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Nigeria Seeks Chinese Loan for Power Grid

Nigeria Seeks $2 Billion Chinese Loan for Critical Power Grid Overhaul In a major move to address...

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Nigeria Seeks Chinese Loan for Power Grid

Nigeria Seeks $2 Billion Chinese Loan for Critical Power Grid Overhaul In a major move to address...

Fake Degree: Minister Uche Nnaji

Certificate Scandal Rocks Tinubu’s Cabinet as University Disowns Minister’s Degree A...

Nigeria-Schengen Multiple-Entry Visa Policy

Nigeria-Schengen Relations Enter New Era with Five-Year Multiple-Entry Visa Policy In a landmark...

Nigeria Police Clarify Position on Tinted Glass Permit Enforcement

Nigeria Police Clarify Position on Tinted Glass Permit Enforcement Amid Court Order Controversy In a...

Nigeria Turns to Chinese Solar

Nigeria Turns to Chinese Solar Imports in Bid to Tackle Mounting Energy Crisis ABUJA – Nigeria is...

Nigeria Enters New Space Age with Astronaut Selection

Nigeria Enters New Space Age with Groundbreaking Democratic Astronaut Selection ABUJA – Nigeria has...

Governor Fubara Sacks Commissioners

Rivers State in Political Turmoil as Governor Fubara Sacks Commissioners Following Supreme Court...

Nigerian Court Orders Universities to Suspend Admissions

Nigerian Court Orders UNILAG, OAU to Suspend 2025/2026 Admissions in Landmark Ruling LAGOS – In a...

Security Guard Faces Trial for Alleged Kidnapping of Employer’s Son

Lagos Security Guard Faces Trial for Alleged Kidnapping of Employer’s Son in Betrayal of Trust...

Motorcyclist Dies in Police Custody Amid Torture Allegations

Motorcyclist Dies in Police Custody Amid Torture Allegations in Ogun State A tragic incident...

Forces Arrest Two Suspected Kidnappers

Nasarawa Security Forces Arrest Two Suspected Kidnappers Terrorizing Local Communities Security...

South Africa and Nigeria Poised for Financial Milestone

South Africa and Nigeria Poised for Financial Milestone With Expected Exit From FATF Grey List In a...

Confidence Has Become Nigeria’s Most Valuable Currency

Why Confidence Has Become Nigeria’s Most Valuable Currency in Turbulent Economic Times LAGOS –...

Global Silence Greets Nigeria’s Christian Massacres

Global Silence Greets Nigeria’s Christian Massacres Amid Accusations of Media Bias ABUJA – A...

65 Years of Independence in Nigeria

At 65, Nigeria Navigates an Ocean of Uncertainty Amid Multiple Crises ABUJA – As Africa’s most...

CAC and SMEDAN Launch Groundbreaking Free Registration Initiative

CAC and SMEDAN Launch Groundbreaking Free Registration Initiative for 250,000 MSMEs Nationwide In a...

Court Rejects Nnamdi Kanu’s No-Case Submission

Court Rejects Nnamdi Kanu’s No-Case Submission, Orders IPOB Leader to Enter Defense In a...

Dangote Refinery Faces Backlash as it Sacks Nigerian Workers

Dangote Refinery Faces Backlash as it Sacks Nigerian Workers, Allegedly Replaces Them with Indian...

Nationwide Blackout Looms as Nigerian Electricity Workers Commence Indefinite Strike

Nationwide Blackout Looms as Nigerian Electricity Workers Commence Indefinite Strike Nigeria is...

Nigeria Customs Service Recruitment

Nigeria Customs Service Reschedules Superintendent Pre-Test Following Technical Glitches The Nigeria...

Mo Ibrahim Foundation Leadership Fellowship 2026 Opens Doors

Shaping Africa’s Future: Mo Ibrahim Foundation Leadership Fellowship 2026 Opens Doors for...

Explosive Allegations Resurface: Major General Sarham Accuses Wike

Explosive Allegations Resurface: Major General Sarham Accuses Wike of Multi-Billion Naira Bribe to...

Awujale Succession Battle Divides Kingmakers and Families

Royal Crisis in Ogun as Awujale Succession Battle Divides Kingmakers and Families ABEOKUTA, Nigeria...

Nigeria Appoints NNPC Trading Boss Maryamu Idris as OPEC National Representative

Nigeria Appoints NNPC Trading Boss Maryamu Idris as OPEC National Representative in Strategic Move...

Peter Obi Sounds Alarm: Declares Nigeria a “Typical Example of Where Democracy is Dying”

Peter Obi Sounds Alarm: Declares Nigeria a “Typical Example of Where Democracy is Dying”...

Air Peace Soars with Ambitious MRO Project, Pledging 50,000 Jobs and Aviation Hub Status for Nigeria

Air Peace Soars with Ambitious MRO Project, Pledging 50,000 Jobs and Aviation Hub Status for Nigeria...

Nigeria’s Financial Regime Upended: DSS Arrests Former Central Bank Governor Godwin Emefiele

Nigeria’s Financial Regime Upended: DSS Arrests Former Central Bank Governor Godwin Emefiele...

A Peaceful Transition: Outgoing Rivers Administrator Iboroma Bows Out, Hands Over to Governor Fubara

A Peaceful Transition: Outgoing Rivers Administrator Iboroma Bows Out, Hands Over to Governor Fubara...

Tragedy in Lagos: Seven Killed in Devastating Building Fire, Igniting Fresh Calls for Urban Safety Reform

Tragedy in Lagos: Seven Killed in Devastating Building Fire, Igniting Fresh Calls for Urban Safety...

FG Predicts Fresh Flooding in Lagos, 13 Other States as Rainy Season Intensifies

FG Predicts Fresh Flooding in Lagos, 13 Other States as Rainy Season Intensifies ABUJA, Nigeria –...

EFCC Links ‘Yahoo Boys’ to Worsening Visa Restrictions for Nigerians Abroad

EFCC Links ‘Yahoo Boys’ to Worsening Visa Restrictions for Nigerians Abroad LAGOS...