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FIFA Ranking: Super Eagles plunge to 30th, drop to Africa's sixth

Nigeria, Oct. 7 -- The Super Eagles have suffered a significant setback in the latest FIFA Men's World Ranking, dropping four places to 30th in the world following a disappointing September internatio... Read More


NDC faults Zamfara governor's Ethiopia trip after deadly attack

Nigeria, Oct. 7 -- The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) in Zamfara State has criticised Governor Dauda Lawal for travelling to Ethiopia after a deadly attack in Bindin, Maru Local Government Area. R... Read More


NAF Plane Crash: Newlywed loses husband 20 years after father died in NAF air crash

Nigeria, Oct. 7 -- Twenty years after Flight Lieutenant Damilola Adekunle lost her father in a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) plane crash, her newlywed husband died in Monday's crash of another NAF plane. ... Read More


Atiku's production subsidy: Has politics overtaken economics?, By Kayode Oladele

Nigeria, Oct. 7 -- Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President of Nigeria and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, (ADC), has returned to the centre of Nigeria's economic debate... Read More


Edo varsity lecturer dies after hotel encounter with sex worker

Nigeria, Oct. 7 -- A senior lecturer at the Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, Edo State, Matthew Uwuigbe, has died after allegedly collapsing in a hotel room following an encounter with a 21-year... Read More


African groups seek international tribunal for corporate abuses in Niger Delta

Nigeria, Oct. 7 -- African civil society organisations (CSOs) have cited the decades-long environmental devastation in Nigeria's Niger Delta as part of the evidence underpinning their call for an inte... Read More


Plateau develops five-year plan as HIV donor funding declines

Nigeria, Oct. 7 -- The Plateau State Government and health stakeholders are developing a five-year transition plan to sustain HIV prevention, treatment and care as international donor funding for HIV ... Read More


Governor's critic transferred to prison after SSS arraignment

Nigeria, Oct. 7 -- A media activist, Abdulkarim Allanana, popularly known as Oscar Keana, has been transferred from the Lafia Custodial Centre to the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Nasarawa State... Read More


2027: INEC's major challenge is procurement transparency, not funding - PLAC

Nigeria, Oct. 7 -- The Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC) has identified transparency in the management of funds and procurement of election materials as a major challenge for the Independent Nat... Read More


Passenger dies aboard Kenya Airways flight from Nairobi to Lagos

Nigeria, Oct. 7 -- A passenger has died aboard a Kenya Airways flight from Nairobi to Lagos after becoming unresponsive about 20 minutes before the aircraft landed at the Murtala Muhammed Internationa... Read More