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INTERVIEW: I wanted to become Nigeria's first men's 100m Commonwealth champion, says Kayinsola Ajayi

Nigeria, Aug. 2 -- Kayinsola Ajayi added another milestone to his remarkable 2026 season by winning a bronze medal in the men's 100m at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. The medal made him the first ... Read More


Nwabali returns in style, wins man-of-the-match, after eight-month absence

Nigeria, Aug. 2 -- Super Eagles goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali marked his return to competitive football in emphatic fashion, earning the Man of the Match award as Chippa United held Golden Arrows to a go... Read More


Juju singer, St Janet, is dead

Nigeria, Aug. 2 -- Popular Juju and Highlife musician Janet "St. Janet" Ajilore is dead. Nigerian gospel juju-tungba musician, composer and songwriter Akinola "Alayo Melody Singer" Michael broke the ... Read More


Glasgow 2026: Nigeria adds two silvers as relay team, Usoro shine on penultimate day

Nigeria, Aug. 2 -- Team Nigeria continued its impressive athletics campaign at the 2026 Commonwealth Games on Saturday, winning two silver medals through long jumper Ruth Usoro and the men's 4x100m re... Read More


UPDATED: Glasgow 2026: Usoro wins silver as relay quartet settles for bronze after appeal drama

Nigeria, Aug. 2 -- Team Nigeria continued its impressive athletics campaign at the 2026 Commonwealth Games on Saturday, with Ruth Usoro winning silver in the women's long jump, while the men's 4x100m ... Read More


The Ogori: Indigenous timekeeping, economic order and the new year, By Petra Akinti Onyegbule

Nigeria, Aug. 2 -- As Ogori prepares to celebrate its New Year on Thursday, 6 August, the second Ebina, this article examines the indigenous four-day calendar through which generations of our people h... Read More


Atiku hits back at Obasanjo, says 'I chose Nigeria, democracy over personal loyalty'

Nigeria, Aug. 2 -- Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has accused former President Olusegun Obasanjo of allowing personal resentment to distort the history of their eight-year administration, saying... Read More


Those around Tinubu are hiding Nigerians' hardship from him, Onaiyekan says after meeting with president

Nigeria, Aug. 2 -- Archbishop Emeritus of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja, John Onaiyekan, has recounted how President Bola Tinubu argued with a delegation of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nig... Read More


The fake DG saga holds a mirror to all of us, By Akin Fadeyi

Nigeria, Aug. 2 -- A man got tired of his wife's alleged belligerent behaviour. She was never "available" and whenever she chose to be, she was always passive. Her love was dramatised for optics and h... Read More


US issues fresh warning to its citizens in Middle East

Nigeria, Aug. 2 -- The US State Department has once again issued a travel advisory, warning its citizens against travelling to the Middle East and those already in the region to "consider departing, o... Read More