Reality television star, Phyna, and skit maker, Carter Efe, emerged winners in the celebrity boxing bouts at Balmoral Promotions’ Chaos in the Ring event, held at the Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, on October 1, 2026, while Ghana’s Seth “Freezy Macbones” Gyimah dethroned Godday “Zodso...

Former political associates and grassroots allies of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, have rejected accusations of betrayal, insisting that it was the former governor who abandoned the political understanding that brought them together. The position, signed by former Deputy Speaker of t...

CHILD labour and out-of-school children remain a serious menace in Nigeria. This is despite the challenges they pose to societal well-being and progress. The failure of government is writ large in this problem. Governor Umar Bago of Niger State amplified this failure recently when he said young boys...

The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Peter Obi, has vowed not to spend his holidays outside Nigeria if elected President in the 2027 general elections. Obi pledged in his Independence Day address delivered in Abuja on Thursday, saying he would use his four-year tenure to tr...

The 36 states generated N113.94bn from road taxes between 2023 and 2025, an analysis of data from the National Bureau of Statistics has shown. According to the NBS Internally Generated Revenue at State Level 2025, the figure comprised N40.14bn collected in 2023, N23.92bn in 2024 and N49.88bn in 2025...

The Christian Association of Nigeria has urged the Federal Government to prioritise reductions in the cost of food, transportation and energy as the country marks its 66th Independence Anniversary. It also asked the government to strengthen social protection and improve security, saying the benefits...

The implementation of the Federal Government’s CNG-powered transport initiative, a three-day warning strike by public workers, rising NNPC oil security claims, criticism of President Bola Tinubu’s prosperity claim and the cancellation of a planned Obi-Kwankwaso rally in Akwa Ibom are among the major...

US President Donald Trump warned on Thursday that Iran will be “hit very hard” if it is found to be linked to a pilot’s attack on a flydubai flight to Israel. The dramatic events a day earlier saw passengers help stop the plane from crashing, making an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia before the fl...

Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have neutralised 16 terrorists in a coordinated ambush on a terrorist enclave in the Boima general area of Gombi Local Government Area of Adamawa State. This is as the Nigerian Army said it also lost three soldiers in terrorist attacks that occurred concurrently at troo...

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria said it has secured an additional 10,000 slots from Saudi Arabia for the 2027 Hajj, raising the country’s total allocation from 50,000 to 60,000 pilgrims. The commission, in a statement by its Head, Information and Publications Division, Shafii Mohammed, on Th...

The Federal Government has said Nigeria’s free trade zones have attracted more than $200bn in foreign investment and over N900bn in domestic investment, while generating more than 100,000 direct jobs and over 500,000 jobs across supply chains, logistics networks and host communities. The Minister of...

There is a particular grief reserved for the Nigerian who discovers, too late, that the country he fled has simply reassembled itself abroad, wearing a different flag. He left in search of dignity and found servitude with better lighting. He left in search of safety and found himself chained to an a...