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Cement price hikes lift Dangote Cement's annual profit twofold to N1 trillion

Nigeria, March 1 -- Dangote Cement posted a twofold leap in net profit for 2025, compared to the preceding year, despite a decline in its trade volume as the industrial powerhouse capitalised on hikes... Read More


ANALYSIS: How US-Israel war with Iran may affect Nigeria

Nigeria, March 1 -- As the United States and Israel escalate military action against Iran, analysts warn that the consequences could extend far beyond the Middle East - with implications for global oi... Read More


For Comrade Biodun Jeyifo (BJ); for Nigeria, By Chido Onumah

Nigeria, March 1 -- Comrade Biodun Jeyifo (BJ), who will be interred on Wednesday, 4 March, in Ibadan, Oyo State, was a man of many distinguished parts: First class student, professor emeritus of Engl... Read More


US/Israel-Iran war: Dubai airport damaged, four injured

Nigeria, March 1 -- Dubai's major international airport was damaged following attacks from Iranian missiles targeting US interests, authorities in Dubai confirmed on Sunday. According to the Dubai Me... Read More


Cameroon 1-0 Nigeria: Indomitable Lionesses edge Super Falcons in WAFCON warm-up clash

Nigeria, March 1 -- Cameroon's Indomitable Lionesses struck at the death to hand Nigeria's Super Falcons a 1-0 defeat in the first of their two scheduled international friendly matches in Yaounde on S... Read More


85 Iranian schoolgirls now reported dead in US/Israeli missile attack

Nigeria, March 1 -- The death toll from a US and Israeli strike on an Iranian girls' elementary school has now risen to 85, according to local media. Al Jazeera quotes a report by Iran's semiofficial... Read More


Nigeria calls for restraint, dialogue as US/Israel war with Iran continues

Nigeria, March 1 -- The Nigerian government has called for restraint and a return to negotiation as US and Israel continue their war with Iran. In a statement on Saturday night, the Ministry of Forei... Read More


Gospel singer Taiwo Adegbodu is dead

Nigeria, March 1 -- Nigerian gospel singer Taiwo Adegbodu has died. He's one half of the celebrated gospel music duo, the Adegbodu Twins. News of his death broke on Sunday morning and was confirmed ... Read More


Islamism and jihadi terrorism in Northern Nigeria, By Majeed Dahiru

Nigeria, March 1 -- For a region that has been plagued by terror groups ranging from the Mai Taisine riotous sect in the 1980s to Boko Haram insurgents in the 2000s, the emergence of a new Islamist gr... Read More


201 people killed, 747 injured as US/Israel war on Iran continues

Nigeria, March 1 -- At least 201 people have been killed in US and Israeli strikes on Iran, Iran's Red Crescent Society has said. The Red Crescent, a health organisation similar to the Red Cross, dis... Read More