Telcos Deploy 8,526 Sites Despite Fibre Cuts -NCC
Nigerian mobile network operators have rolled out 8,526 new network sites across the country, completing…
Telcos Deploy 8,526 Sites Despite Fibre Cuts -NCC
Nigerian mobile network operators have rolled out 8,526 new network sites across the country, completing 70 per cent of their industry rollout pledge. The Nigerian Communications Commission disclosed the milestone in an official communiqué following its 110th board meeting in Abuja. The total represents a sharp jump from the roughly 5,000 sites recorded at the…
Yamal Double Goal Keeps Barcelona Atop With Levante Win
Lamine Yamal scored twice on Sunday afternoon to guide Barcelona to a chaotic 4-2 win away at Levante. The result maintained Hansi Flick’s faultless start to the domestic campaign, stretching their league winning streak to five matches. Barcelona now sit three points clear of bitter rivals Real Madrid at the summit of La Liga. Teenage…
How Inflation is Hollowing Out the Middle-Class Education Compact
Private school proprietors across Nigeria have defended tuition and operational fee increases of up to 30 per cent ahead of the new academic term, citing punishing spikes in logistics, commercial energy tariffs, and food prices. The National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS) and independent operators maintain that these upward adjustments are unavoidable measures…
Nigeria, China Deepen Ties to Attract Tourists
Nigeria and China agreed to deepen tourism cooperation during high-level bilateral talks in Beijing over the weekend. The Nigerian Tourism Development Authority and the China Tourism Academy sealed the pact to draw more Chinese travellers to West Africa. NTDA Director-General Ola Awakan pitched a structured China-Nigeria Tourism Market Development Programme to study Chinese traveller habits…
August Inflation Seen Rising Above July’s 15.43% -NBS
Nigeria’s brief respite from price pressures faces a swift end as financial analysts predict headline inflation rose in August. Projections from major investment houses place the annual headline rate between 15.3% and 15.94%, threatening two straight months of disinflation. The National Bureau of Statistics reported a drop to 15.43% in July from 15.91% in June….
Gunmen Abduct Six Imams in Zamfara Ambush
Armed bandits seized six Islamic clerics along the Dakko to Damri road in Zamfara State on Saturday morning. The preachers were travelling to Talata Mafara to attend a mass prayer gathering convened by former governor Abdul’aziz Yari. The planned assembly aimed to bring thousands of clerics together to pray for peace and President Bola Tinubu’s…
Bamanga Tukur Laid to Rest in Yola
Alhaji Bamanga Tukur returned to the red earth of Adamawa State on Sunday morning. Mourners laid the former Peoples Democratic Party national chairman to rest at his family residence in Fadde-Sanda, along Abuja Road in Yola. The Chief Imam of Modibbo Adama Central Mosque, Alhaji Ahmadu Bobboi, led the Islamic funeral prayers at ten-fifty. Pallbearers…
BRICS 2026: Nigeria Demands Overhaul of Global Financial Architecture
Nigeria demanded a sweeping overhaul of the United Nations Security Council and international financial institutions at the 18th BRICS summit in New Delhi on Sunday. Vice President Kashim Shettima delivered the rebuke on behalf of President Bola Tinubu, telling world leaders that post-war multilateral structures fail to reflect modern demographic and economic facts. The Nigerian…
Fresh Hormuz Attack Fans Oil Supply Fears
Maritime security trackers logged a fresh missile strike on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, 13 September 2026. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations reported that a projectile struck a vessel navigating the narrow waterway at dawn. The strike lands twenty-four hours after Saudi Arabia shut down its 1,200-kilometre East-West pipeline following…
Drivers Sue Mercedes Over Seat Burns
A luxury design feature meant to signal performance and prestige has become the subject of a US class action lawsuit, after two Mercedes-AMG drivers accused the carmaker of selling vehicles whose metal seat badges heat up in the sun and burn the skin of occupants. The suit was filed on 5 August 2026 in…