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Igoche Mark hails sports reforms, urges sustained funding, private investment

Nigeria, Feb. 18 -- A basketball promoter and founder of the Mark D' Ball Basketball Championship, Igoche Mark, has commended recent sports funding reforms announced by President Bola Tinubu, describi... Read More


"The town is empty": Broken peace with bandits drives Katsina community's residents into exile

Nigeria, Feb. 18 -- Doma A no longer looks like a town. The farms that once framed the settlement lie unattended. Compounds stand open, doors swinging in the wind. No children run through the narrow ... Read More


Nigeria and the national spirit of docility, By Ayo Akerele

Nigeria, Feb. 18 -- What causes a people to accept poverty as normal? What conditions lead citizens to surrender their rights in exchange for mere survival? Why does an entire generation yield its wil... Read More


Is Saudi Arabia entering a post-ideological phase?, By Muhammad S Balogun

Nigeria, Feb. 18 -- In the early 19th century, barely a decade after the passing of the Shaikh, Saudi-Wahhabi armies stormed the Shi'ite holy city of Karbala, massacred its inhabitants, and looted the... Read More


Police recommend prosecution of company officials over dispute on Lagos prime property

Nigeria, Feb. 18 -- The Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), Lagos, has recommended the prosecution of senior officials of Ardova Plc for the alleged forceful takeover of a prime property i... Read More


Coastal road: Lagos community fears fresh demolitions over 150m setback

Nigeria, Feb. 18 -- Community leaders in Okun Igando, a coastal settlement in Ibeju-Lekki Local Government Area of Lagos State, have raised the alarm over a proposed 150-metre setback along both sides... Read More


MTN strikes deal to acquire IHS Towers for $6.2 billion

Nigeria, Feb. 18 -- MTN Group has reached a formal understanding with IHS Towers, the long-standing provider of its tower infrastructure, regarding its proposal to acquire all the shares held by other... Read More


Mambilla Power Project Trial: Agunloye's defence lawyer evokes former AGFs' legal opinions

Nigeria, Feb. 18 -- The Mambilla power project contract award fraud trial on Tuesday shifted foc to the legal opinions sent to former Presidents Umaru Yar'Adua and Muhammadu Buhari by their respective... Read More


NIPRD trains young scientists to boost medicine security, safe antimalarials

Nigeria, Feb. 18 -- The National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD) has trained 50 young scientists as part of efforts to strengthen Nigeria's medicine security and improve ... Read More


'Release Nnamdi Kanu or return him to Kenya', Traditional ruler tells Tinubu

Nigeria, Feb. 18 -- A traditional ruler from Nigeria's South-east has asked President Bola Tinubu to release Nnamdi Kanu from prison or deport him to Kenya, from where he was renditioned to Nigeria. ... Read More