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The sixth floor and reminiscences of time past, By Uddin Ifeanyi

Nigeria, Aug. 4 -- The "6th Floor" is how current usage describes it. And I can only imagine that the association with the upward movement of the lift in many modern high-rise buildings is intended. I... Read More


Popular Catholic priest weighs in on Soludo-Peter Obi verbal war on single term

Nigeria, Aug. 4 -- A popular Nigerian Catholic priest, John Oluoma, has defended Peter Obi's single four-year term pledge amid a war of words between Mr Obi and Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra Stat... Read More


Ex-commissioner emerges vice-chancellor of Nigerian university

Nigeria, Aug. 4 -- Simon Ortuanya, a former commissioner education in Enugu State, has been appointed as the 16th substantive vice-chancellor of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN). The spokesper... Read More


"Mission V Accomplished": Peter Obi congratulates D'Tigress on historic fifth consecutive AfroBasket title

Nigeria, Aug. 4 -- Former Governor of Anambra State and 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has extended warm congratulations to Nigeria's women's basketball team, D'Tigress, for thei... Read More


NLC accuses FG of targeting strike actions in new labour policy

Nigeria, Aug. 4 -- The Nigeria Labour Congress has condemned the federal government's new National Industrial Relations Policy, accusing it of seeking to suppress workers' rights to protest through st... Read More


Government urges evacuation from high-risk areas as floods ravage Niger communities

Nigeria, Aug. 4 -- Severe flooding has struck parts of Niger State, destroying farmlands in Kafin Koro, Paikoro Local Government Area, and submerging at least 18 communities in the Lapai Local Governm... Read More


NHRC calls on Niger governor reverse closure of independent radio

Nigeria, Aug. 4 -- The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Sunday called on Niger State Governor Umar Bago to unseal an independent media outlet, Badeggi FM Radio he ordered to be shut down. P... Read More


UPDATED: Nigeria's D'Tigress crowned AfroBasket Champions again, clinch fifth consecutive title

Nigeria, Aug. 4 -- Nigeria women's basketball team, D'Tigress, extended their remarkable reign on the continent by defeating Mali 78-64 in the final of the 2025 FIBA Women's AfroBasket Championship, c... Read More


Nigeria's D'Tigress crowned AfroBasket Champions again, clinch fifth consecutive title

Nigeria, Aug. 4 -- Nigeria's women's basketball team, D'Tigress, extended their remarkable reign on the continent by defeating Mali 78-64 in the final of the 2025 FIBA Women's AfroBasket Championship ... Read More


Egypt tops medal table at Africa Youth Table Tennis Championships

Nigeria, Aug. 4 -- At the Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall inside Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos, the continent's brightest young talents battled across singles and doubles disciplines. But when the dust sett... Read More