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A fresh massacre in Plateau State has hardened Washington’s position on Nigeria’s status as a Country of Particular Concern, with a United States lawmaker publicly ruling out any removal of the designation just days after both governments met to review the country’s record on religious freedom and security. Representative Riley Moore, a Republican who represents…
A viral clip of Afrobeats star David Adeleke, better known as Davido, playfully needling Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike with the taunt that he had won and “beat” the minister’s side has become the lighter face of a swift political thaw in Osun State, where a bruising campaign has given way to a…
A private warning that Ibrahim Babangida allegedly gave Olusegun Obasanjo about Atiku Abubakar more than two decades ago has resurfaced at a striking moment, just as Atiku mounts his seventh attempt at Nigeria’s presidency and his first under the African Democratic Congress ahead of the 2027 election. The account comes from a new book by…
Nigeria’s long stalled ambition to produce steel from its own iron ore has moved closer to reality with the signing of a $1.3 billion agreement to restart integrated production at the Delta Steel Company in Ovwian-Aladja, Delta State, the country’s only integrated steel plant. The Sub-lease and Operations Agreement was executed between the National…
Atiku Abubakar has placed insecurity and the removed petrol subsidy at the centre of his 2027 campaign, promising a rapid security overhaul in his first 100 days in office and vowing to reverse one of President Bola Tinubu’s signature economic reforms, a stance that has already provoked firm pushback from the Federal Government. Speaking…
Brighton and Hove Albion have turned down an opening bid of £50 million from Liverpool for Gambia winger Yankuba Minteh, a rejection reported as one of the more surprising twists of the transfer window given that the player is currently injured. The decision leaves Liverpool still searching for a convincing answer to the defining…
Students across Nigerian universities, polytechnics and colleges of education can now claim 12 months of Google’s paid artificial intelligence service at no cost, as the technology company renews a scheme it says is meant to close the gap between Nigerian classrooms and the global race for AI skills. The programme, called the Gemini Student…
A brief exchange between United Bank for Africa Group Chairman, Tony Elumelu, and a young graduate over how he should be addressed has reopened a familiar argument in Nigerian workplaces about titles, hierarchy and the widening gap between traditional deference and the first name informality favoured by a younger, globalised generation. The moment, captured…
The Osun State Government says it will establish a ₦500 million Election Violence Victims Endowment Fund to support verified victims and bereaved families from the August governorship poll. Governor Ademola Adeleke announced the fund on Wednesday, 19 August, in Osogbo, shortly after receiving his certificate of return from the Independent National Electoral Commission for…
Governor Ademola Adeleke’s closed door meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday has drawn intense political attention, coming only five days after his re-election and at the very moment national alliances are being rearranged for the 2027 general elections. Adeleke arrived at the State House at about 5:20pm…