Ademola Lookman has played down the altercation between himself and Victor Osimhen during Nigeria’s emphatic 4-0 victory over Mozambique at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, describing the incident as “just football”.

The Trump administration on Monday overhauled the United States’ pediatric vaccine schedule, upending years of scientifically backed recommendations that reduced disease with routine shots.

National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) is set to collaborate with FutureMap Foundation to transform Northern Nigeria’s creative and digital industry by providing technology

Pan-African online media organisation, African Telescope Newspaper, has appointed scholars from Kenya, Ghana, Cameroon and Nigeria to its Editorial Board. Those appointed are Dr Emily Wanja Kaburu of Kenya as Secretary of the Board, Dr Jade Ampomaah Appiah-Lartey of Ghana, Dr Mbouemboue Ahmed of Cameroon and Dr Mutiu Adekunle Ganiyu of Nigeria as members of […]

American Open University, Nigeria (A-Global) has announced the commencement of admissions for the 2025/2026 academic session, as part of efforts to expand access to technology-driven higher education amid growing demand for digital skills in Nigeria and across West Africa. The university said applications are open for Bachelor of Science, top-up and degree conversion programmes targeted […]

Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS) says its replacement with the defunct Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) will overhaul the architecture of the country’s revenue administration.

The UK government has activated a counter-terror policy that allows it to seize mobile phones from illegal migrants without arresting them.

Captain Dr. Hosa Wells Okunbo, JP – This is your 5th birthday since you transitioned on the 8th day of the 8th month, 2020. Not a day passes without our people remembering you fondly.

​The Nigerian Naira maintained a relatively steady position against the United States Dollar during the early trading hours of Tuesday, January 6, 2026, across both the official and informal foreign exchange markets.

By Dickson Omobola Two women narrowly escaped being lynched, yesterday, following an alleged same-sex relationship near a bus stop in the busy Mararaba area of the Federal Capital Territory, along the Nyanya–Keffi Road. Eyewitnesses said the women, identified as Jennifer Okafor, a 28-year-old indigene of Enugu State, according to documents that reportedly fell from her […]

Recent years have taught us an uncomfortable truth, and that is that stability can no longer be assumed. What once appeared as temporary disruption has become a permanent feature of the business …

A former personal assistant to the late politician, Topmost Ayinde, identified simply as Jide, has been killed in Calabar

In 2025, despite persistent challenges of poor power  supply, ageing infrastructure and deepening illiquidity, the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) was largely shaped by two defining developments:

By Rosemary Iwunze Great Nigeria Insurance Plc, GNI, has reassured the general public that the fire incident that gutted the Great Nigeria building did not affect its operations in anyway. The company stated that it does not maintain any office in the burnt building, nor does it conduct any operations whatsoever therein. In a statement, the […]

By Peter Egwuatu  The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced plans to significantly step up enforcement of market rules in 2026, following the enactment of the Investments and Securities Act (ISA) 2025, as part of efforts to strengthen investor confidence and market integrity. The Director-General of the SEC, Dr. Emomotimi Agama, disclosed this while outlining […]