Victor Osimhen is on the verge of completing a permanent return to Galatasaray after the Turkish champions reached an agreement with Napoli for the Nigerian striker’s services. According to Gazzetta dello Sport, Galatasaray have agreed a €75m (£65m) deal with the Serie A club for the 26-year-old forward, who spent last season on loan at […]

Interswitch, an African integrated payments and digital commerce company, has earned a prominent place on the CNBC and Statista list of the World’s Top Fintech Companies. Published on CNBC’s global platform, the list spans payments, lending, insurtech, digital banking, and blockchain, among others. Interswitch’s inclusion in the payments category places it among a select group […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has called for a national cultural reorientation to combat the widespread abuse of Nigeria’s currency and the growing public glorification of illicit wealth. Speaking at a sensitisation forum held in Lagos at the weekend, EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, said that beyond arresting offenders, the agency is now focused […]

Paul Onuachu has suffered an ankle injury during a pre-season friendly that could sideline the Nigerian striker for up to four weeks, dealing Trabzonspor a significant early-season blow. The 31-year-old frontman, who only recently completed his permanent move from Southampton, sustained the injury in a warm-up match against Azerbaijani side Araz Nakhchivan. According to a […]

Governors Hope Uzodimma of Imo State and Alex Otti of Abia State have expressed sharply differing views on the creation of new states in the South-East, as debates intensify over the ongoing review of Nigeria’s 1999 Constitution. Speaking during the public hearing on constitutional reform held in Owerri on Saturday, Uzodimma called for the creation […]

Nigeria exported crude oil worth $1.34bn to the United States in the first five months of 2025, maintaining the country’s position as America’s leading African oil supplier. Figures from the U.S. Census Bureau and Bureau of Economic Analysis show that the US purchased a total of 17.39 million barrels of Nigerian crude between January and May […]

Prince Al-Waleed bin Khalid Al-Saud, a Saudi royal widely known as the “Sleeping Prince,” has died at the age of 36, nearly two decades after a car accident left him in a coma. The prince was just 15 years old when he suffered a brain haemorrhage and internal bleeding in a devastating car crash in […]

The Niger State Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, in partnership with the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) Project, convened a one-day collaborative meeting with Gender-Based Violence (GBV) service providers on Saturday in Minna. The meeting culminated in the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the parties to enhance coordinated […]

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project and four concerned Nigerians have filed a lawsuit against the government of President Bola Tinubu over its failure to publish the report of the forensic audit carried out on the Niger Delta Development Commission. According to SERAP, this report implicated top officials and politicians in the disappearance of N6 […]

The creation of Ogoja State again topped the agenda at the House of Representatives Public Hearing on Constitutional Review held in Calabar on Saturday. Stakeholders from mostly northern Cross River demanded the creation of Ogoja State, arguing that it is long overdue, considering that it is the only remaining province in the old South Eastern […]

The All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State has dismissed claims that former Governor Kayode Fayemi is plotting to destabilise the party or lure members away through a secret stakeholders’ meeting. The party’s State Publicity Secretary, Segun Dipe, in a statement on Sunday, dismissed the report in circulation, stating that it was a fabrication by rumour […]

Bilateral trade between the United States and Nigeria showed signs of rebalancing in May 2025, with new data indicating a rise in U.S. exports and a decline in imports from Nigeria, resulting in a trade surplus for Washington. Figures released by the Observatory of Economic Complexity (OEC) reveal that U.S. exports to Nigeria reached $515 […]