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The Convener and National Coordinator of the group , Amb. Ayuba Ngbako, had said the organisation would mobilise supporters across the 19 northern states and the Federal Capital Territory through state, local government and ward structures.
US President Donald Trump on Sunday called on Israelis to cast their ballots for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in upcoming elections, citing the US-Israel war against Iran as an example of “winning together.” “When you go to the Polls please remember that Bibi has been an outstanding Warrior Prime Minister,” ...
The federal government has disbursed N38.93 billion to 166 public tertiary institutions under the Needs Assessment Revitalisation Fund, in a
Uche Montana turned heads at Zlatan Ibile’s wedding with a striking guest look. Fans praised her turban, styling and elegance after she shared the video online.
The operation led by troops of 29 Task Force Brigade was conducted on October 25, 2026, according to a statement by Captain Mohammed Goni, Acting Military Information Officer at the Headquarters of Joint Task Force (North East), Operation HADIN KAI, in Maiduguri.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the Brazilian President has won a fourth presidential term, defeating right-wing challenger Flávio Bolsonaro after
By John Alechenu, Abuja Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma, Chairman, Board of Directors of DAAR Communications Plc, Raymond Dokpesi Jnr and President of the Nigeria Institute of Public Relations, NIPR, Dr. Ike Neliaku, have called for a new partnership between government, media and citizens to deepen democracy and honour ...
The dollar is trading at different rates against the naira across Nigeria’s official foreign exchange market and the parallel market on Monday, October 26, 2026, with the latest available quotations showing differences between the two segments. At the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM), the official exchange rate was around ₦1,331 ...
The NSIA Prize for Innovation is the flagship innovation and entrepreneurship development initiative of the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority, designed to identify and support high-potential Nigerian startups through funding, capacity building, mentorship and strategic partnerships.
The 118-member National Campaign Council of the NDC for the 2027 general election will be formally inaugurated later on Monday.
• Alumni spend N200m on infrastructure, employ 29 ad hoc teachers From Tosin Tope, Akure The management of Imade College in Owo, Ondo State, has urged Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa to
By Providence Ayanfeoluwa The Acting Managing Director of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Alhaji Yusuf Girei, has reaffirmed the Authority’s commitment to translating maritime policies into practical results that ensure safer waterways, reliable infrastructure and sustainable economic growth. Delivering a goodwill message at the just concluded 2026 World Maritime ...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kwara State has reaffirmed its commitment to delivering free and inclusive elections in
Keyamo’s familiarity with the industry’s operational demands was expected to support air-mobilisation planning and establish an effective framework for coordinating the directorate’s activities.
The governor charged council members to work in unity and deliver victory for the APC at all levels in the forthcoming elections.
By Efe Onodjae Social media has been awash with reactions following the display of brand-new Toyota Prado SUVs by the National Youth Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dayo Israel, for selected youth leaders of the party. Israel, in a post on X on Sunday, said the 2026 Prado ...
Nigeria’s inflows through International Money Transfer Operators (IMTOs) rose to $1.57 billion in the second quarter of 2026, the highest quarterly total between 2019 to 2026.
In his remarks, Sheikh Aminu Usman, also known as Abu Ammar, the state’s immediate past Hisbah commander, urged Islamic scholars not to remain silent on political matters.
Anxiety is mounting within the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) ahead of the inauguration of its National Campaign Council (NCC) for the 2027 general elections today, amid lingering disagreements over the relationship between the party and the Obi-Kwankwaso Movement, popularly known as the OK Movement. The inauguration is expected to test ...
She said the disbursement was under the Needs Assessment Revitalisation Fund, covering 79 universities, 46 polytechnics and 41 colleges of education.
By Esther Ihejirika Electricity sector experts have called for increased local meter manufacturing, sustainable financing and wider adoption of smart technology to accelerate meter deployment and close Nigeria’s metering gap. They made the call during a webinar on rapid meter rollout, stressing the need for a coordinated national metering plan ...
The Ogwashi-Uku Kingdom in Delta State is mourning the death of Kamene Okonjo, the mother of Obi Ifechukwude Anish Okonjo
It said thunderstorms accompanied by light rain were expected across most parts of the southern region later on Tuesday.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has challenged the governorship aspirant of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Hon. Bimbo Adekanmbi, to give an account of his stewardship as the former Commissioner for Finance and Chairman of the Board of Internal Revenue (BIR) in Oyo State. A political group, Team Arapaja, in ...
Africa’s ambition to become global industrial powerhouse hinges on its ability to mobilize long-term financing, deliver reliable electricity and adopt policies that turn its vast natural resources into manufactured products, President/Chief Executive, Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, has declared. Dangote, who has outlined a $50 billion investment programme for 2026 ...
By Obas Esiedesa Domestic crude oil supply to Nigerian refineries declined by 6.3 per cent to 15.97 million barrels in September 2026 from 17.05 million barrels in August. This comes as petrol supply from domestic refineries and imports fell sharply during the month. The September 2026 Midstream and Downstream Report ...
The appointment places Mr Keyamo at the head of a campaign directorate responsible for coordinating air travel and aviation logistics for nationwide campaign activities.
Planet: The environmental bottom line “An entrepreneur thinks in three generations: idea generation (creativity), profit generation (prosperity), and the next generation (posterity). — ThinkUP” Introduction Every business depends on the natural world. Enterprises require water, energy, land, raw materials and other natural resources. Even businesses operating primarily online depend on ...
Chioma praised sister Jennifer Rowland’s stunning glam at Zlatan Ibile’s wedding party, sharing a sweet reaction online despite missing the celebration.
…As 20 record capital gains By Peter Egwuatu Share prices of 55 companies listed on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) depreciated last week following profit taking by the investors. However, 20 stocks appreciated in price during the week under review. The week’s performance highlights the market correction facing the stock ...
Bayer Leverkusen managing director Simon Rolfes has played down speculation surrounding Victor Boniface’s future, insisting that the Nigerian striker must improve his fitness and remain patient for more playing opportunities.
Nigeria’s Flamingos will face Mexico in the Round of 16 of the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Morocco on Thursday, October 29, after finishing second in Group B.
By Inioluwa David with Agency Reports Super Eagles forward Kelechi Iheanacho continued his remarkable goal-scoring form on Sunday, finding the net in Bursaspor’s 4-2 victory over Keçiörengücü in the Turkish
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has praised Super Eagles midfielder Alex Iwobi after the 30-year-old equalled Egyptian icon Mohamed Salah’s record as the joint-second most-capped African player in English Premier
Vincent O. Olatunji, pioneer commissioner and chief executive officer of the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC), has led the country’s
Former Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr believes the 2026 Ballon d’Or is open to several players, but he personally favours Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal or Bayern Munich’s Michael Olise to win
On 29 July, 1975, General Murtala Mohammed GCFR (8 November, 1938 – 13 February, 1976) became head of state by overthrowing General Yakubu Gowon GCFR (92). On 7 August, 1975, General Mohammed set up a committee on the creation of more states in the country. At that time, Nigeria had ...
Bendel Insurance handed Rivers United their first defeat of the 2026/27 Nigeria Premier Football League season with a dramatic 2-1 victory in Benin City, while Nasarawa United defeated Enyimba 1-0
By Habeebulah Tijani Toyota (Nigeria) Limited (TNL) will hold the Elizabeth Wuraola Ojo Toyota Golf Tournament (EWOTGT) on November 13 and 14, 2026, at the Smokin Hills Golf Resort in
By Daniel Oyekan The Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF) has said that its teams won medals at several continental events and fielded its largest-ever delegation at a world championship during the
The Nigeria Football Federation has appointed Prince Sunday Udofia as Team Coordinator of the U23 men’s national football team, the Olympic Eagles. Udofia has excelled in a similar position before,
By Boluwatife Adebeso Host team Ikoyi Club 1938 has emerged champions of the Breast Cancer Awareness Ladies Inter-Club Tennis Tournament after defeating Lagos Country Club 6-1, 6-4 in the final
Three Nigerian athletes have committed up to ₦1.45 million in prize money to the Athletic Heat 10th Anniversary Meet, which will be held on Saturday, November 7, 2026, at the
The next great contest for Africa’s natural resources will increasingly revolve around the minerals powering electric vehicles, wind turbines, missiles,
The Federal Government’s ₦18 billion payment to former Nigeria Airways workers is welcome, but it comes more than two decades
Giants of Africa, the non-profit co-founded by Dallas Mavericks Team President Masai Ujiri, has opened three basketball courts in Rwanda, completing coverage of all five provinces. The organisation is now
Nigeria’s U15 national team, the Future Eagles, have endured a winless start to their campaign at the inaugural FIFA U15 World Cup and Festival in Baku, Azerbaijan, after recording back-to-back
Woli Agba and Dele Omo Woli’s solicitors warn of legal action over false online allegations linking them to gospel singer Toluwanisings’ death amid rumours.
The 2027 Dakar Rally will be moved from Saudi Arabia “following recent developments in the region”, organisers said on Sunday, after repeated attacks on the kingdom by Yemen’s Houthis. “Dakar
The pressure on Manchester United manager Michael Carrick was upped a further notch by another insipid performance as they slumped to a 3-0 home defeat by Bournemouth. The Cherries were
Dannaz Ladies have sent three more players to Rangers Women on season-long loan deals ahead of the Enugu club’s maiden campaign in the Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) Premiership. The
Abia Warriors head coach Imama Amapakabo has acknowledged that his team must learn from their first home defeat of the 2026/27 Nigeria Premier Football League season. Amapakabo made the admission
International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Africa Para Commission Chairman, Anderson Bankole, has defended the decision to award Nigeria the hosting rights for the 2027 African Para Championships, dismissing any doubts
“You and your friends were known as the Three Musketeers. Who gave you that name?” I asked the patriarch of the Nigerian media, Chief Olusegun Osoba. “Chief Awolowo did. We were Papa’s advisers on all public and political issues.” He told me on Friday. Every expression of note in English ...
Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives and Deputy Director-General, South II, of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council (APC PCC), Hon. Benjamin Kalu, has met with High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, to discuss strategies for the re-election of President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general elections. The ...
• Tinubu, Ogwashi-Uku Kingdom mourn The mother of the traditional ruler of Ogwashi-Uku Kingdom in Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State, Obi (Dr.) Ifechukwude Anishi Okonjo II, and
The Federal Government has released N38.93 billion to 166 public tertiary institutions across the country to improve infrastructure and provide better facilities for teaching and learning. The intervention, under the
•Governor announces fully funded scholarship for 15-year-old Qatar contingent captain Abia State Governor Alex Otti has awarded a cash gift of N1 million each to the five students who represented
The gathering was beyond a rented crowd; it was organic, massive, and emotional. A few photos from the event displayed that spectacularly: the excited trio waving so happily at their president who wound down the window to greet them; the many people who kept vigil at the venue so they ...
A philanthropist and the founder of the Agbonjagwe Leemon Ikpea Foundation, Chief Dr. Leemon Ikpea, has donated a 62-bed medical centre to Ewatto community in Esan South East Local Government
Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma has identified economic vulnerability, proprietorial interference and censorship as major threats to media independence, warning that failure to address them could undermine journalism’s credibility and
ON October 19, 2026, President Tinubu rejected demands to reverse fuel-subsidy removal before the City Boy Movement, invoking scripture: “When Moses and Musa left Egypt, they faced a challenge, and the Red Sea parted and gave way,” he said. “You cannot ask Moses to go back to Egypt.” You cast ...
By Obiotika Wilfred Toochukwu Sir: Nigeria is a nation in urgent need of significant and essential change. Yet, the change we desperately seek may not begin with a new political
By Abayomi TJ Ishola There is something troubling about the way Nigeria sometimes handles controversial court cases. A judge delivers a judgment, one side celebrates, the other cries foul and
By Tosin Adeoti The Nigerian Meteorological Agency’s seasonal update in August confirmed the onset of a strong El Niño in 2026 and said it was expected to keep intensifying. A
Trump administration has been an ill-wind that has served the world poorly over the last 24 months.
By Felix Oladeji Sir: Democracy depends on more than the existence of elections. It requires citizens to make political choices without coercion, access credible information about the people seeking to
Where is Peter Obi? Someone asked that question last Friday. Why, he wondered, had he been somewhat quiet lately? He even missed a town hall meeting with stakeholders in Jos, Plateau State, that same Friday. “That is true,” I told myself, mentally reviewing the popular politician’s recent public engagements. There ...
•The government must attack the disease’s many fronts to set the people free Tuberculosis (TB), the highly infectious bad cough, comes with no less less than four grim faces. It’s
October 19 marked the 40th anniversary of Dele Giwa’s death in circumstances that remain unresolved. The colourful, high-profile journalist and founding Editor-in-Chief of Newswatch magazine died from injuries caused by
In the aftermath of the Kaduna rally, the Atiku folks may be undergoing some therapy. What is the ailment? It is called the fear of crowds. There is a term
Mr Lula’s victory now leaves Mexico and Brazil, Latin America’s two most populous nations, with left-wing leaders.
IT would appear that the corruption and inefficiency that constituted the bane of public corporations providing utilities in the country, leading to their virtual collapse before they were hurriedly privatised, still remain their major undoing. Instead of prioritising good service and customer satisfaction, a single-minded emphasis on revenue generation, much ...
•INEC to clarify omitted candidate’s status this week By Henry Umoru, John Alechenu, Luminous Jannamike & Emma Una ABUJA – The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has met the Independent National Electoral Commission’s, INEC, October 24 deadline for correcting the names of candidates omitted from its published list, the party’s National ...
Adulterated staples and weak enforcement have forced every Nigerian to become their own food inspectors. With the influx of adulterated
The Office of the Tax Ombud is working towards a partnership with the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) to extend its complaint-handling and resolution services to market traders and taxpayers in
First City Monument Bank (FCMB) and Mastercard have launched AgroPass, a digital platform designed to expand access to finance, markets and agricultural services for smallholder farmers across Nigeria. The platform,
The Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway is reshaping property development along the Victoria Island-Oniru-Eko Atlantic axis, transforming the waterfront into a premium real estate corridor attracting multibillion-naira investments. The infrastructure upgrade, anchored
Integrated marketing communications network, Insight Redefini, in partnership with creative agency Woof Studios Africa, brought brands and creators together at YouTube PluggedIN 2026 to explore opportunities for more meaningful collaboration
Machado returns to Venezuela after months in exile María Corina Machado, a Venezuelan opposition leader, has returned home after more