The Nigerian presidency yesterday intensified diplomatic engagement with Washington, following threats by the US President Donald Trump to launch a military intervention in Nigeria over alleged killings of Christians. On November 1, 2025, President Trump declared that he had instructed the Pentagon to begin planning for potential action in Nigeria, and warned that US aid […]

Water hyacinth is rapidly spreading across southern Ghana’s Lake Volta, severely impacting fishing, depleting fish stocks, and threatening local livelihoods. The water hyacinth, a free-floating aquatic plant native to the Amazon River basin in South America, is renowned for its rapid growth and attractive lavender-blue flowers. It is also considered to be one of the […]

Cameroonian opposition politician, Issa Tchiroma Bakary, who declared himself the winner of the October 12 presidential election, has reportedly left the country for neighboring Nigeria. This comes as protests against the official results, which declared President Paul Biya the winner, intensified across the country. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has condemned the violent […]

The Nigerian Education Loan Fund has announced that applications for the student loan scheme have surpassed one million, marking one of the largest uptakes for a government-backed social intervention since the beginning of the Tinubu administration. In a statement on Sunday, the Director of Strategic Communications, Nigerian Education Loan Fund, Oseyemi Oluwatuyi, said the milestone […]

Egypt has officially opened the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) near the Great Pyramid of Khufu at Giza, marking a major cultural milestone and the world’s largest archaeological museum. GEM houses approximately 100,000 artifacts dating back some seven millennia, covering predynastic times and the Greek and Roman periods. The museum, which meets global standards, will serve […]

A protest erupted on Monday at Wadata Plaza in Abuja, the national secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party, as supporters of the faction loyal to the PDP National Vice Chairman (North Central), Mohammed Abdulrahman, stormed the premises. The group, chanting solidarity songs, demanded that the National Working Committee, led by Umar Damagum, vacate the headquarters […]

Safiyyah Shaibu, the 25th president of the Nigerian Army Officers’ Wives Association, has promised to deepen support for families of serving, retired and fallen officers and soldiers of the Nigerian Army. Ms Shaibu made the promise while taking over the leadership of NAOWA from her predecessor, Mernan Oluyede, who is now president of the Defence […]

A strong earthquake killed at least 20 people in northern Afghanistan, authorities said Monday, just months after another deadly tremor that left the country reeling. The 6.3-magnitude quake struck overnight at a depth of 28 kilometres (17 miles) with the epicentre near the city of Mazar-i-Sharif, according to the US Geological Survey. “Based on the […]

As part of a joint effort to advance Nigeria’s pharmaceutical manufacturing capacity and strengthen local health systems, the Federal Government, in partnership with the European Union (EU) and France, has signed a strategic partnership agreement under the Global Gateway’s Manufacturing and Access to Vaccines, Medicines and Health Technologies (MAV+) Initiative. The project, named Quality Uplift […]

New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) 2023 presidential candidate, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has called on the United States to back Nigeria with advanced security technology rather than threaten military intervention over allegations of Christian persecution. Kwankwaso’s message, posted on X Sunday evening, came after U.S. President Donald Trump designated Nigeria a “country of particular concern” and […]

Ahead of his formal reception into the All Progressives Congress today (Monday), the Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has said his decision to quit the Peoples Democratic Party was taken in the overall interest of the state. Speaking on Sunday during the 14th Bayelsa Thanksgiving Day at the Ecumenical Centre, Igbogene, Yenagoa, Diri […]

The face-off between the Federal Government and the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has intensified following a dispute over the actual amount released to settle outstanding arrears owed to health workers. Although the government claims to have released N11.995 billion to ease the ongoing nationwide strike, NARD insists that its members across 91 hospitals […]