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University suspends professor stripped over attempted sexual assault

Nigeria, Aug. 25 -- The management of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU), Awka, in Anambra State, has suspended a lecturer in the institution's Department of Chinese Studies, Ifeanyi Odinye, for violatin... Read More


Africa largest beneficiary of GEF funding - Official

Nigeria, Aug. 25 -- The Global Environment Facility (GEF), a family of funds supporting environmental action globally, says African countries are the largest beneficiaries of its funding for sustainab... Read More


Oyo govt accuses FG of intentionally excluding Makinde from federal road project launch

Nigeria, Aug. 25 -- The Oyo State Government has accused the federal government of deliberately excluding Governor Seyi Makinde from the launching of the reconstruction and dualisation of the Ibadan-I... Read More


Sultan Sa'ad Abubakar III at 70: The authority of restraint, By Samuel Aruwan

Nigeria, Aug. 25 -- There are leaders who enter a room determined to be heard, and there are leaders whose presence settles the room before they have spoken. His Eminence, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji... Read More


Shina Philips backs Nigerian football to bounce back from recent setbacks

Nigeria, Aug. 25 -- President of the Nigeria Pitch Awards, Shina Philips, has expressed confidence that Nigerian football will recover from its recent setbacks and regain its place among Africa's lead... Read More


Osun gets new police commissioner

Nigeria, Aug. 25 -- The Nigeria Police Force has redeployed Osun State's Commissioner of Police Ibrahim Gotan from the state Command and appointed Ibrahim Zungura to replace him. The development come... Read More


Otedola buys 95.7 million First HoldCo shares, moves stake up 27.7%

Nigeria, Aug. 24 -- Femi Otedola, the chairman of First HoldCo Plc, acquired 95.7 million new shares in the banking group, taking his stake in the company to 27.70 per cent. In a regulatory filing si... Read More


Osun constitutes committee to disburse N500m fund to election violence victims

Nigeria, Aug. 24 -- The Osun State Government has constituted a 10-member committee to verify victims of election-related violence and oversee the disbursement of the N500 million endowment fund promi... Read More


Woman who died at Umahi's residence buried amid autopsy dispute

Nigeria, Aug. 24 -- Mary Habila, a nurse who died under controversial circumstances at the Ebonyi State residence of the Minister of Works, David Umahi, has been buried by her family, despite a disput... Read More


Peter Obi speaks on Tinubu, Atiku's academic records at 2027 campaign flag-off

Nigeria, Aug. 24 -- The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has asked Nigerians to take advantage of the 2027 campaign period to examine each candidate's academ... Read More