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Inside the Kano family tragedy: Police probe deepens as nephew arrested over murder of mother, six children

Residents of Dorayi Chiranchi Quarters in Kano State are still struggling to come to terms with the horrific killing of Fatima Abubakar, 35, and...

Three brothers killed in Lagos Island fire buried amid grief in Anambra

The remains of Steve Onyeka Omatu (40), Casmir Nnabuike Omatu (39), and Collins Kenechukwu Omatu (37) — three siblings who died during the devastating...

Veteran journalist, Yakubu Mohammed, Newswatch co-founder dies at 75

Veteran journalist, Newswatch co-founder Yakubu Mohammed dies at 75 Alhaji Yakubu Mohammed, a pioneering figure in Nigerian journalism and co-founder of Newswatch Magazine, has died...

What Chimamanda Adichie said about the death of her son

My son would be alive today if not for an incident at Euracare Hospital on January 6th. We were in Lagos for Christmas. Nkanu had...

Explosion hits Gamboru Market mosque in Maiduguri, leaving four dead

An explosion rocked a mosque within Gamboru Market in Maiduguri Metropolitan Council (MMC) on Tuesday evening, killing at least four people and injuring dozens,...

Remembering Jide Ogundele

By Kingsley Osadolor I did not meet Jide Ogundele until 1990, when I was recalled from Harare and became Deputy Editor of The Guardian (daily)....

Former CJN Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad dies at 71

Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, a former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) and one of the country’s longest-serving jurists, has died at the age of...

Bayelsa Deputy Governor Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo dies at 60

YENAGOA — Senator Lawrence Oborawharievwo Ewhrudjakpo, the Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, has died at the age of 60 after collapsing in his office...

Prof. Anjorin: Beyond mere mortal

ALBERT SUNDAY ANJORIN: APRIL 3, 1943 - DECEMBER 2, 2025: By Tunde Olusunle Ade Emmanuel Abanida, a very senior medic and longstanding brother and I had...

Updated Report: Two parents of abducted Niger schoolchildren confirmed dead

It is not raining in Papiri community in Niger State. It is pouring tears. Two parents of students abducted from St. Mary’s Catholic School...

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