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Bello's Trial: Witness spotlights funds transfers, cash withdrawals on Kogi LGs', Govt House's accounts

Nigeria, Feb. 12 -- The FCT High Court in Abuja heard from a witness on Wednesday details of slews of transfers from the accounts of some local governments in Kogi State to the accounts of multiple co... Read More


Experts call for urgent action as displacement, conflict widen gaps in Nigeria's cancer care

Nigeria, Feb. 11 -- Health experts have warned that millions of Nigerians displaced by conflict and insecurity are being denied access to cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment. They said violenc... Read More


Money bouquets, spa dates, Lagos getaways top Nigerians' Valentine searches - Google

Nigeria, Feb. 11 -- Google says Valentine's Day celebrations in Nigeria are taking on a more expressive and experience-led tone in 2026. They say Search data show that Nigerians are moving away from ... Read More


Two burnt to death, eight injured as minibus overturns, explodes in Lagos

Nigeria, Feb. 11 -- Two persons were burnt to death on Tuesday after a commercial minibus overturned and burst into flames along the Balogun inward corridor toward Mile 2 in the Okota area of Isolo, L... Read More


ANALYSIS: What AU must do to resolve Somaliland controversy

Nigeria, Feb. 11 -- Israel's December 2025 recognition of Somaliland, a secessionist northern part of Somalia, set off a series of political and diplomatic shockwaves in the Horn of Africa and the Ara... Read More


Cambridge University to repatriate looted artefacts to Nigeria

Nigeria, Feb. 11 -- More than 200 artefacts looted from Nigeria by the British military in the 19th century are set to be returned. The Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (MA... Read More


I make films for people who can think' - Kunle Afolayan to 'Anikulapo' critics

Nigeria, Feb. 11 -- Filmmaker Kunle Afolayan has taken time to school the critics of his latest film project, 'Anikulapo: The Ghoul Awakens'. Released on Netflix in January, the five-part series star... Read More


Renowned scholar Biodun Jeyifo dies at 80

Nigeria, Feb. 11 -- Professor Emeritus Biodun Jeyifo, a Nigerian academic and literary critic widely regarded as one of the foremost scholars of Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka, has died. He was 80. The ... Read More


Fubara calls Wike 'my Oga,' vows to complete project conceived by minister

Nigeria, Feb. 11 -- Governor Siminalayi Fubara, on Tuesday, publicly addressed his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, as "my Oga" for the first time since the recent conciliatory meeting brokered by President ... Read More


Three years after launch, Nigeria's N68.3m DPI tool yet to curb cattle rustling

Nigeria, Feb. 11 -- It has already been two years, and Hashimu Yahaya still counts his losses. The young herder recalls the day when armed men invaded his home in Rudwang, a small Fulani settlement i... Read More