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BREAKING: Dangote Refinery sets minimum subscription for $1.6 billion IPO

Nigeria, Sept. 7 -- Dangote Refinery has completed the endorsement of the offer documents for its initial public offering, putting it on course to launch the $1.6 billion public equity sale, regarded ... Read More


Ex-Sierra Leone president returns home from Nigeria after treason case discontinued

Nigeria, Sept. 7 -- Former Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma has returned to his country after spending more than two years in Nigeria, following the withdrawal of criminal proceedings against ... Read More


From Wimbledon to the US Open: How Oluwaseun Ogunsakin Is Rewriting Nigeria's Tennis Story

Nigeria, Sept. 7 -- For Nigerian tennis, Wimbledon was supposed to be a breakthrough moment. Oluwaseun Peter Ogunsakin, popularly known as The Shark, is ensuring it is only the beginning. Barely two... Read More


Senator Buba, banditry and the social media mercenaries, By Yushau A. Shuaib

Nigeria, Sept. 7 -- I approach national security and intelligence operations with deliberate caution. Revealing successes too early can compromise ongoing missions; failures narrated without context c... Read More


Beyond the rule of 70: Why subsidy should never crawl back into Nigeria's economic discourse, By Gboyega Nasir Isiaka

Nigeria, Sept. 7 -- I have followed with considerable interest the continuing debate over Nigeria's economic reforms, particularly the arguments surrounding the removal of the petrol subsidy and the d... Read More


Diphtheria: Jos North steps up surveillance as Plateau intensifies response

Nigeria, Sept. 7 -- The Jos North Local Government has intensified disease surveillance and community sensitisation as health authorities work to contain a diphtheria outbreak in Plateau State. The c... Read More


Nigerian man sued for divorce by Moroccan wife accuses Gumi of abducting her

Nigeria, Sept. 7 -- A Kaduna resident, Nasiru Idris, who has been sued for divorce by his Moroccan wife, Khadija Diab, has accused Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, of abducting her. However, Mrs Idris has... Read More


Nigeria's Q2 2026 data narrative: A triumph of reforms or just recovery?, By Uddin Ifeanyi

Nigeria, Sept. 7 -- Against the backdrop provided by the incumbent government's professed ambitions for the country, the 4.43 per cent by which the economy grew on an annualised basis in the second qu... Read More


Macro to micro. who will tell the president?, By Wole Olaoye

Nigeria, Sept. 7 -- When pounded yam has lumps, you re-pound the yam to achieve the required consistency. Away from all the contrived obfuscations of contemporary economic analysis, we ought to be abl... Read More


FIFA U-20 WWC: Falconets begin title quest against Spain, Aduku demands victory

Nigeria, Sept. 7 -- Nigeria's Falconets will launch their 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup campaign on Monday when they face former champions Spain in a high-profile Group F encounter at the Stadion S... Read More