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AFCON 2025: "Don't wear the jersey if you're not ready to kill or die" - Bovi to Super Eagles

Nigeria, Jan. 15 -- Nigerian stand-up comedian and actor Bovi "Bovi" Ugboma has reacted after Nigeria's Super Eagles crashed out of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) following a semi-final defeat... Read More


Rivers lawmakers fail to reconvene week after impeachment notice on Fubara

Nigeria, Jan. 15 -- The Rivers House of Assembly failed to reconvene on Thursday, a week after adjourning a sitting at which impeachment proceedings were initiated against Governor Siminalayi Fubara a... Read More


A British war journalist's account of how January 15 changed Nigeria, ByAzu Ishiekwene

Nigeria, Jan. 15 -- Frederick Forsyth's account of the Nigerian Civil War, mainly from the Biafran lens, is perhaps one of the most riveting you would find. Yet, it is remarkably deficient in its one-... Read More


Why T.Y. Danjuma withdrew N1bn defamation case against Taraba cleric

Nigeria, Jan. 15 -- A former Chief of Defence Staff, Theophilus Danjuma, has withdrawn a N1 billion defamation suit he filed against Paul Rika and his ministry, the Holiness Revival Ministry Worldwide... Read More


Court dismisses defamation case against Akpoti-Uduaghan

Nigeria, Jan. 15 -- The FCT High Court in Abuja Abuja, on Thursday, dismissed the criminal defamation charges brought against Kogi Central senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, over her public comments ac... Read More


Tension in Akwa Ibom APC as old members claim those who joined with Eno have hijacked party

Nigeria, Jan. 15 -- Tension is building within the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom State, as its founding members accuse the new members who joined the party alongside Governor Umo Eno of... Read More


Why regulatory synergy is key to growth and investor confidence in Nigeria's petroleum sector, By Akpandem James

Nigeria, Jan. 15 -- The Nigerian oil and gas industry has frequently been in the news for various reasons. Decades before the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) was enacted in August 2021, the country's oil... Read More


Bandits kill Islamic cleric in Kaduna

Nigeria, Jan. 15 -- Suspected bandits killed an Islamic cleric on Wednesday in Layin Danauta, Kuyello Ward, in the Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Residents, who shared a gory ima... Read More


ANALYSIS: What Trump's new US National Security Strategy means for Africa

Nigeria, Jan. 15 -- In November 2025, the United States (US) released its new National Security Strategy describing how the country intends to protect its 'core national interests.' These interests n... Read More


A morning of carnage, By Femi Fani-Kayode

Nigeria, Jan. 15 -- Sixty years ago, in the early hours of the morning of 15th January 1966, a coup d'etat took place in Nigeria, which resulted in the murder of a number of leading political figures ... Read More