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A health agreement that reframes US-Nigeria cooperation, By Chinedu Moghalu

Nigeria, Dec. 23 -- At a time when global attention is fixed on migration, visa restrictions, border controls, and the language of exclusion, Nigeria has concluded a bilateral health agreement with th... Read More


Police arrest FIJ journalist after reportedly using wife, infant as bait

Nigeria, Dec. 23 -- Some police officers attached to the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Monitoring Unit, Lagos Annex, on Monday, arrested a journalist with the Foundation for Investigative Journali... Read More


Oluwatosin Ajayi, IPI and a new tone for press freedom, By Abdullahi M Gulloma

Nigeria, Dec. 23 -- The relationship between those who guard the state and those who tell its story has always been delicate. One watches for threats in the shadows; the other shines light into public... Read More


AFCON 2025: South Africa make bright start as Zambia escape Mali defeat

Nigeria, Dec. 23 -- South Africa began their Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Morocco 2025 campaign on a positive note, winning 2-1 against Angola, while Zambia scored deep into stoppage time to force a ... Read More


Health workers' strike disrupts services across public hospitals

Nigeria, Dec. 23 -- Fortune Eromonsele, Zainab Adewale and Oluwakemi Adelagun Public hospitals across Nigeria have recorded widespread disruptions in healthcare services following the continued natio... Read More


Oyedele dismisses claims on Nigeria's tax laws

Nigeria, Dec. 23 -- The chairman of the Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee, Taiwo Oyedele, has rejected claims that Nigeria's newly enacted tax reform laws were altered after their p... Read More


Relief, tears as Niger State receives rescued Papiri schoolchildren

Nigeria, Dec. 23 -- When the buses rolled into the Government House in Minna on Monday, silence briefly settled over the compound. Then came tears, prayers and embraces. The remaining 130 schoolchild... Read More


Akpoti-Uduaghan's Suspension: Akpabio asks Supreme Court to intervene in Appeal Court's hearing

Nigeria, Dec. 23 -- Senate President Godswill Akpabio has filed an appeal at the Supreme Court to challenge a Court of Appeal ruling in a case that centres on the suspension of Kogi Central Senator Na... Read More


EXCLUSIVE: Two suspected ISWAP terrorists arrested in Lagos

Nigeria, Dec. 22 -- Two suspected fighters of Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) were arrested in Lagos State on Sunday, 21 December, PREMIUM TIMES can report. The suspects-Modu Gana and Ibra... Read More


'Don't withdraw my movie' - Ini Edo begs NFVCB

Nigeria, Dec. 22 -- Actress and filmmaker Ini Edo has appealed to the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), and the general public to refrain from ... Read More