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Presidency berates Onaiyekan over bishops' meeting with Tinubu, says he abused clerical privilege

Nigeria, Aug. 2 -- The Presidency has berated the Archbishop Emeritus of Catholic Diocese of Abuja, John Onaiyekan, cardinal, for revealing what transpired during Thursday's closed-door meeting betwee... Read More


INTERVIEW: Rafiat Lawal opens up on title defence, Olympic ambitions and Nigeria's weightlifting revival

Nigeria, Aug. 2 -- Fresh from defending her Commonwealth Games title in Glasgow, Nigerian weightlifting star Lawal reinforced her status as one of the country's most consistent athletes on the interna... Read More


2027: INEC publishes Tinubu, Atiku, Peter Obi, other candidates' certificates, supporting documents

Nigeria, Aug. 2 -- The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has published the personal particulars, academic credentials and other supporting documents submitted by presidential candidates... Read More


Glasgow 2026: Nigeria adds two silvers as relay team, Usoro shine on penultimate day

Nigeria, Aug. 2 -- Team Nigeria continued its impressive athletics campaign at the 2026 Commonwealth Games on Saturday, winning two silver medals through long jumper Ruth Usoro and the men's 4x100m re... Read More


UPDATED: Glasgow 2026: Usoro wins silver as relay quartet settles for bronze after appeal drama

Nigeria, Aug. 2 -- Team Nigeria continued its impressive athletics campaign at the 2026 Commonwealth Games on Saturday, with Ruth Usoro winning silver in the women's long jump, while the men's 4x100m ... Read More


The Ogori: Indigenous timekeeping, economic order and the new year, By Petra Akinti Onyegbule

Nigeria, Aug. 2 -- As Ogori prepares to celebrate its New Year on Thursday, 6 August, the second Ebina, this article examines the indigenous four-day calendar through which generations of our people h... Read More


Atiku hits back at Obasanjo, says 'I chose Nigeria, democracy over personal loyalty'

Nigeria, Aug. 2 -- Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has accused former President Olusegun Obasanjo of allowing personal resentment to distort the history of their eight-year administration, saying... Read More


Those around Tinubu are hiding Nigerians' hardship from him, Onaiyekan says after meeting with president

Nigeria, Aug. 2 -- Archbishop Emeritus of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja, John Onaiyekan, has recounted how President Bola Tinubu argued with a delegation of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nig... Read More


The fake DG saga holds a mirror to all of us, By Akin Fadeyi

Nigeria, Aug. 2 -- A man got tired of his wife's alleged belligerent behaviour. She was never "available" and whenever she chose to be, she was always passive. Her love was dramatised for optics and h... Read More


US issues fresh warning to its citizens in Middle East

Nigeria, Aug. 2 -- The US State Department has once again issued a travel advisory, warning its citizens against travelling to the Middle East and those already in the region to "consider departing, o... Read More