3+ hour, 35+ min ago   (528+ words) The Edo State Government has announced its readiness for the second edition of the Edo Carnival, with the target of boosting cultural tourism, creative-sector development and economic growth. This was disclosed at a press conference which was held at Protea…...

6+ hour, 26+ min ago   (365+ words) Former Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has urged Catholic voters to base their electoral decisions on candidates and policies capable of advancing human dignity, justice, peace, security, development and the common good ahead of the 2027 general elections. Speaking at…...

7+ hour, 8+ min ago   (368+ words) Daily Independent learnt this from Prof. Aremu Sir Bashiru Aremu in a telephone conversation with our reporter today being on Sunday, September 12, 2026, as the first African UNESCO Laureate described President Boakai’s two years and nine months in office as a…...

6+ hour, 52+ min ago   (364+ words) Yoruba Leaders of Thought has appointed the governor of Ondo State, Lucky Ayedatiwa, as one of its life patrons. The appointment was announced at a strategic meeting held with the governor by the group on the second term ambition of…...

7+ hour, 31+ min ago   (245+ words) Operatives of the Oyo State Police Command have arrested a 28-year-old suspected drug dealer, identified simply as Rilwan, in the Apata area of Ibadan. The arrest was confirmed in a statement issued on Sunday by the Police Public Relations Officer,…...

8+ hour, 12+ min ago   (652+ words) Rescue and emergency workers in Enugu, on Sunday, rescued four persons trapped in a partially collapsed, incomplete hotel construction site, while one person is feared dead. The four-storey building situated at Independence Layout, Enugu, was said to have collapsed early…...

9+ hour, 33+ min ago   (524+ words) The revered monarch of Ugboba Kingdom in Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State, HRM Agbogidi Obi Ezedimbu Emmanuel Nkebakwu III, has marked his 10th New Yam Festival (Iwaji Obi Ugboba) in grand style. The New Yam Festival, which took…...

9+ hour, 48+ min ago   (424+ words) The Anambra State Ministry of Health has commenced preventive measures against diphtheria following reports of the spread of the infectious disease in some parts of Nigeria. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Afam Obidike, who directed the sensitisation exercise, said…...

9+ hour, 35+ min ago   (706+ words) Independent Newspaper Nigeria Nigeria’s Digital Economy Is Surging As Fibre Backbone Is Under Threat Nigeria processed N1.053 quadrillion in electronic payments in the first quarter of 2026, the highest single-quarter total recorded in the Central Bank of Nigeria’s payment data series since…...

9+ hour, 38+ min ago   (349+ words) The stakeholders will converge at the 2026 edition of the FirstBank Agric and Export Expo which would be the fifth of it’s kind, scheduled for September 16 and 17 at the Eko Convention Centre, Lagos. Themed, “From Farm to Global Markets: Building Nigeria’s…...