Morocco and Senegal on Friday booked places in the semi-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) after winning their respective quarter-final encounters.
Senegal reached the last four after edging Mali 1–0 in a tense West African derby played in...
No fewer than 13 State Houses of Assembly across the country have collectively added more than ₦1tn to their states’ 2026 budgets, following legislative reviews and amendments to appropriation bills submitted by governors.
The increase emerged from an analysis of...
Bandits numbering about 20 reportedly invaded the palace of the monarch of Adanla community in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State on Boxing Day, kidnapping seven members of the royal family and injuring two others, according to the...
A Lagos-based architect, Alfred Ogene, has filed a legal claim against R-Jolad Hospital Nigeria Limited, alleging gross medical negligence that he says caused permanent damage to his urinary system and severe physical and psychological trauma.
In a memorandum issued through...
A forensic audit firm, SALLY TIBBOT Consulting Limited, has accused the Osun State Government of inserting 8,452 alleged ghost workers into the state payroll and paying them a total of ₦13.7bn annually.
The allegation was made by the firm’s Executive...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has launched an Oreshnik hypersonic missile aimed at intimidating Ukraine and sending a signal of Russian military might to Europe and the United States at a crucial juncture in talks to end the war.
Putin has...
United States President Donald Trump has suggested that additional US military strikes could be carried out in Nigeria if attacks on Christians persist, following a US operation conducted in the country on Christmas Day.
Trump made the remark in an...
Founder of Zenith Bank Plc, Jim Ovia, has recounted how the financial institution was established in 1990 with a start-up capital of ₦20 million, urging young Nigerians to remain focused and determined despite challenges.
Ovia made the disclosure in an...
Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni has offered automatic employment to Surayya Kabir, a first-class graduate of Physics Department of Yobe State University (YSU), Damaturu.
The governor’s Director-General of Press and Media Affairs, Mamman Mohammed, made this known via a...
The National Industrial Court in Abuja has restrained the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) and two of its officials from embarking on any form of industrial action scheduled to begin on January 12, 2026.
Justice E. D. Subilim issued...
