: NDLEA intercepts 75,000 pregabalin capsules, 556 bottles of codeine

Pregabalin is an anticonvulsant and pain-relief medication, but the NDLEA said it had recently become one of the most widely abused prescription drugs in Nigeria.

NDLEA intercepts pregabalin capsules
March 16, 2026

Tinubu asked Nigerians to fast while he feasts; his reforms plunged more citizens into poverty: Obi

Peter Obi, Bola Tinubu, Agora Policy, Nigeria Economic Stability and Transformation Programme

President Bola Tinubu and Peter Obi
March 16, 2026

Nigerian teenager sent to prison for stealing seven-dollar door

Felix Obed was convicted and sentenced to prison for trespass and the theft of a door valued at less than $7.29.

Door
March 16, 2026

Police arrest suspected robber after gun duel on Ogbomoso-Ilorin Expressway

The police identified the suspect as 32-year-old Dere Yahaya and assured that a bush-combing operation is underway to arrest the others.

Patrol vehicles
March 16, 2026

NCDC: Six health workers contract Lassa fever in Nigeria

NCDC says six healthcare workers were infected with Lassa fever in one week, raising fresh concerns about occupational exposure among frontline health workers.

Patients in the hospital
March 16, 2026

Ninety-six complaints lodged in February in Kano: NFSS

The Nigeria Forest Security Service says it received 96 complaints in February.

Nigerian Forest Security Service operatives(Credit: LEADERSHIP Newspapers)