Three Warri-born teenagers; Ebule Oritsemeyiwa Precious, who scored 334 in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, McCarthy Oritsetseyigbemi Jessy, who won the prestigious 2025 NDLEA National Award and young saxophonist, Adekunle Oluwasegun David, have been given career lifelines after they were decorated on Monday August 4, as Warri Brand Ambassadors, by the Comr. Agbateyiniro […]

One year after clinching the 2024 North-West Best Performing State Award in Primary Healthcare (PHC) and receiving a $500,000 prize, Kaduna State’s health sector is experiencing significant transformation marked by infrastructural upgrades, improved access, and a notable increase in service delivery.

…as manufacturing records steepest decline By Peter Egwuatu The Nigerian Economic Summit Group, NESG, says the country’s economic growth rate slowed down in July, 2025. In the latest NESG-Stanbic IBTC Business Confidence Monitor, BCM, report for July 2025, it linked the decline to high interest rates and insecurity, which took a toll on businesses. The […]

 By Prisca Sam-Duru With what has been described as not just a concert but, a revolution of identity, storytelling, and social change, Balmoral Hall, Victoria Island, will transform into a once-in-a-lifetime experience. This is as The Last Rodeo: The Final Ride of the Black Cowboys, presented by Don Crucifixto, takes center stage in a spectacular […]

By Henry Umoru ABUJA- THE maiden edition of the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio National Open Lawn Tennis Championship has been slated for October this year. In a statement signed yesterday by the Special Assistant, Media To The President Of The Senate, Jackson Udom, the tournament is being organised by the Africa Sports Management Nigeria […]

The African Union (AU) has said the continent needs over $3 trillion to meet its climate goals, stressing that climate finance is a matter of survival for Africa.

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu yesterday gifted Nigeria’s senior national women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, $100,000 to each of the players, $50,000 each for the 11-man coaching and technical team, and bedroom flats at Renewed Hope Estate for every member of the team and coaching staff.

Ambassador Comrade Olufemi Ajadi Oguntoyinbo, a Nigerian youth leader and 2023 Ogun State governorship candidate, has raised concerns over the United States visa application process in Nigeria, describing it as costly and lacking transparency.

A group of retired soldiers shut down the Federal Ministry of Finance, Abuja, yesterday, while protesting the non-payment of their gratuity, Security Debarment Allowance, SDA, and other entitlements.

With the view to helping young people ignite their imagination through storytelling and theatre activities, the National Theatre in collaboration with Proud African Roots, held auditions for children.

Anti-Nigeria sentiments by disgruntled Ghanaians which have been brewing in social media erupted last week into organised street protests in major Ghanaian towns like Accra…

By Elizabeth Adegbesan The Naira yesterday appreciated to N1,555 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,560 per dollar last weekend. Similarly, naira appreciated to N1,533.8 per dollar in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM). Data published by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, showed that the exchange rate for the naira fell to N1,533.8 […]

Borno State governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has been urged to focus his infrastructural drive on providing functional drainage systems in Maiduguri and other cities in the state to permanently scale the perennial flooding disaster ravaging the north east state.

By Adeola Badru IBADAN— THE Olubadan-In-Council, yesterday, endorsed the Otun Olubadan, Senator Rashidi Ladoja, as the next Olubadan of Ibadanland. The ratification by the council followed the passage of Oba Owolabi Olakulehin on July 7, 2025. While announcing the next Olubadan, the Balogun of Ibadanland, Oba Tajudeem Ajibola, noted that Ladoja’s name will be officially […]

The Member representing Oju I State Constituency in the Benue State House of Assembly, Pastor Onah Blessed Emmanuel, has strongly condemned the gruesome murder of two of his constituents—Gabriel Ogoda and Ogah Jonathan Ukoh—who were reportedly ambushed and killed along the Ulam axis of the Oju–Awajir Road on Sunday.