Nigeria: Nollywood Actor Arrested for Alleged Role in Coup Plot to Topple Tinubu

PREMIUM TIMES gathered that the actor was hired to play the role of a propagandist by the alleged coupists who planned to assassinate top government officials. Read more »

Nigeria: Osimhen Consoles Chukwueze, Ndidi After Personal Tragedies

Osimhen's message came amid widespread mourning within the football community Read more »

Nigeria: Travelogue - Kigali, Echoes of Rwanda Genocide and Other Stories, By Tunde Rahman

"Rwanda is a one-city country. Everything about the country revolves around the capital - Kigali." Read more »

Nigeria: AUN President Charges New Students to Embrace Change, Opportunities

The event marked the formal admission of fresh students to the Classes of 2028, 2029, and 2030, as well as the official commencement of the university's Spring 2026 semester. Read more »

Nigeria: Nelfund Extends Application Deadline for 2025/2026 Academic Session

The statement quoted the NELFUND's Managing Director, Akintunde Sawyerr, as saying the extension reflects the Fund's commitment to inclusivity and access. Read more »

Nigeria: How Ai Stories Quietly Took Over My Screen - - and What It Means for Kannywood

If AI can already hold our attention this well -- this early -- what happens when it gets better? Read more »

Nigeria: Why Nigeria Needs a National Crisis Communication Hub

The urgency of this initiative is tied to the changing nature of misinformation itself. Read more »

Nigeria: How the Coup to Topple, Kill Tinubu Was Uncovered and Foiled

Investigators say the coup plotters planned to assassinate President Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, and Speaker Tajudeen Abbas. Read more »

Nigeria: Iswap Terrorists Capture 13 Soldiers, Kill Seven - Report

Insurgents suspected to be members of Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) have captured 13 soldiers, killing seven others, including a commanding officer, in an ambush near… Read more »

Nigeria: Colonel Ma'aji - the Architect of Nigeria's Foiled Coup Plot

Apart from being the architect of the coup, the infantry officer is believed to have bankrolled the process. Read more »

Nigeria: Police Bust Syndicate Involved in International Trafficking of Women

"Preliminary investigations indicate that a (trafficking) victim who is a native of Abia State was allegedly deceived into resigning from her job in Aba with the promise of a more… Read more »

Nigeria: Police Detain Officers Who Allegedly Shot Motorcyclist Dead

The latest incident occurred about 15 months after police operatives from the Crack Squad in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, shot dead a labourer and critically injured three others in… Read more »

Nigeria: My Role in $6.23m Cash Withdrawal From CBN Vault During Emefiele's Tenure - Official

The prosecution witness, who is a CBN official, narrated the roles he played in facilitating the suspicious withdrawal of $6.23 million cash from the bank's vault in February 2023. Read more »

Nigeria: Suspected Coup Plotters Planned to Truncate Buhari's Handing Over to Tinubu

The coup was initially scheduled for 29 May 2023 during the presidential inauguration, sources told this newspaper. Read more »

Nigeria: Senate Constitutes Committee to Harmonise Views On Electoral Act Amendment

Senate President Godswill Akpabio set up the ad hoc committee to harmonise senators' views on some contentious clauses in the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. Read more »

Nigeria: Controversy Trails Abduction of Tinubu Campaign Coordinator in Zamfara

Mr Isa, the North-west youth leader for President Bola Tinubu's reelection campaign, was reportedly taken by armed men in the state capital, Gusau, on Thursday night. Read more »

Nigeria: SFH Reaches Millions in Seven States Through Integrated Malaria Prevention Campaign

According to figures provided in the statement, ITN campaigns reached about 6.1 million people in Delta, 9.1 million in Kaduna, 14.7 million in Kano, 8.2 million in Katsina, 6.3… Read more »

Nigeria: Ogun, World Bank Invest ₦5bn On Women Empowerment, Economic Recovery - - Gov Abiodun

The governor made this known on Wednesday while receiving a delegation from the World Bank Group, led by its Vice President, Ms Galina Vincelette Read more »

Nigeria: Police Uncover N7.7 Billion Telecom Fraud, Arrest Six Suspects

The police said the syndicate was exposed following a petition by a Nigerian telecom operator, which reported suspicious and unauthorised activities within its billing and payment… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria At the Threshold - Elections As State Design, Not Elite Ritual

Nigeria does not need another cycle of hope deferred. It needs a shared agenda, institutional discipline, and a renewed social contract anchored in obligation, justice, and… Read more »

Nigeria: Oil Prices Rise for Third Consecutive Day Amid Us-Iran Tension

Brent crude futures rose by 94 cents, or 1.4 per cent, to $69.34 a barrel by 07:30 GMT on Thursday. Read more »

Nigeria: 'She Raised Us Alone Ever Since Our Father Left' - Omije Ojumi's Daughter Opens Up On Family Struggles

Omije Ojumi will be buried on Thursday Read more »

Nigeria: Lagos Airport Temporary Terminal Nears Completion - - FAAN

The Authority says the temporary terminal at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport is over 90 per cent complete and will support international flight operations during the… Read more »

Nigeria: Bala Mohammed - Standing for Unity, Democracy Amid Witch-Hunt, Persecution, By Shehu Ahmed

The APC regime's simplistic and persecution modus operandi consists of patronage and material inducement or in the alternative, coercion, using the instruments of state control to… Read more »

Cameroon: Army Facilitates Return of Nigerian Refugees From Cameroon

The repatriation, according to a statement issued on Thursday morning, was conducted by the Joint Task Force of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) in the North-east. Read more »