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Nigeria must stop seeing data as mere numbers and start treating it as a national asset that generates value, the Statistician General of the Federation and Chief Executive Officer of National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Prince Adeyemi Adeniran, has said. He spoke at the first bi-annual meeting of the National Consultative Committee on Statistics (NCCS) […]

By Israel Fagbemigun One of the most recurring problems confronting Nigeria since independence is not simply the failure of government policies, but the growing distance between government and the people it governs. Over the decades, Nigerians have witnessed military coups, prolonged military rule, democratic transitions, policy reversals, economic hardship, corruption scandals and governance failures. Each […]

By Jacob Ajom ABUJA — The President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Alhaji Ibrahim Gusau, is expected to formally announce his resignation today at an emergency meeting of the NFF Congress scheduled to hold in Abuja. The emergency meeting, convened by members of the NFF Congress, is scheduled for 12 noon and is expected […]

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Congress has summoned an emergency meeting of its members to deliberate on recent developments within the football governing body. The meeting, scheduled for September 26, 2026, at 12 noon in Abuja, is expected to bring together State Football Association chairmen, club representatives, members of the Referees Association, Coaches Association, Players […]

The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) has uncovered emerging methods allegedly being used by terrorist financiers to move and conceal funds, including the use of bank accounts belonging to women, disconnected phone numbers, coded transaction descriptions and crowdfunding platforms. The findings are contained in the NFIUs 2025 Annual Report, which identifies the methods as part of […]

Social media commentator Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), has called on the Federal Government to consider making it easier for law-abiding Nigerians to protect themselves, including through legal access to firearms, arguing that the country’s police and military personnel are too few to adequately protect a population of more than 200 million […]

In 1991 General Ibrahim Babangida regime, carved Edo State out of the old Bendel state and that was beginning its peculiar journey — neither entirely in the southwest’s sophisticated political machinery, nor quite aligned with the midwestern traditions that once defined the region. Thirty-five years later, has it truly progressed? To understand the present, one […]

The German Embassy in Nigeria has warned visa applicants against relying on so-called “visa agents” for information about travelling to Germany. In a recent tweet, the embassy urged Nigerians to be cautious about information provided by individuals claiming to have special knowledge or access to the German visa process. The embassy said applicants should verify […]

Factional National Chairman of Accord, Prof. Chris Imumolen, has raised concerns over his personal safety and that of his family, urging law enforcement agencies to intervene. Imumolen, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said his attention had been drawn to developments and circumstances that had caused him serious concern about his personal safety and […]

Legendary country music singer and songwriter Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80. Parton’s nephew disclosed her death in an Instagram video on Tuesday, August 25. The announcement came days after Parton spoke publicly about her declining health following the death of her husband, Carl Thomas Dean, in March 2025. In an August […]

Pastor Adamson Aromaegbe, the founder and General Overseer of Rock Word Church and Dominion International, has died. Adamson Aromaegbe Aromaegbe, who was based in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, reportedly died on Friday, August 21, 2026. The cause of his death has not been made public as of the time of filing this report. His death […]

On Friday, 21 August 2026, gunmen believed to be linked to Lakurawa or the Mahmuda group struck four communities in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State: Gbeji (Gidan-Zana), Kpenya, Giyan Gbasu and Dekara. In Dekara, the largest of the three, they moved into the central mosque as worshippers observed Jumu’at prayers and abducted more […]