By Samuel Akpan Nigeria took a major step toward decentralized policing as 24 state assemblies approved the constitutional amendment for state police services, officially reaching the required two-thirds threshold. The...
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Despite Nigerian athletes not achieving podium finishes at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Engr. Habu Gumel, President of the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC), has commended the Committee’s grand patron, President...
By Joycelyn Ellakeche Adah Promises of orphanage care and payments of up to N1.5 million...
By Joycelyn Ellakeche Adah South-South leaders and political mobilisers have declared support for President Bola Tinubu’s reelection bid, citing ongoing road projects, student loans, rural electrification and other federal government...
By Omoyeni Ojeifo Despite administering over 450 million novel oral polio vaccine (nOPV2) doses during outbreak responses, Nigeria has yet to halt poliovirus...
By Omoyeni Ojeifo The Federal Government has ruled out cancelling planned public gatherings over Nigeria’s confirmed Ebola case for now, saying any decision...
By Omoyeni Ojeifo The Director-General of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr Jean Kaseya, has warned that political divisions and...
By Maryanne Awuya With Ebola cases reported in Nigeria and Kenya as the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continues to...
Uganda has pushed back against suggestions linking an Ebola case confirmed in Abuja to infection within its borders, saying the patient is a...
By Maryanne Awuya Nigeria has confirmed an Ebola case in Abuja, triggering an urgent public health response as authorities trace 44 close contacts...
By Samuel Akpan The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has given JP Morgan approval-in-principle to set up a merchant bank, underscoring rising global confidence in the country’s reforming financial markets....
By Samuel Akpan Nigerian billionaire and Heirs Holdings Chairman Tony Elumelu is driving a proposed...
By Segun Adebayo Gospel singer and evangelist Tope Alabi has threatened legal action against individuals responsible for publishing and circulating statements she...
Veteran Nollywood actor Francis Duru, best known for playing Ahanna in the 1995 film Rattlesnake, has died at the age of 57...
Nigerian comedian and skit maker Broda Shaggi has recounted how he was hit by a stray bullet while returning to Lagos with...
By Segun Adebayo Nigerian comedian and actor Samuel Perry, popularly known as Broda Shaggi, has hinted at his readiness to share details...
Minister of Solid Minerals Development Dele Alake signed on behalf of Nigeria, while U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau...
Continue ReadingBy Samuel Akpan Nigerian Ports Authority boss Dr Abubakar Dantsoho has credited digital platforms for lifting the country’s cargo throughput by 24.8 percent in 2025 while urging African ports to...
By Omoyeni Ojeifo The proposed integration of rail transport with air travel in Lagos has taken a step forward with the approval of a monorail design connecting Ikeja Railway Station...
French President Emmanuel Macron has condemned widespread violence and looting that erupted during nationwide protests over rising living costs, describing the scenes as “shocking”. Macron spoke on Sunday in a...
