12+ hour, 17+ min ago   (719+ words) By Udeme Akpan & Marian Eko LAGOS — The surge in international crude oil prices above $100 per barrel is pushing up petrol prices across Nigeria, with major marketers raising pump prices and creating fresh pressure on transporters, commuters, households and businesses. MRS…...

13+ hour, 4+ min ago   (76+ words) Vanguard News Falana tasks FG to sue S-Africa over killings of Nigerians LAGOS—HUMAN rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, yesterday, tasked the Federal Government to move beyond diplomatic condemnations and institute legal proceedings against South Africa over the alleged killings…...

13+ hour, 10+ min ago   (445+ words) AKURE — The Ondo State Police Command has arrested 15 suspects in connection with the sale and distribution of a local herbal alcoholic mixture popularly known as “monkey tail,” suspected to have caused the deaths of 30 people in Odigbo Local Government Area…...

14+ hour, 34+ min ago   (261+ words) Nigeria’s Ambassador-designate to Mexico, Reno Omokri, has said the average Nigerian can survive on N3,000 daily, arguing that poverty benchmarks should be considered within the economic context of individual countries. Omokri stated this on Sunday Politics, a television programme, while discussing…...

17+ hour, 25+ min ago   (513+ words) Nigeria has moved beyond making digital payments possible – Adeoye Remi Vanguard News Nigeria has moved beyond making digital payments possible – Adeoye Remi In an era when a failed transfer can disrupt a business, delay a transaction or leave millions of…...

17+ hour, 58+ min ago   (693+ words) Nigeria’s digital economy is expanding at a pace that is increasingly exposing the fragility of the infrastructure carrying it, with electronic payments reaching a record N1.053 quadrillion in the first quarter of 2026 while 5,934 fibre-optic cable cuts were recorded across the country…...

18+ hour, 20+ min ago   (269+ words) By Shina Abubakar, Osogbo OSOGBO — Tension has gripped Osogbo, Osun State capital, following the reported killing of an aide and associate of Governor Ademola Adeleke, Dauda Oyeyemi, popularly known as “Emir”. Oyeyemi was reportedly shot dead by unidentified gunmen on…...

18+ hour, 21+ min ago   (720+ words) LAGOS — The Lagos State Government has intensified efforts to tackle flooding, regulate sand dredging and improve the management of its waterfronts and waterways to protect lives, infrastructure and the environment. Bush-Alebiosu said the administration was moving away from reacting to…...

18+ hour, 35+ min ago   (427+ words) The Oyo State Police Command has arrested a 28-year-old suspected drug dealer, identified as Rilwan, in the Apata area of Ibadan as part of its intensified intelligence-led operations against illicit drugs and other activities fuelling crime in the state. The…...

19+ hour, 16+ min ago   (628+ words) ABUJA — Civil society organisations have said that the June 2026 acquittal of former Minister of Petroleum Resources Diezani Alison-Madueke by a jury at Southwark Crown Court does not automatically determine or terminate separate asset-recovery litigation pending before Nigerian courts. The organisations…...