The latest news from Leading Reporters: breaking stories from Abuja and across Nigeria, updated throughout the day.
President Bola Tinubu’s administration has directed the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to withdraw licenses of non-performing electricity distribution companies (DISCOs). This is as power generation…
Bandits in Kaduna are demanding the sum of N40 trillion and other items as ransom to release the 16 residents abducted from the Gonin Gora area…
A total of 59 medical doctors formerly working at the Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital, DASH, in Lafia, Nasarawa State, have resigned from their positions with the…
The British Government has banned health and care workers from foreign countries like Nigeria from bringing family members and other dependants to the country. This was…
Nigerian netizens on X have berated the country’s Senate President, Godswill Akpabio for his speech during the burial of Herbert Wigwe, the former group chief executive…
Renowned #EndSARS activist Rinu Oduala has been nominated for the prestigious 2024 Forbes Woman Africa Young Achiever Award. The organisers said the nomination is a recognition…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expelled Hon Achor Nna, former leader of the Obio/Akpor legislative council, for declaring his support for Governor Sim Fubara. Politics…
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) have declared a 7-day warning strike over federal government’s delay to pay…
The Oyo State Government has joined its counterparts in Lagos to issue a ban on the use of Styrofoam for food services, storage and other purposes.…
The Executive Director of the Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors, Sunday Oduntan, has revealed that the Nigerian government is indebted to about N100 billion in outstanding…
