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FEATURE | Ahmed Sulaimon: A law student dreams to become world champion in boxing

Nigeria, April 25 -- As a young pugilist, Ahmed Sulaimon has a lofty dream of gracing the world stage and securing some of the most prestigious titles in his boxing career. What is life without dreams... Read More


Flights diverted as fire breaks out at Murtala Muhammed Airport Lagos

Nigeria, April 25 -- Following a fire incident at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, the Federal Airport Authority said it had diverted all flight operations from the Airport Terminal 1 to the D wing of th... Read More


118 inmates escape from Suleja correctional centre as heavy rainfall wreck havoc in Niger

Nigeria, April 25 -- No fewer than 118 inmates have escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Suleja, Niger state, the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) has confirmed. The Informant247 gat... Read More


NPFL: Kwara United fined N6m for lying to get match rescheduled, disrupting live broadcast

Nigeria, April 25 -- For providing false information that led to a fixture adjustment, disrupting the live television broadcast schedule of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) Matchday 31,... Read More


Special Report | Struggling against the tide: In Kwara, recurrent flooding is shattering livelihoods, threatening food security

Nigeria, April 25 -- By: Sukari Mohammed Residents of Lanle village in Pategi Local Government Area are predominantly rice farmers. Their forebearers cultivated the land and reaped bountiful harvests... Read More


Rivers crisis: Wike's loyalist rejects Fubara's redeployment, resigns as state commissioner

Nigeria, April 24 -- By Toheeb Omotayo Prof. Zaccaeus Adangor, SAN, the Rivers State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice and a staunch supporter of the Minister of Federal Capital Territory... Read More


Multichoice announces increase in price of DStv, GOtv packages four months after its last increment

Nigeria, April 24 -- South Africa-owned broadcasting company Multichoice, on Wednesday, announced an increase in the prices of its offerings in Nigeria four months after its last increment. According... Read More


1.94 million students sat for 2024 UTME, says JAMB Registrar Oloyede

Nigeria, April 24 -- No fewer than 1.94 million candidates sat for the 2024 examinations in the country, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has sa... Read More


Kaduna Assembly begins probe of El-Rufai's administration, writes financial ministry for details of loans

Nigeria, April 24 -- The Kaduna State House of Assembly has written to the state's Ministry of Finance to demand the details of financial transactions under the immediate past governor Nasir El-rufai'... Read More


Special Report | Dreams deferred: The journey of a 41-year-old sickle cell patient

Nigeria, April 24 -- By: Mujeebat Adewole Ahmed Abdullah, a 41-year-old patient with sickle cell disease, shared his personal experience of living with the life-threatening illness since birth. He de... Read More