Nigeria

Just in: Super Eagles get new head coach, Jose Peseiro

  The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has named Portuguese football manager, Jose Peseiro, the new Super Eagles coach. Peseiro, 61, who takes over...

THEWILL Names CBN Governor, Emefiele, 2021 Person of The Year

  THEWILL NEWSPAPER has named the Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, as its Person of the Year for 2021. The...

Buhari at Christmas: Seemingly intractable security challenges will soon be over

For the umpteenth time, President Muhammadu Buhari has reassured Nigerians that the seemingly intractable security challenges facing the nation will soon become history....

Insecurity: APC chieftain wants citizens licensed to carry guns

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh In a bid to fight terrorism and other forms of criminalities in the country, a Chieftain of the...

Omicron COVID-19 variant

Omicron: UK re-introduces pre-departure tests for all arrivals, adds Nigeria to travel red list

    In its desperate bid to curtail the spread of the new COVID-19 Omicron variant UK announced that all international arrivals to...

kidnappers on abuja-kaduna expressway

It’s daily nocturnal sexual and psychological violence in the kidnappers’ den, while men are beaten black and blue, says female victim – a PSN exclusive

  Thirty-two-year-old Lukas (not the real name) was traveling to Kaduna for his cousin’s wedding when he was kidnapped along with nine other...

PIA will bolster Nigeria’s oil & gas industry, promote transparency,  attract capital flows — Wunti

With the operationalization of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), Nigeria’s oil and gas industry is set for a revolution, so says the Group...

Joy Bishara, Chibok girl narrates how she escaped from Boko Haram terrorists

One of the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls who escaped from his captors in Borno State, Joy Bishara,  recounted how she maneuvered her way to...

U.S advocacy groups criticize Biden administration for removing Nigeria from top religious freedom violators list

  Top U.S federal religious freedom advisory panel and Religious freedom advocacy groups are criticizing the Biden administration for removing Nigeria from the U.S....

Africa’s top crude oil producer: Libya overtakes Nigeria

    With Libya’s oil production rising to 1.24 million bpd in October,  it appears the North Africa country has overtaken Nigeria as Africa’s...

At least 60 members of Baptist church kidnapped in Nigeria

  Armed bandits in Kaduna State kidnapped more than 60 worshipers during a church service and shot one Christian dead, according to reports,...

NNPC spokesman tells Nigerians to stop panic-buying, says there isn’t a shortage of petroleum products

  The Group general manager of the NNPC’s public affairs division, Mr. Garba Deen Muhammad Tuesday demanded Nigerians stop panic-buying fuel when they...

2023: Buhari, Tinubu in hour-long closed-door meeting in Aso Rock

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on Sunday stormed the Presidential Villa, Abuja, for a closed-door meeting...

We did not search Justice Odili’s Abuja home — EFCC

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has denied carrying out any search at the Maitama, Abuja, home of a justice of...

Africa needs a little FOCUS before the coming China’s FOCAC

  By Olukayode Oyeleye SELF DELUSION appears to be the definition of Africa’s excitement about China’s ubiquitous presence in the continent. The continent...

Federal Government, CBN mull devaluation of the Naira, says Finance Minister

    The plan by the Federal Government to devalue the naira came to the fore on Friday as the Minister of Finance,...