In 2025, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) faced the challenge of steering the country’s economy while inflation was slowing but interest rates remained high.
The apex bank had to strike a careful balance between continuing to ease price pressures...
Two Equatorial Guinea players have received suspensions for verbally abusing a referee during the ongoing 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), while Burkina Faso captain Bertrand Traoré has been fined for his post-match comments.
The Equatorial Guinea Football Federation announced...
The abductors of 28 travellers from Zak community in Wase Local Government Area of Plateau State have reduced their ransom demand from ₦42 million to ₦30 million, while also insisting on three brand-new motorcycles.
The victims — men, women and...
Nigeria’s Super Eagles will meet Mozambique in the Round of 16 of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). The match is scheduled for January 5, 2026, in Fez, Morocco at the ongoing tournament.
The fixture was confirmed after the...
By Lukman Abdulmalik
From a beacon of hope for young Nigerians who had dreams of a future in aquaculture, the School of Fisheries now lies in ruins with its classrooms buried under heaps of sand and the foundations exposed to...
By Lukman Abdulmalik
In the busy Jaba community, East of Sabon Gari, a section of Fagge Local Government area in Kano, a quiet threat has been brewing for years, hidden behind closed doors and the promise of quick wealth. Here,...
France will make a fresh attempt to protect children from excessive screen time, proposing a ban on social media access for children under 15 by September 2026.
The initiative is backed by President Emmanuel Macron, who said earlier this month...
A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Akure on Wednesday ordered the arrest and remand of the Ondo State Commissioner for Women Affairs, Seun Osamaye, for allegedly assaulting a Chief Magistrate, Temitope Alphonso.
The commissioner was charged with assault.
The prosecutor, Inspector Suleiman...
Gunmen have abducted a former member of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Moruf Musa, at Ibiade in Ogun Waterside Local Government Area of the state.
It was gathered that the former Majority Leader of the Assembly between 2007 and...
The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has claimed that President Bola Tinubu has delivered to the Igbo people what they have long sought — a form of “Biafra” — through inclusive governance and national integration.
In his New Year message,...
