Panic erupted in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, on Friday as another suspected gas leak affected over 100 students and teachers across several schools in the town, less than two months after a similar incident left dozens hospitalised.

Nigeria’s headline inflation rate rose to 15.69 per cent in April 2026, up from 15.38 per cent recorded in March, reflecting a 0.31 percentage point increase, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.

Lagos lawmaker Desmond Elliot has publicly apologised to his political mentor and the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, saying he may have offended him during the course of his political engagements.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has launched the 4th Edition of the Foreign Exchange Manual which grants foreign companies in the extractive industry 100 percent unfettered access to their export proceeds.

A deadly outbreak of the Ebola virus has been declared in Ituri province in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a region hit by armed conflict, African health authorities said Friday.

“The duty of this court is to ensure that political cases are given accelerated hearings and disposed of expeditiously.

The UAE is to fast-track construction of a new oil pipeline bypassing the Strait of Hormuz, official media said on Friday, after the Middle East war crippled exports through the vital waterway.

OPay, a leading fintech company in Nigeria, has donated educational materials to over 1,000 students, including 40 students with disabilities, in Osun State through its Play4aChild Initiative, in collaboration with Do Good Charity Back-To-School project, reaffirming its commitment to education, youth development, and community empowerment. The outreach saw students across Osogbo Grammar School, Oloofa Grammar […]

Celebrity businessman and nightlife promoter, Cubana Chief Priest, whose real name is Pascal Okechukwu, has also signalled his political ambitions ahead of the elections.

“We gave them N20m, five bags of rice, 120 litres petrol, one keg of red oil, one packet of seasoning, N40,000 worth of hard drugs”