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NiMet predicts 3-day sunshine, cloudiness

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted sunshine and cloudiness from Monday to Wednesday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Sunday in Abuja...

Kogi: Hoodlums vandalise SDP office in Lokoja

Hoodlums have vandalised the Kogi head office of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) located on Paparanda Round about Lokoja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...

UTME Score: If Tinubu can do it, why not Mmesoma — Aisha Yesufu

Aisha Yesufu, a human rights activist, and supporter of Peter Obi, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), on Saturday said that...

‘It’s not true’: No farmer killed a lion in Benue — Police

The Police Command in Benue State on Saturday refuted the news circulating in social media that a rural farmer in Kwande Local Government Area...

Bauchi housewife allegedly stabs husband to death 

Police  Command Bauchi, has arrested 21 years old housewife, Maimunatu Sulaiman for allegedly stabbing her husband to death at Kofar Dumi, a suburb of ...

Ikeja Chamber of Commerce announces N30,000 stipend for unemployed graduates

Dr Edward Olutoke, the President of Ikeja Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture, has promised a better youth empowerment programme to create jobs and...

Profile: Meet Taiwo Oyedele, Tinubu’s tax reform committee chairman

President Bola Tinubu, on Friday (July 7, 2023), set up a committee on tax reforms and named Taiwo Oyedele as Chairman. Oyedele is a highly...

Top 10 Countries With Highest Foreign Exchange Reserve

Foreign exchange reserves are assets held on reserve by a central bank in foreign currencies. These reserves are used to back liabilities and influence monetary...

NECO unveils ‘e-Verify’ portal for online confirmation of results

The National Examination Council (NECO) has unveiled "NECO e-Verify" platform to ease the verification of results, and checkmate manipulation and falsification of results conducted...

We’ll not fight aimlessly as opposition party, Fayose says after meeting Tinubu

Ex-governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, has said that members of the opposition parties in Nigeria would not fight just for the sake of...

Students’ Loan: Reps warn tertiary institutions against fees hike

The House of Representatives has warned public tertiary institutions in the country not to take advantage of the Students Loans and access to Higher...

UN announces 12 African countries to receive lifesaving malaria vaccine

Global Vaccine Alliance (GAVI), the World Health Organisation and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday announced that 12 African countries would receive malaria...

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“No Victor, No Vanquished” — Angbazo calls for unity after Nasarawa ADC Governorship Primary win

LAFIA — Retired General Nuhu Angbazo has emerged victorious from the Africa Democratic Congress, ADC, governorship primaries in Nasarawa State, calling on all party faithful to sheathe their swords and rally behind a common vision for the state's development. In a press statement issued shortly after his victory...

Lazarus Angbazo: The Countries that will lead the AI Economy are being decided right Now — By Their PowerGrids

Nigeria has enough installed generation to power a mid-sized country. The grid delivers less than half of it. Around the world, the race to build AI-ready power infrastructure is already underway — and the decisions African governments and investors make in the next eighteen months will determine...

Cheta Nwanze: Failed visa Marriages

by Cheta Nwanze The 1990 film Green Card told a relatively innocent story: a French immigrant and an American woman enter a marriage of convenience so he can stay in the US. They barely know each other. They hope never to see each other again after the deal...

Digital Marketing for Attorneys

In the competitive landscape of legal services, personal injury and medical malpractice attorneys are finding themselves overshadowed by competitors who dominate online visibility. The root of this issue lies in the digital presence that many firms lack. While traditional word-of-mouth referrals still hold value, the digital age...

Lazarus Angbazo: The global power industry is leaving Africa behind

 Dr. Lazarus AngbazoThe nascent AI revolution is not just driving electricity consumption and massive demand for additional capacity—it is reshaping how power is built, maintained, and delivered. For Africa, the real risk is no longer just insufficient capacity—it is also losing control and ability to manage the capacity it...

Bunmi Onabanjo-Kuku: The first thing you feel when you land in Nigeria

By Bunmi Onabanjo-Kuku The first thing you feel when you land in a country is not its culture, not its cuisine, not its people. It is its airport. That threshold, the space between the jet bridge and the city beyond, tells you everything a nation believes about itself...

Dr. Lazarus Angbazo: Why a fractured world strengthens the case for African Infrastructure

How inflation, energy insecurity, power scarcity, and geopolitical fragmentation are reshaping the risk-return case for African infrastructure By Dr. Lazarus Angbazo At a recent global infrastructure summit, the prevailing mood among institutional investors was unmistakable. Faced with surging capital requirements for energy transition, grid expansion, and digital infrastructure in Europe and...

Aliko Dangote to launch what could become Africa’s largest initial public offering to raise $5 billion from investors

Nigeria’s biggest local investor, Aliko Dangote, is moving ahead with plans to launch what could become Africa’s largest initial public offering, as Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals prepares to raise up to $5 billion from investors. The share sale is expected to open as early as May, with...

Criminal networks have turned Nigeria’s telecom towers into open-air warehouses for theft, looting

Criminal networks have turned Nigeria’s telecom towers into open-air warehouses for theft, looting 656 critical power assets across 14 states in 2025 alone and keeping up the pace in early 2026. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) data showed the haul included 152 generators and 504 batteries stolen from...

Paul Yirenkyi: A call for Caution Needed, President Tinubu and the INEC-ADC Crisis

I have seen enough cycles of tension and resolution to recognise when restraint must prevail over confrontation. The current standoff between the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the African Democratic Congress (ADC) is one such moment. In early April 2026, INEC withdrew recognition of the Senator...

Nigeria’s opposition landscape appears increasingly fractured, disorganised and strategically weakened

10 months until the 2027 general elections, Nigeria’s opposition landscape appears increasingly fractured, disorganised and strategically weakened. Although no fewer than 21 political parties have been registered by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to participate in the polls, developments within the parties, including internal crises, litigations and other destabilising factors, may...

Power shortages weaken Nigeria’s business activity 

Nigeria’s business environment continued to expand in March 2026 but slowed as rising input costs and power supply deficits weighed on performance, according to the latest Business Confidence Monitor (BCM) report by the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG). The report indicates that the Current Business Performance Index declined...