Nigeria: 2027 - Old Eastern Region Group Urges Jonathan Not to Run for Presidency

A pressure group, the Eastern Union (EU), has advised former President Goodluck Jonathan not to run for the presidency during the 2027 general election. Read more »

Central African Republic: Chinese Embassy Promises to Probe Allegations of Abuse of 12 Nigerian Workers in Central African Republic

The rescued Nigerians had accused their Chinese employers of sexual abuse and non-payment of salaries. Read more »

Nigeria: Oluyede - Army Special Forces Must Be Unconquerable in Battlefield, On Par With Global Counterparts

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede, has vowed to ensure that the Nigerian Army Special Forces are not only unconquerable on the battlefield but also… Read more »

Nigeria: At Zenith Bank's 35th Anniversary, Shettima Lauds Bank's Culture of Technological Innovation, Integrity

*Hails founder, Jim Ovia, for weaving technology into Nigerian banking system Read more »

Nigeria: Violence, Controversy Mar By-Elections in 12 States

*PDP leaders, INEC officials, thugs arrested in Ogun, Kano, Kaduna; party alleges foul play Read more »

Africa: Nigeria's d'Tigers in Supremacy Battle With Cameroon's Lions for Q'final Ticket

After two wins from two games, Nigeria's senior men's team, D'Tigers, will battle Cameroon's Indomitable Lions with similar results this afternoon in Group B of the ongoing 2025… Read more »

Nigeria: By-Elections - Abure-Led Labour Party Not Qualified to Field Candidates, INEC Tells Court, Insists His Tenure Has Elapsed

*Party dismisses claims of Abure's derecognition as national chairman Read more »

Nigeria: In High-Risk Counter-Terrorism Operation, FG Captures Globally-Wanted Al-Qaeda Leaders

*Ribadu attributes success of operation to months of deep surveillance, human intelligence Read more »

Nigeria: The Siege On Nigeria's Food Baskets

All efforts to end hunger in Nigeria will be in vain if insurgent attacks continue to drive farmers from their fields and choke the nation's food supply at its roots, writes Festus… Read more »

Nigeria: The Registration of New Voters

The credibility of any election is contingent on the integrity of the voter register Read more »

Nigeria: Coalition Hails Rivers' Sole Administrator for Rescuing Civil Service

Barely three days after the oversight visit of the Ad Hoc Committee of the House of Representatives to the Rivers State Administration, a group, Coalition for Civil Service Reforms… Read more »

Nigeria: To Fight HIV, Tuberculosis, Malaria, Nigeria Contributes $38.79m to Global Fund in 23 Years Since 2002

Nigeria has so far contributed a total of $38.79 million (over N60 billion), less than half of its $94.28 million cumulative pledge to the Global Fund since 2002, the international… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerians Urged to Imbibe Culture of Leisure to Boost Tourism Industry, Enhance Life Expectancy

Chairman of the National Park Service (NPS), Dr. Kingsley Ononogbu has urged Nigerians to cultivate the habit of accommodating leisure period in their annual planning. Read more »

Nigeria: In New Regulatory Guidelines, ICRC Decentralises Project Approvals to MDAs to Fastrack Delivery

The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) has issued new guidelines to govern the development and implementation of all Public -Private Partnerships (PPPs)… Read more »

Nigeria: Govt Condemns Dehumanizing Treatment of Children in Port Harcourt, Vows Prosecution of Perpetrators

The Federal Government has strongly condemned the inhumane and dehumanizing treatment of innocent children in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, carried out under the pretense of a… Read more »

Nigeria: BBNaija S10 - Otega, Kayikunmi Evicted

Otega and Kayikunmi have become the latest housemates to leave the 10th season of Big Brother Naija. Read more »

Nigeria: Idjerhe Monarch, Ooni of Ife Seek Stronger Synergy Between Royal Fathers, Govt

Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, and the Ovie of Idjerhe Kingdom, King Monday Obukohwo Whiskey, Udurhie I, have called for greater collaboration between Nigeria's traditional… Read more »

Nigeria: Ethnic Nationalities Sue EFCC, NNPCL Chief Financial Officer Over Refineries' Rehabilitation

Youth leaders from Igbo, Yoruba, Arewa and Niger Delta ethnic nationalities have dragged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Chief Financial Officer (CFO)… Read more »

Nigeria: Tackling Sanitation and Hygiene Challenges Beyond Policies

Omolabake Fasogbon in this report, writes about individual's quota to the quest to hygiene and sanitation challenge and expedite the attainment of Sustainable Development Goal six… Read more »

Nigeria: SCOA, Julius Berger Collaborate On Road Construction

SCOA Group made history on Friday, 10th September, 2021 when it officially handed-over to Julius Berger Nigeria Plc., hundreds of MAN Trucks and Wirtgen Group Road construction… Read more »

Nigeria: The Essential Umaru Musa Yar'Adua

Tuesday, 5th May marked the 10th anniversary of the death of President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua. In this tribute, first published on 5th June 2010, his spokesman, Olusegun Adeniyi… Read more »

Nigeria: Averting Drug Scarcity in Nigeria

For now, government should remove bottlenecks on drug importation Read more »

Nigeria: UK to Assist Nigeria in Retrieving Stolen Ife Bronze Head With Belgian

The United Kingdom has offered to assist Nigeria in retrieving the Ife Bronze Head, an antiquity stolen at National Museum, Jos in 1987 and found with a Belgian collector in… Read more »

Nigeria: Up-Close and Personal With Award-Winning Author, Ayobami Adebayo

Ayobami Adebayo was waiting at the Ouida House, GRA Ikeja in Lagos for the interview session. But the wait was not as long as the one which she endured for over a year after her… Read more »

Africa: 'Trump May Ask Duty-Free U.S. Exports to Africa' - Cohen

Ambassador Herman Cohen was Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs under George Bush (Snr.) and is now the chairman and CEO Cohen & Woods International, a Washington… Read more »