On Saturday, 1 August 2026, a young woman with her whole future ahead of her set out from Keffi to return home. Habiba Ummi Lele, a 400-level Chemistry student at the Federal University of Lafia (FULAFIA), had spent the day…
On the last trading day of July 2026, Nigeria’s naira closed weaker against the dollar at the official market, and the numbers told a familiar story. The currency settled at N1,368.22 to the dollar — a N1.49 slip from the…
Nigeria’s Women’s Africa Cup of Nations campaign is already at a crossroads, and the Super Falcons have not even played their second group-stage match. A 3-2 opening defeat to Malawi — a nation making its WAFCON debut — has turned…
Nigerian superstar Davido has spoken candidly about one of the more personal tensions in his life: the fact that his own hard-won success in music has made him reluctant to see his children follow the same path. Speaking on a…
Nigeria’s National Hajj Commission (NAHCON) is facing mounting accusations of bias after it reportedly consulted only one operators’ association when drawing up a sweeping new financial requirement for the 2027 Hajj season, leaving other recognised industry bodies entirely out of…
When a country repeatedly allows its citizens and artists to be humiliated at foreign borders without consequence, it is not practising diplomacy — it is practising submission. That is the uncomfortable reality at the heart of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s call…
On 7 December 2020, a man who had once scrubbed floors in a Lagos hotel ascended a throne that had stood for centuries. Oba Sulaimon Adeshina Raji, now known formally as His Royal Majesty Oba Sulaimon Adeshina Raji-Ashade I —…
Two days of silence. Two days of absorbing the criticism, the disbelief and the noise that followed one of Nigerian women’s football’s most embarrassing results in recent memory. Then Chiamaka Nnadozie spoke. Nigeria’s Super Falcons — defending champions, continental royalty…
One Year On: What Has Mosan-Okunola’s Executive Chairman Actually Delivered? The National Youth Council of Nigeria has issued a formal assessment of Adunni Opeyemi Akindele’s first year running the Mosan-Okunola Local Council Development Area in Lagos — and the verdict…
American immigration authorities have begun detaining foreign nationals — including Nigerians — at airports across the United States, arresting travellers at check-in counters, boarding gates and arrival terminals in at least 15 airports. The operation, carried out by officers from…