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CAF Champions League: Finidi George welcomes "difficult" draw

Nigeria, Nov. 4 -- For the first time in seven years, a Nigerian club will contest the CAF Champions League group stage, and Rivers United manager Finidi George says his side is ready to test themselv... Read More


Resident Doctors ignore govt appeal as strike grounds hospital services

Nigeria, Nov. 4 -- Despite the federal government's appeal and assurances of resolving doctors' grievances, hospitals across Nigeria are facing widespread disruption as the indefinite strike by the Ni... Read More


US military threat may trigger capital flight, market instability - CPPE

Nigeria, Nov. 4 -- The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE) has warned that the recent threat of possible military action against Nigeria by the US President Donald Trump could have f... Read More


Oba of Lagos urges urban renewal that protects residents, calls for moral revival

Nigeria, Nov. 3 -- The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, has urged the Lagos State Government to pursue urban renewal without displacing residents, while calling on Nigerians to return to God and embrace h... Read More


EDITORIAL: There should never again be a coup in Nigeria

Nigeria, Nov. 3 -- A report early this month from the Military High Command that 16 officers were arrested over issues of indiscipline and breach of service regulations is not as trivial or innocuous ... Read More


Group demands release of student arrested for criticising Niger governor

Nigeria, Nov. 3 -- A human rights organisation, Hope Behind Bars Africa, has demanded the immediate release of Isah Mokwa, a student activist at Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University (IBBU), Lapai, Ni... Read More


Reversal of pardon list as fruit of public activism, By Dakuku Peterside

Nigeria, Nov. 3 -- Public activism is often dismissed as noise - hashtags that flare and fade, marches that make the evening news and then dissolve. But when citizens stay with the work beyond the fir... Read More


Independent and unaccountable: A new code for Nigeria's judiciary, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

Nigeria, Nov. 3 -- Among the doctrines that underpin the legal process in Nigeria, few are as profound and pervasive as judicial independence, but no doctrine in the ecosystem of the law rivals its el... Read More


$32.8 million Fine Dispute: Meta settles with Nigerian govt out of court

Nigeria, Nov. 3 -- Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has settled out of court its dispute with the Nigerian government over a $32.8 million data violation fine lingering si... Read More


NPFL: Finidi praises Rivers United's "outstanding performance" against Nasarawa United

Nigeria, Nov. 3 -- Home victories can often be the difference between momentum and misery in a league as unforgiving and relentless as the Nigeria Premier Football League. On Sunday in Port Harcourt,... Read More