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The World Bank has approved a fresh $1.25bn loan for Nigeria under its Nigeria Actions for Investment and Jobs Acceleration programme, pressing ahead with the facility despite months of public unease over the country’s swelling debt profile and repeated calls for the Federal Government to curb external borrowing. The approval was announced in a…
The United Kingdom refused 1,344,595 visa applications submitted by Nigerians between 2005 and the first quarter of 2026, according to official figures from the UK Home Office, a tally that places Nigeria second only to India among the world’s most rejected nationalities. The data, drawn from the Home Office’s entry clearance visa outcomes dataset,…
Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight is remembered by many for its spectacular action, but beneath the explosions and high-speed chases lies a profound lesson about the nature of disorder. Throughout the film, Batman captures criminals and appears to restore order to Gotham City. Yet every victory proves temporary because the city’s greatest enemy is not…
Examination halls turned into scenes of terror in Lassa town on Monday morning as gunmen stormed Government Day Secondary School in the Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno State, abducting an unspecified number of students sitting the National Examinations Council Senior School Certificate Examination and killing at least one teacher. The attackers struck at…
Confidence within Nigeria’s fractured opposition found a loud voice over the weekend as Senator Seriake Dickson, National Leader of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), declared that President Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) would suffer a heavy defeat in the 2027 general elections, provided the contest is conducted without interference. Speaking on…
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has accused operators in Nigeria’s downstream petroleum sector of possible consumer exploitation, warning that pump prices have refused to fall in step with a steep collapse in global crude oil prices. In a statement issued on Sunday by its Director of Corporate Affairs, Ondaje Ijagwu, the commission…
Davido has ended a brief and unexpected hiatus with the release of “I Know Who I Be,” his first single of 2026, a cross continental record that pairs the Afrobeats heavyweight with South African artistes Jazzwrld and GL_Ceejay. The Nigerian singer, born David Adeleke, announced the release on his social media pages on Friday,…
A call by the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, urging Nigerians to take up petty trades such as selling akara, roasting corn and producing kuli-kuli has ignited a sharp online row, with critics insisting the advice ignores the depth of hardship that millions of households are battling. Mrs Tinubu made the remarks on Wednesday…
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has fixed July 7 for the hearing of an appeal challenging the deregistration of the African Democratic Congress, Accord Party and three other opposition platforms, pushing back a politically charged case that has gripped the country barely months before the 2027 general election. The three-member panel, led by Justice…
Elon Musk has lost the trillionaire status he held for barely two weeks, after a sweeping selloff in technology stocks erased hundreds of billions from his fortune and dragged his net worth back below the $1 trillion mark. The world’s richest person was valued at about $957.1 billion as of June 23, 2026, according…
