Manchester United co‑owner and INEOS founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe has issued an apology following backlash over comments he made during an interview with Sky’s economics and data editor, Ed Conway, in which he said the UK had been “colonised by immigrants.”

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, on Thursday issued a passionate and uncompromising charge to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to deliver clean and credible elections, warning that Nigeria’s democratic missteps could leave the country stranded while the rest of Africa moves on.

A prominent Christian leader in Nigeria has come out in defense of Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, urging the US Congress to reconsider a proposed visa ban bill that targets the former governor.

Moscow has for months been trying to shift Russian users onto Max, a domestic messaging service that lacks end-to-end encryption.

While in Addis Ababa, the vice-president will join other African leaders at the 39th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of AU Heads of State and Government.

The camp of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has fired back at former Ekiti State Governor, Peter Ayodele Fayose, describing his recent claims regarding a meeting in Minna between Atiku and Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde as a “reckless and malicious fabrication.”

“The biggest misconception about me is that I’m a womaniser. I like women; I’m just straightforward. But I’m a lover boy. I love hard,” 2Baba said.

A broad coalition of 24 Nigerian and international civil society organisations, including the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP); Amnesty International Nigeria; BudgIT; Accountability Lab Nigeria; Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID); Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC)/Transparency International Nigeria; Enough is Enough (EiE) Nigeria; and other groups has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to urgently take steps to grant Nigerians direct access to the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights.

By Olasunkanmi Akoni The Lagos State Government has intensified its enforcement drive against estates operating without approved layout plans and building permits, sealing several structures across the Lekki axis and Lagos Island. The action, carried out through the Office of Physical Planning, follows an earlier move in 2025 when the government identified 176 illegal estate […]

A coalition of 24 Nigerian and international civil society organisations has called on the Federal Government to urgently grant Nigerians direct access to the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights.

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The boy, who cannot be identified due to his age, also faces charges of possessing a knife on school premises and spraying insect spray in the face of a third victim.

Ahead of the March 7, elections of the Ijaw National Congress, INC, the apex Ijaw socio-cultural organisation, the current Vice President II of the Ijaw National Congress, INC, Alabo Nengi James, has described himself as the “most experienced, consistent, tested and trusted candidate” to lead the Ijaw socio-cultural organisation.

The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has reached its full designed capacity of 650,000 barrels of crude oil per day (bpd), marking what the company described as a historic milestone and making it the first refinery globally to achieve full nameplate capacity in a single train of that scale.

Doctors at an undisclosed hospital were said to be battling to save the life of the female occupant, believed to be the deceased’s spouse.