Nigeria: FRSC Records Reported 6,858 Road Crashes in 9 Months

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Monday revealed that 3,433 persons were killed and 22,162 persons injured out of a total number of 6,858 reported road crashes between January… Read more »

Nigeria: In Meeting With Govt, UN Population Fund Vows to Support Reproductive Health, Gender Equality

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), yesterday reaffirmed its commitment to promote population management, reproductive health, and gender equality in the country, working… Read more »

Nigeria: Lawmakers Laud Innercity Mission, Back Calls for Tax Relief On Anti-Poverty, Education Initiatives

The Federal Government has been urged to introduce tax rebates for individuals and organisations investing in education, healthcare, food security, and poverty eradication… Read more »

Nigeria: Govt Reaffirms Commitment to Railway Workers' Housing Needs

Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Dangiwa, has played host to the leadership of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) workers union on a visit to his office in… Read more »

Nigeria: NNPC Rakes in Over N800bn From 30% Management Fee, Frontier Fund in Nine Months

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) has reported a combined N801.3 billion from Management Fees and Frontier Exploration Funds within the first nine months of… Read more »

Nigeria: Only 10 of 26 Power Plants Supplied 81% of Nigeria's Electricity in September - NERC

Nigeria's electricity supply in September 2025 remained heavily concentrated among a handful of generation stations, with just 10 of the 26 grid-connected power plants accounting… Read more »

Nigeria: Permissible Lawlessness - Recidivism of Unconstitutional Changes of Government and International Law

One major reason that might have informed the choice of the theme of the 46th Annual Conference of the Nigerian Society of International Law, holding on Tuesday, 21st and… Read more »

Nigeria: Much Ado About a Presidential Pardon

The past week showed how people can easily misconstrue well-intentioned actions of the government. After the presidential pardon and clemency were handed down to some Nigerians and… Read more »

Nigeria: Return to the Barber's Shop 2

When I arrived the Barber's shop, there was excitement. Recitations of my past heroic exploits in the realm of journalism and contacts with the high and mighty in government and… Read more »

West Africa: Nigeria to Open U17 World Cup Adventure Against Canada Today

It is the Football Academy Mohammed VI (Pitch 2) in Moroccan city of Salé that Nigeria's U17 women national team, the Flamingos, will today begin their campaign for this… Read more »

Mozambique/Nigeria: Rivers Utd Slip in Maputo, Remo Lay Ambush for Mamelodi in Abeokuta

Despite losing 1-0 to Mozambican champions Black Bulls in Maputo on Saturday evening, one of Nigeria's entrants in the CAF Champions League, Rivers United stand the chance of… Read more »

Nigeria: Postecoglou's Rein Over Aina, Awoniyi At Nottingham Forest Over

When Super Eagles Ola Aina returns from the hamstring injury he copped in September on international duty for Nigeria, he will not meet Ange Postecoglou as Nottingham Forest… Read more »

Southern Africa: S'african Sports Minister Wishes Nigeria Not to Qualify for World Cup

South African Sports Minister, Gayton McKenzie, is wishing Nigeria's Super Eagles not to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup through the playoffs starting with the African round… Read more »

Nigeria: A Forthcoming Exhibition - Chike Aniakor's Ancestral Lines and the Art of Enduring Wonder

Abuja evokes the legacy of Chike Aniakor, who in his twilight years turns reflection into revelation -- Proof that art, like spirit, never grows old. Okechukwu Uwaezuoke writes Read more »

Nigeria: In Damola Adepoju's World, Light Becomes Revelation

One evening, while walking through the streets of Isale Eko, Lagos, Nigerian artist Damola Adepoju found himself enveloped in sudden darkness as a power outage plunged the… Read more »

Nigeria: A Reel Politics of Shadows

A nation's democratic dream crumbled when the June 12, 1993 elections--hailed as Nigeria's freest and fairest--were stalled and ultimately annulled by the military. That historic… Read more »

Nigeria: At Tate Modern, the World Rediscovers Nigeria's Modernist Soul

This October, Tate Modern reintroduces Nigerian Modernism to the world. The exhibition secures Nigeria's rightful place in the global history of modernism--alongside Paris, London,… Read more »

Nigeria: #EndSARS - Five Years On

Nanre NAFZIGER argues the need to honour the dead by remembering them Read more »

Nigeria: Who Will Save Chinedu Agu?

Charles Ogbu writes on the prolonged detention of a human rights lawyer, Chinedu Agu, in Imo State Read more »

Nigeria: Blessing Amidu - Burrowing the Beauty in Animation

The first time she pursued her passion for animation, she made history by producing Nigeria's first feature-length animated film, 'Lady Buckit and Motley Mopsters.' Now, she is… Read more »

Nigeria: Re - Rotation Holds the Key to Nasarawa's Unity

The recently published article titled "Rotation Holds the Key to Nasarawa's Unity" argues that political rotation among the three senatorial districts of Nasarawa State is… Read more »

Nigeria: Too Late for Makinde to Cry Over PDP's Fate

It was an irony for the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde to caution some members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja last week against plans to disrupt the upcoming… Read more »

Nigeria: Presidential Pardon Gone Awry

Following the backlash over the list of beneficiaries of the presidential pardon and clemency, the federal government is now considering a review. However, a mere review is not… Read more »

Nigeria: As Defections Spark Fear of One-Party State

With the recent defection of Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State from the Peoples Democratic Party to the ruling All Progressives Congress and the resignation of Governor Douye Diri… Read more »

Nigeria: Turning Nigeria's Youth Population Into Engine for Global Competitiveness

Nigeria's 200 million youthful, entrepreneurial citizens can vault the nation from demographic promise to global competitiveness if bold, synchronised reforms now turn their… Read more »