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More details emerge as Niger school abductees regain freedom

Nigeria, Dec. 22 -- Additional details have emerged about the students and staff of St Mary's Catholic School, Papiri, Niger State, who regained their freedom on Sunday, one month after they were abdu... Read More


EDITORIAL: Arresting defiance to Tinubu's police withdrawal order

Nigeria, Dec. 22 -- Designs to negate the recent presidential directive that police officers attached to very important personalities (VIPs) as security details should be withdrawn with immediate effe... Read More


FIFA Ranking: Super Eagles end 2025 in 38th spot

Nigeria, Dec. 22 -- Nigeria's Super Eagles closed the 2025 football calendar ranked 38th in the latest FIFA/Coca-Cola Men's World Ranking, a modest finish that places them among the world's top 40 but... Read More


Dangotequake and other quakes, By Wole Olaoye

Nigeria, Dec. 22 -- I was going to launch a campaign for President Tinubu to sack the minister of petroleum until I remembered that the petroleum portfolio is firmly under the belt of the selfsame Exc... Read More


Nigeria Air Force 'compensates' victims of Sokoto accidental airstrike

Nigeria, Dec. 22 -- The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says it has compensated the victims and families affected by the 25 December 2024 accidental airstrike on Sokoto villages. The air force disclosed thi... Read More


Catholic Diocese speaks on release of abducted Niger students

Nigeria, Dec. 22 -- The Catholic Diocese of Kontagora, which owns St Mary's Catholic School, Papiri, Niger State, has confirmed the release of a second batch of people abducted from the school on 21 N... Read More


Celebrating Toyin Falola: the father of African Ancestral Studies, By Samson O. Ijaola

Nigeria, Dec. 22 -- Professor Toyin Falola is an enigma within African scholarship who holds an uncommon position within the academic community. As one of the architects of Africa's new intellectual, ... Read More


Trump recalls US ambassadors from Nigeria, 29 other countries

Nigeria, Dec. 22 -- The United States President, Donald Trump, has recalled nearly 30 career diplomats from ambassadorial and other senior embassy postings, including Nigeria, in a move aimed at resha... Read More


Tinubu commends SSS DG Ajayi over IPI press freedom award

Nigeria, Dec. 22 -- President Bola Tinubu on Sunday congratulated the Director-General of the State Security Service (SSS), Oluwatosin Ajayi, on his recognition as a champion of press freedom by the N... Read More


AFCON 2025: Morocco beat Comoros 2-0 in opening match

Nigeria, Dec. 22 -- Hosts Morocco started their Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2025 campaign with a comfortable 2-0 victory over Comoros on Sunday night at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat. ... Read More