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Nigeria’s power crisis may finally be meeting its match in structural reform. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu promised “imminent improvements” in electricity supply on Friday night, directly addressing the public frustration over a string of national grid collapses. Speaking at the APC National Convention in Abuja, the President pivoted from apology to policy. He unveiled a…
Nigeria is moving to triple its gas reserves. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) has unveiled a blueprint to grow the nation’s validated gas reserves from 210 trillion cubic feet (tcf) to 600 tcf. Olalekan Ogunleye, NNPC’s Executive Vice President for Gas, Power, and New Energy, disclosed the plan on Friday at the CERAWeek…
Chuck Norris, the American martial artist and action icon who defined a generation of tough-guy cinema, has died in Hawaii. His family confirmed on Friday, 20 March 2026, that the Walker, Texas Ranger star passed away “suddenly” on Thursday morning following a brief hospitalisation on the island of Kauai. He was 86. In a statement…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu used the final day of his United Kingdom state visit to promote Nigerian culture as the nation’s most potent export. Speaking at London’s Tate Modern, the President framed the ‘Nigerian Modernism’ exhibition as a demonstration of soft power. The gallery gathered diplomats and business leaders to view works from the mid-20th…
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has issued a stark projection: up to 45 million more people could face acute hunger in 2026 if the current conflict in the Middle East continues to deepen. This surge would drive the global population experiencing acute food insecurity from 318 million toward the record highs of 349…
Henry Nwosu, the gifted midfielder and youngest member of Nigeria’s 1980 Africa Cup of Nations winning squad, died early Saturday morning. He was 62. The national icon passed away at 4:00 a.m. at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), following five days in intensive care. Football legend Segun Odegbami, a former teammate, announced the…
Global equities surged, and oil prices retreated sharply on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump suggested the war against Iran is nearing an early conclusion. Speaking to CBS News, Mr. Trump claimed the military campaign is “very far” ahead of his initial month-long timeline, asserting that Iranian forces have been effectively neutralised. The remarks provided…
Iran has appointed Mojtaba Khamenei as its new Supreme Leader following the death of his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in a recent U.S.-Israeli strike. The 88-member Assembly of Experts finalised the appointment this morning, marking the first dynastic succession since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Mojtaba, a hardline cleric with deep institutional ties to the Islamic…
The Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has warned that the widening gap in Niger State’s mining sector is bleeding the national economy. Executive Director Nonye Ayeni told a workshop in Minna on Thursday that illegal and uncoordinated mining remains a persistent rot in the industry. The Council is now pressuring the state government and local…
Nigeria’s electricity generation has collapsed below the 4,000-megawatt (MW) mark as a persistent gas shortage chokes the nation’s thermal power plants. The Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO) confirmed on Thursday that total grid output slumped to 3,940MW by 5:00 a.m., forcing widespread load shedding across all distribution networks. Within a three-hour window on Thursday morning,…
