There was heavy security around the ancient Osun-Osogbo Grove as the annual Osun cultural festival got underway in Osogbo on Friday. From the road leading to the grove from the Olaiya-Ita-Olokan Road, there was a heavy presence of armed police…

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nentawe Yilwatda, has defended President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms, stating that Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has risen from below $300 billion to about $375 billion in two years. Mr Yilwatda…

The Mexican Football Federation has broken ranks with regional football body CONCACAF to declare its support for FIFA president Gianni Infantino amid growing criticism of his leadership. Mexico, one of the three co-hosts of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, backed…

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has revealed that the state is facing a shortage of approximately 40,000 doctors and 40,000 nurses, warning that the healthcare system also requires at least N100 billion more than its current budget to adequately cater…

The FCT Fire Service says three of it firefighters sustained varying degrees of injuries in the Thursday night fire incident at the AYM Shafa filling station, Abuja. The service Public Relations Officer, Ibrahim Muhammad, confirmed the development to the News…

The Kogi State Government has condemned the reprisal killings in Abugi, Kuchinda and Mikugi communities in Kupa Kingdom, Lokoja Local Government Area, and directed security agencies to arrest those responsible for the violence. The state Commissioner for Information and Communications,…

The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission has directed the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission to dissolve a disputed Host Community Development Trust within 48 hours over concerns about its constitution and representation of affected oil-producing communities. The directive was…

Jessica Oji has written her name into Nigeria’s athletics history after becoming the country’s first-ever field event gold medallist at the World U20 Athletics Championships. The 19-year-old won the women’s shot put title early Friday morning in Oregon with a…

Zigzagging between robots, weapons and computers in his garage workshop, Ukrainian engineer Eduard Trotsenko was bubbling with excitement as he showed off his latest prototypes and dreamed of sci-fi-inspired futuristic ideas. Top of his ideas list are “mechanical birds” that…

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Olatunji Disu, has approved the deployment of new commissioners of police to eight state commands and several strategic formations across the country. The deployment, announced Thursday evening, followed the approval of the IGP’s recommendations…

Giant dust clouds rose from a green-red combine harvester as it crawled across a parched field, a sign that something was awry with UK farmer John Pawsey’s land. “It suddenly, completely dried out,” Pawsey said. For weeks the drought “just…

A veteran Nollywood actor who built his career telling fictional stories on screen has found himself at the centre of a sensitive national security investigation after he was allegedly co-opted to help shape public opinions and mobilise support for a…

The Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency, Zubaida Umar, has reaffirmed the agency’s commitment to upholding the Federal Character principle in its management processes, pledging continued transparency, fairness and due process in line with government regulations. Umar gave the…

The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee probing the controversial Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) has uncovered fresh discrepancies in documents linked to the council’s establishment, as the State House distanced itself from its creation and denied requesting any budget…

Former Tottenham Hotspur defender Toby Alderweireld has urged his old club to sign Victor Osimhen, insisting the Nigeria striker’s proven goalscoring record makes him the answer to a problem that has persisted at the club since Harry Kane left for…