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Nigeria's scholarship beneficiaries write minister over non-disbursement of 2025 funds

Nigeria, Jan. 4 -- Beneficiaries of the Nigerian government's National Award Scholarship have written to the Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, seeking payment for the 2025 academic year. In a lett... Read More


Resident doctors to resume indefinite strike on 12 January

Nigeria, Jan. 4 -- The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has announced plans to resume its Total, Indefinite and Complete Strike (TICS 2.0) from 12 January, citing the federal government... Read More


Kwankwaso speaks on joining opposition coalition, Governor Yusuf's planned defection

Nigeria, Jan. 4 -- Former Kano State Governor and leader of the New Nigeria People's Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, has confirmed that discussions are underway with key opposition figures to join the ... Read More


DOWNLOAD: Certified True Copies of Nigeria's new Tax Laws

Nigeria, Jan. 4 -- Nigeria commenced the implementation of its new tax laws on 1 January. The laws, among others, make taxation progressive, with the lowest earners being ineligible to pay taxes. The ... Read More


AFCON 2025: Senegal book first quarter-final ticket with comeback win over Sudan

Nigeria, Jan. 4 -- Senegal became the first team to reach the quarter-finals of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations on Saturday after fighting back from an early setback to defeat Sudan 3-1 in Tangier, Mor... Read More


Kemi Adeosun attempts to mislead public again on NYSC certificate scandal

Nigeria, Jan. 3 -- Former Minister of Finance Kemi Adeosun has again attempted to mislead the public regarding the certificate forgery scandal that led to her resignation in 2018. In an interview wit... Read More


EXCLUSIVE: Islamic cleric detained over alleged link to coup plot against President Tinubu

Nigeria, Jan. 3 -- A prominent Zaria-based Islamic scholar, Sani Khalifa, has been held in detention for 23 days over his alleged link to a coup plot against President Bola Tinubu. Multiple sources f... Read More


Why AFCON 2025 has the football world watching again

Nigeria, Jan. 3 -- The Africa Cup of Nations has once again reminded the football world why when AFCON comes around, everything else takes a back seat. From raw emotion and improbable storylines to g... Read More


Yilwatda declares Fubara leader of APC in Rivers, gives condition for support in 2027

Nigeria, Jan. 3 -- The National Chairperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nentawe Yilwatda, has declared Governor Siminalayi Fubara as the leader of the party in Rivers State. Mr Yilwatda, ... Read More


The politics, tragedies, urbanisation drives that put Lagos in spotlight in 2025

Nigeria, Jan. 3 -- Lagos State remains Nigeria's most diverse and cosmopolitan city, with many positives and negatives, including being economically ambitious, administratively assertive, yet persiste... Read More