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A former national team player has criticized the current squad's mentality ahead of a major tournament. Ex-Nigeria international Garba Lawal doubts the Super Eagles possess the required character or fighting spirit to win the Africa Cup of Nations. He made these comments as the team prepares for...

A Nigerian football club is getting key players back from injury before their next league match. Kwara United will have four athletes available again for their upcoming game against Bayelsa United. The returning players are Olarewaju Abdulrahman, Issa Gata, Aule Johnmark, and Obiora Kingsley...

A political advisor has vowed to sabotage a potential diplomatic appointment. Valentine Obienyem, a public commentator who advises former presidential candidate Peter Obi, stated he will formally petition any nation where Reno Omokri is assigned as an ambassador. Obienyem plans to urge foreign...

The country's chief legal officer says the federal government is modernizing its document system to speed up justice. Attorney General Lateef Fagbemi launched a new digital platform for the Ministry of Justice during an event in Abuja. He stated the move away from paper files aligns with the...

The national elections commission has confirmed the death of a journalist who covered its activities. Sunday Olatuyi, a forty-year-old cameraman for ADBN Television and a member of the INEC press corps, died from injuries sustained in a vehicle accident. He was hit by a speeding car along the...

A senior military commander in Nasarawa State is pushing for tighter cooperation between different security groups. Major-General Olurotimi Azubuike-Awolo, who leads the Four Special Forces in Doma, stated that no single agency can handle the complex threats in the North-Central region alone. He...

A local radio station manager is planning a holiday event focused on worship. Reverend Silas Ufot, who runs Inspiration FM in Uyo, believes collective praise can bring divine intervention to the area's problems. He spoke to journalists at the press union office, suggesting that singing to God...

Industrialist Aliko Dangote has threatened a massive lawsuit against a businessman from Kaduna. Through his lawyer, Dr. Ogwu James Onoja, Dangote sent a formal letter to Kailani Mohammed demanding a public retraction and apology. The ultimatum gives Mohammed seven days to comply or face a legal...

A civic organization has issued a one-week ultimatum to the president regarding the new tax legislation. The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project demands the public release of certified copies of the recently signed federal tax laws. This follows allegations that the versions made...

A dispute over a major Abuja estate continues to escalate, with a Nigerian investor directly accusing the federal capital minister of bias. Adeniran Ogunmuyiwa, who says he owns Jonah Capital Nigeria Limited, claims Nyesom Wike is favoring a group of Ghanaian interests led by Kojo Mensah...

A northern youth organization has strongly criticized the recently signed tax legislation. The Arewa Youth Assembly accused President Bola Tinubu of governing by surprise, calling the new laws a form of ambush. The group's speaker, Mohammed Salihu-Danlami, issued a statement from Kaduna...

State officials confirm a fuel tanker explosion in Auchi impacted at least twenty-five people. The Edo State Government disclosed the figure through the head of its emergency management agency, Jerry Idahosa. A delegation led by the governor's chief of staff, Alhaji Gani Audu, visited the area...

Nollywood actress Doris Ogala was arrested by police officers at her residence. The incident happened during a live online broadcast with an internet personality called Aunty Adunni. Ogala alerted the host that police had entered her home and her room on Saturday night. This arrest follows...

The American rapper Busta Rhymes, whose real name is Trevor Smith Jr., mentioned he is considering a move to Nigeria after he retires. He made these comments while performing at the Detty December Fest in Lagos. The artist, who is fifty-three, stated this visit felt significant after a...

Actress Iyabo Ojo has declared herself the head of a new group for single mothers. She made the announcement during a birthday celebration for fellow actress Lola Alao. A video from the event is currently circulating online. In her statement, Ojo claimed the old social shame around single...

Heirs Energy just locked down a massive seven hundred and fifty million dollar financing deal from the African Export-Import Bank. The agreement, signed in Abuja, aims to dramatically boost the company's production targets. Heirs wants to hit roughly one hundred thousand barrels of oil each day...

People are stressing that Africa's future needs focused mentorship for leaders, more inclusive STEM fields, and continuous advocacy. This push comes from a growing tech scene that is shaping economies, creating jobs, and changing how governments operate. Experts point out a serious lack of...

Nestlé pushes its "Good Food, Good Life" motto hard, while Unilever Nigeria talks about brightening daily life. First Bank calls itself Africa's bank of choice. These corporate slogans all aim to build public trust with investors, communities, and regulators. Nestlé Nigeria, a massive global...

Chinese tech firms are reportedly using a rental loophole to get around US export bans on advanced AI chips. A report claims Tencent secured access to Nvidia's newest Blackwell processors, including the B200 and B300 models, through a Japanese cloud provider named Datasection. The arrangement...

Scammers are now pushing fake DDR5 memory kits through major online retailers like Amazon. A user on a PC building subreddit discovered this after buying what was advertised as a Corsair Vengeance DDR5 kit. The modules physically would not fit into his motherboard, which was the first red flag...