Nigeria: Club World Cup 2025 - Eight Teams Qualify for Round of 16

Paris Saint-Germain and Botafogo have secured their spots in the Round of 16 of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, after a dramatic final round of group-stage matches played… Read more »

Nigeria: Damagum Disowns PDP's Spokesperson Over Comments On NEC, INEC

Umar Damagum, acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has disowned a comment by Debo Ologunagba, the National Publicity Secretary, ahead of the 100th… Read more »

Nigeria: Govt to Raise N100bn With Fresh Bond Issuance

The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) through the Debt Management Office (DMO) has offered green bonds valued at N100 billion for subscription at N1,000 per unit. Read more »

Nigeria: Hunger, Poverty Now National Security Threats - NSA, CDS, Defence Minister Raise Alarm

Top security and defence officials have warned that hunger and poverty have become critical drivers of insecurity in Nigeria, escalating violence, social disintegration, and… Read more »

Nigeria: 12 Travellers Abducted By Armed Men in Benue Community

·Transport coy describes incident as unfortunate; says efforts on to rescue victims Read more »

Nigeria: Tinubu Ran Inclusive Govt in Lagos - INEC Unlikely to Register Coalition's Party - El-Rufai

Nasir el-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna State, has said President Bola Tinubu's cabinet lacks the technocrats and inclusiveness model he (Tinubu) adopted in Lagos as the governor… Read more »

Nigeria: Govt Kicks As U.S. Issues Security Advisory On Abuja

Abuja--The Federal Government yesterday rejected the security advisory issued by the United States Government to its citizens living in Abuja, stating that there is no security… Read more »

Nigeria: Sole to Soul - Adewuyi's Retrospective Solo Exhibition On Human Endurance, Spiritual Journeying

On a first observation, works by renowned Nigerian sculptor Adewuyi Kehinde Ken, professionally known as Kenny Adewuyi seem like antiques, but they are actually contemporary… Read more »

Nigeria: Benue Police Deploy Drones to Rescue 12 Abducted Passengers

Benue State Police Command says it has deployed drones and reinforced security operations in a bid to rescue 11 passengers and a driver abducted by gunmen in Okpokwu Local… Read more »

Nigeria: Revealed - Why U.S. Is Stalling Repatriation of $308 Abacha Loot

Indications have been emerged as to the real reason the United States Government is stalling its earlier commitment to help Nigeria repatriate $308 million from the British Island… Read more »

Nigeria: Sokoto Battles Polio With 597 Health Facilities, N400m Counterpart Funding

Sokoto State government has achieved a significant increase in the number of health facilities that offer routine immunization against polio in the last one year from 553 to 597. Read more »

Nigeria: Buhari Reappoints Idris As Accountant General

President Muhammadu Buhari has reappointed Mr. Ahmed Idris, as the Accountant General of the Federation. Read more »

Nigeria: Lead Poisoning - Over 150 Affected Children Still Undergoing Treatment in Zamfara - NGO

The Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), an International Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) says no fewer than 150 children affected with lead poisoning in Zamfara are… Read more »

Africa: Jim Ovia - Putting the Shine On Africa's Rise

When Emmanuel Macron , President of France, Theresa May, prime minister of the United Kingdom,UK and Angela Merkel, president of Germany recently embarked on state visits to major… Read more »

Nigeria: The Role of Griots in the Survival of People, Arts and Culture

By definition, "a griot is a member of a heredi-tary caste among the peoples of West Africa whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village and to entertain with… Read more »

Nigeria: Bill On Loans for Undergraduates Passes Second Reading

A bill seeking to make Federal Government to provide loan to students to pursue tertiary education passed second reading at the House of Representatives on Tuesday. Speaking on the… Read more »

Nigeria: Street Slang You Must Know While in Lagos

Lagos is the heartbeat of Nigeria-economically, socially and otherwise. From the comical to the puzzling and the most shocking, it all happens in this city of over 15 million… Read more »

Nigeria: How Saraki, Dogara Outfoxed APC Leaders

The dramatic election of four key officers of the National Assembly yesterday unsettled the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC and breathed life into the Peoples Democratic… Read more »

Nigeria: Thousand Opposition Supporters Protest Power Shortages in Ghana

Several thousand opposition supporters marched through Ghana's capital on Wednesday to protest against widespread power shortages seen as harming the economy. Read more »

Nigeria: Africa's Loss, U.S. Gain

FROM far away United States of America comes once again a cheering news: Nigerians are the most highly educated immigrants in most parts of the world's number one superpower. Our… Read more »

West Africa: U.S Military to Help Secure Oil

THE U.S. military's new Africa command will help safeguard West African nations' oil and other energy production against rebel or terrorist attacks, the general organising… Read more »

Nigeria: Industrialist Introduces Organic Sesame Oil

TOWARDS enabling Nigerians adopt the habit of eating the right and healthy foods, Vac Industries Ltd. has introduced into the Nigeian market, a revolutionary cooking oil discovered… Read more »

Nigeria: FG Orders 1m Laptops for Children At N13bn

Nigeria has paid for one million, $100 a piece Laptops computers designed by One Laptop per Child (OLPC), first announced by Lab co-founder Nicholas Negroponte, now chairman of… Read more »

Nigeria: Why We Agree to Withdraw From Bakassi --FG

THE Federal Government yesterday called for understanding on its recent decision to formally cede the disputed Bakassi Peninsular to Cameroun as ordered by the International Court… Read more »

Nigeria: Counted, But Confused

FOR the people of Bakassi peninsular in Cross River State, the apprehension was total as the days drew closer for the commencement of the just-ended national census exercise. The… Read more »