A video circulating on Nigerian social media has been exposed as a deliberate fabrication — and both the university at its centre and the Kano Emirate Council have said so in plain terms. What the Video Actually Shows The footage…
Lawal Musa Daura, the former Director-General of the Department of State Services, has made his move. The ex-spy chief has formally left the African Democratic Congress and pitched his tent with the Allied People’s Movement, citing what he describes as…
A civic group has stepped into a long-running land dispute in Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State, calling on federal and state security agencies to restore order around a contested 60-hectare property. The matter involves the Ojaekomo Family of…
A sitting commissioner in Delta State has been suspended indefinitely after allegedly assaulting a senior official in Governor Sheriff Oborevwori’s inner circle. The Delta State Government announced on Monday, 10 August, that Reuben Izeze, the Commissioner for Works (Highway and…
The Nigerian Exchange (NGX) closed the week on a strong footing, with the All-Share Index finishing at 166,129.50 points — a gain of 2.36% — while overall market capitalisation rose 2.48% to reach N106.354 trillion. Eighty equities recorded price appreciation…
A single first-half strike. That was all it took to end Nigeria’s reign as African champions. Myriam Nyadjou’s goal for Cameroon on Saturday sent the Super Falcons crashing out of the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations at the quarter-final…
A campaign procession is supposed to be a show of political strength. In Ilesa, Osun State, last Saturday, it became something far darker — a scene of gunfire, blood and outrage, with a 12-year-old boy paying the heaviest price for…
The ballroom of a Virginia Beach hotel might seem an unlikely place to launch an international campaign over killings on the Benue plains, but that is precisely what happened when the Idoma Association USA gathered for its 30th Annual Convention…
Cassius Mailula returned to Mamelodi Sundowns on Saturday and, within hours of his homecoming being confirmed, scored the goal that sent them into the MTN8 semi-finals. It was the kind of script that even the most optimistic Sundowns supporter would…
The naira closed weaker against the US dollar at the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM) on Thursday, 6 August 2026, depreciating by N2.33 — or 0.17 per cent — to settle at N1,364.88 per dollar, against the N1,362.55 recorded at…