The Nigerian passport has long carried one of the heaviest travel burdens in the world. Holders face intense scrutiny at international borders, lengthy embassy queues and rigorous background checks that make spontaneous overseas travel a near-impossibility for most citizens. It…
Picture ₦13.2 million sitting in an account, untouched, for the better part of four years. No hospital built with it. No disease outbreak contained by it. No community protected because of it. That is precisely what happened in Adamawa state,…
A Damaging Claim, Swiftly Debunked A video purporting to show Christians in northern Nigeria being massacred and sold into slavery has been exposed as a deliberate misrepresentation. The footage has no connection to Nigeria whatsoever — it originates from the…
The final whistle blew in that quarter-final stadium, and with it, Africa’s last hope at the 2026 FIFA World Cup departed the pitch. Morocco, the Atlas Lions, had once again carried the continent’s ambitions deep into the tournament — and…
What happened to coaches at the 2026 World Cup? The 2026 FIFA World Cup, hosted across the United States, Canada and Mexico, did not just produce drama on the pitch — it ended careers in the dugout. Nine national team…
Thousands of Nigerians have lost their savings after the NRC investment scheme collapsed without warning, trapping millions of naira and leaving investors with no recourse. The platform, which operated under the name National Reading Culture, went dark earlier this month,…
House Turns on the Presidency A majority of House of Representatives members, including lawmakers from the ruling party, voted on Tuesday, 7 July to compel President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his economic team to appear before parliament and account for…
The Match That Nearly Ended Argentina’s World Cup Lionel Messi has spoken candidly after Argentina clawed back a two-goal deficit to eliminate Egypt from the 2026 FIFA World Cup in one of the tournament’s most dramatic Round of 16 encounters.…
Something is shifting in Oyo state politics. On Tuesday, 7 July 2026, Taofeek Arapaja — until recently one of Governor Seyi Makinde’s most trusted political lieutenants — sat down with Senator Sharafadeen Alli, the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate for…
Nigeria’s pension framework has been running on legislation that nobody has touched since 2014. That changes now. The National Pension Commission has formally launched a review of the Pension Reform Act, and its Director-General, Omolola Oloworaran, made clear on Tuesday…