2027: PRESSURE MOUNTS ON INEC OVER USE OF POLITICALLY ACTIVE ACADEMICS
RismadarVoice ReportersSeptember 19, 2026 The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is facing calls to clarify how it will handle academics who publicly endorse political candidates before appointing officials for sensitive…
MOTHER, THREE CHILDREN DIE IN RIVERS FIRE
RismadarVoice ReportersSeptember 19, 2026 The Rivers State Police Command has confirmed that four people — a mother and her three children — died in a fire outbreak in Okochiri community,…
TRUMP ANNOUNCES WHITE HOUSE BAN ON CNN, MS NOW, POLITICO OVER ‘FAKE NEWS’ CLAIMS
RismadarVoice ReportersSeptember 19, 2026 United States President Donald Trump has announced that CNN, MS NOW and Politico will be barred from the White House, escalating his administration’s dispute with sections…
U-20 WORLD CUP: FALCONETS FACE COLOMBIA FOR SEMI-FINAL PLACE
RismadarVoice ReportersSeptember 19, 2026 Nigeria’s Falconets will face Colombia on Sunday in the quarter-finals of the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Poland, with a place in the semi-finals…
2027: NIGERIA FORWARD URGES NORTHERN POLITICAL STAKEHOLDERS TO SUPPORT TINUBU
RismadarVoice ReportersSeptember 19, 2026 The Nigeria Forward Project has called on political stakeholders in Northern Nigeria to support President Bola Tinubu for a second term in the 2027 presidential election.…
NIGER CUSTODY DEATHS: GOV BAGO REVEALS UNUSUAL SIGNS AS RIGHTS QUESTIONS DEEPEN
RismadarVoice ReportersSeptember 19, 2026 Questions over the treatment and protection of detainees in government custody have intensified after Niger State Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago disclosed that unusual physical signs were…
APPEALS COURT REJECTS TRUMP POLICY ON RAPID THIRD-COUNTRY DEPORTATIONS
RismadarVoice ReportersSeptember 19, 2026 A United States federal appeals court has rejected a Trump administration policy that allowed migrants to be rapidly deported to countries other than their own without…
AMUSAN ENDS 2026 SEASON WITH SECOND-PLACE FINISH AT ATHLOS
RismadarVoice SportsSeptember 19, 2026 Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan has ended her 2026 athletics season with a second-place finish in the women’s 100m hurdles at the Athlos meeting in London. Amusan clocked…
JONATHAN PROPOSES HARMONISED SALARY, GRADE STRUCTURES FOR CIVIL SERVANTS NATIONWIDE
RismadarVoice ReportersSeptember 19, 2026 Former President Goodluck Jonathan has called for the harmonisation of salary and grade structures across Nigeria’s federal and state civil services, saying public officers occupying equivalent…
LAGOS INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL RETURNS IN NOVEMBER WITH PRODUCTIONS FROM FOUR COUNTRIES
RismadarVoice ReportersSeptember 19, 2026 The Lagos International Theatre Festival, LITF, will return for its 2026 edition from November 14 to 15 at the MUSON Centre, Lagos, bringing together theatre productions…
