West Africa: Nigeria Claims Title for World's Best Scrabble Team

In a historic performance, Team Nigeria snatched the Best Scrabble team title from the United States of America, storming to the summit of the 2025 WESPAC World Scrabble… Read more »

Nigeria: Federation Plans Big for Table Tennis in Northern Nigeria

The newly elected president of the National Table Tennis Federation (NTTF), Tayo Adesoji, has unveiled an ambitious plan to expand and strengthen the development of table tennis… Read more »

Nigeria: First Competitive Victory As Doma United Coach Excites Mabo

Wikki Tourist FC of Bauchi, on Sunday compounded the woes of the Enyimba International FC of Aba with 1-0 win in the ongoing Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) match day 13… Read more »

Nigeria: Geopolitical Economy of a Trumped-Up World

The return of the Trump administration has only accelerated the decline of the global neoliberal order, yet this disruption merely continues patterns visible throughout monetary… Read more »

Nigeria: Firm Achieves First Oil From Ibom Field

Emadeb Petroleum Exploration & Production Company Limited (Emadeb E&P) has achieved the first oil from the Ibom Field (PPL 236). Read more »

Nigeria: Tax Reforms Key to Strengthening Nigeria's Finances - FIRS Chairman

President Bola Tinubu's bold tax reform initiatives are central to Nigeria's strategy for economic resilience, the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS),… Read more »

Nigeria: Political Interference in Air Accident Probe Raises Questions

Recently, the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) came to the light when the Senate Committee on Aviation called out the agency alleging flaws in its report on the July 13,… Read more »

Nigeria: Stakeholders Upbeat As NUPRC Prepares for 2025 Oil Blocks' Allocation Process

There are high expectations in the upstream sector of the oil and gas industry as the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) announced the commencement of the… Read more »

Nigeria: FCTA, Foundation Push for Welfare of Children With Special Needs

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) and the Royal School of Educational Therapy Foundation have declared that persons with special needs can no longer be overlooked… Read more »

Nigeria: FCT Poll - PDP Inaugurates Campaign Committee At Gwagwalada

Ahead of the February 21, 2026 chairmanship election, the Gwagwalada Area Council chapter of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday inaugurated its campaign committee in… Read more »

Nigeria: 5,000 Households to Get Free Cooking Gas in FCT

No fewer than 5,000 households are set to receive free gas cylinders with six months of free cooking gas refill under the Federal Capital Territory Administration's (FCTA) 'Breath… Read more »

Nigeria: Galadima, FCT's Head of Demolition Squad Bows Out

Tpl Mukhtar Galadima, the Director of the FCT Department of Development Control, a department responsible for the demolition of illegal buildings in the nation's capital, has bowed… Read more »

Nigeria: Livelihood Threatened As Erosion Ravages FCT Community

Residents of the Abattoir community behind the Abaji main market in the Abaji Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have expressed concern over the erosion that is… Read more »

Nigeria: Negotiation With Bandits - 'I Acted With Approval', Gumi Replies Critics

Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has dismissed renewed calls for his arrest, saying those pushing the demand are distorting his role in efforts to address banditry. Read more »

Nigeria: Troops Arrest Suspected Gunrunner, Recover Arms in Plateau

Troops of 3 Division of the Nigerian Army, in collaboration with Operation Enduring Peace, have arrested a suspected gunrunner at Jebu Miango community of Bassa Local Government… Read more »

Nigeria: Sokoto Govt Confirms Dengue Fever Outbreak, Records 8 Cases

The Sokoto State Government has confirmed an outbreak of Dengue fever in parts of the state, with eight cases already detected in the metropolitan local government areas of Sokoto… Read more »

Cameroon: How Nigeria Refused to Hand Over Biya's Rival to Cameroon - Report

Cameroonian opposition leader Issa Tchiroma Bakary is currently under the watch of Nigerian security operatives in Yola, Adamawa State capital, according to a BBC report. Read more »

Africa: AU Chair - Muslims Were Earliest Victims of Boko Haram Insurgents in Nigeria

The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Mahmoud Youssouf, has said there is no evidence of targeted killings of Christians in northern Nigeria, insisting that the… Read more »

Nigeria: Again, Court Orders PDP Not to Hold Convention

A Federal High Court in Abuja has again ordered the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) not to hold its proposed national convention. Read more »

Nigeria: Project 1m Barrels Initiative Aims to Revive Abandoned Oil Wells - NUPRC

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has stated that Project One Million Barrels Initiative, launched in 2024, is to actively ramp up crude oil production… Read more »

Nigeria: Govt Urges More Diaspora Investment in Nigeria, Unveils Fresh Incentives

Vice President Kashim Shettima has called on Nigerians in the diaspora to play a more active role in driving the nation's economic renewal. Read more »

Nigeria: Jigawa Gov Named Nigerian Muslim Personality of the Year

Governor Umar Namadi of Jigawa State has been named the 2024/2025 Nigerian Muslim Personality of the Year by Muslim News Nigeria, the country's Islamic newspaper. Read more »

Nigeria: Muslim Group Sues Edo Govt Over Handover of Public Schools to Catholic Mission

A Muslim group, Edo Muslims for Good Governance (EMGG), has taken the Edo State Government to court over its decision to hand over public schools to the Catholic Mission. Read more »

Nigeria: 18 Nigerians Selected for Germany Vocational Training

The Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK) Giessen-Friedberg has selected 18 young Nigerians to be groomed for the hospitality sector in Germany. Read more »

Nigeria: Marketers Welcome Suspension of 15% Fuel Import Levy

Marketers and some stakeholders in the downstream sector of the oil and gas industry yesterday welcomed the suspension of the 15 per cent ad-valorem import duty on imported Premium… Read more »