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Uyo to host 5th Agribusiness conference, organisers target investment, jobs

Nigeria, Sept. 21 -- Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, will host the 5th Agribusiness Roundtable International Conference from 25 to 28 October, with organisers expecting global investors, policymaker... Read More


Stakeholders demand review of Nigeria's investment treaties over environmental, energy transition risks

Nigeria, Sept. 21 -- Civil society organisations, host-community representatives, researchers and other stakeholders have called on the federal government to review Nigeria's bilateral investment trea... Read More


Iran considers exiting Non-Proliferation Treaty

Nigeria, Sept. 21 -- Iran has begun considering withdrawing from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which it joined in 1974. On Sunday, some Iranian legislators submitted a bill seeking to withdra... Read More


Nigerian scientist wins Schlumberger Foundation Impact Prize

Nigeria, Sept. 21 -- Edu Inam, a Nigerian scientist and professor of chemistry at the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, has won the 2026 Faculty for the Future Impact Prize of the Schlumberger Found... Read More


Police 'discipline' officers for escorting suspected cultist filmed firing gunshots from moving vehicle

Nigeria, Sept. 21 -- The police in Cross River State said they have disciplined officers seen escorting a suspected cultist who was filmed firing gunshots from a moving vehicle in Calabar. The police... Read More


Group enrolls 178 out-of-school children, empowers 60 displaced women

Nigeria, Sept. 21 -- A Christian missionary, Afri-mission and Evangelical Network, has enrolled 178 out-of-school children in Abuja as part of its efforts to bring succour to women and children displa... Read More


The August 2026 inflation numbers, By Uddin Ifeanyi

Nigeria, Sept. 21 -- Do the National Bureau of Statistics' (NBS) numbers on the economy's performance still count for much? No, if we are to take seriously the Tinubu government's spokesperson on matt... Read More


NBS' August 2026 numbers: Is inflation really trending down?, By Uddin Ifeanyi

Nigeria, Sept. 21 -- Do the National Bureau of Statistics' (NBS) numbers on the economy's performance still count for much? No, if we are to take the Tinubu government's spokesperson on matters econom... Read More


"Judge Me on a Blank Page": Poetry that defies the norm

Nigeria, Sept. 21 -- Fatai Kehinde's Judge Me on a Blank Page raises an age-long question about poetry: whether a poem must conform to a certain lyrical structure or whether it is allowed to take the ... Read More


Gift Orban shines, Bassey, Lookman impress: How Nigerian players fared abroad

Nigeria, Sept. 21 -- Nigerian players were in action across Europe's major leagues and beyond over the weekend, with Calvin Bassey, Ademola Lookman, Gift Orban, Rafiu Durosinmi and Ibrahim Olawoyin am... Read More