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Nigeria, India To Synergise On Stronger Trade and Investment Ties
Nigeria and India are looking to turn decades of diplomatic friendship into deeper economic cooperation, with trade, investment and private-sector partnerships taking centre stage.
Nigeria’s High Commissioner to India, Saidu Dahiru...
DHQ Debunks AI-Generated Video Targeting Defence Chief
Artificial intelligence is increasingly becoming a tool for disinformation, and Nigeria’s military has now been forced to counter a fabricated video allegedly showing the Chief of Defence Staff, General Olufemi Oluyede, making partisan...
NCDMB Pushes Pan-African Local Content Alliance For Stronger Oil, Gas Industry
Africa’s oil and gas wealth could deliver greater economic benefits if countries move beyond operating within their individual markets and begin sharing skills, businesses and industrial capacity.
That was the...
TCN Unveils Digital Platform To Track Grid Outages, Cut Transmission Losses
For a power system where outage data can take days to compile, the ability to see what is happening across the transmission network in minutes could change how Nigeria...
Beyond the Boardroom: How Food Is Giving Nigeria-China Relations A New Flavour
Princess-Ekwi Ajide
Before the speeches, there was food. Before the diplomacy, there was a table.
In Abuja on Thursday, Nigeria and China marked 55 years of diplomatic relations in a...
Catholic Bishops Condemn Mosque Attack, Demand Action On Insecurity
When violence strikes a mosque, church or home, the victim is first and foremost a human being.
That is the message from the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) as it condemned...
Subsidy Removal: Nigerians Cannot Be Asked To Pay For Policy Failures
By Comrade Ibrahim M. Zikirullahi
The Executive Director, Resource Centre For Human Rights & Civic Education (CHRICED) Comrade Ibrahim M. Zikirullahi, in this rejoinder to Ben Murray-Bruce’s “Mass Transit Policy”...
CISLAC Warns Against Weaponising Religion Ahead Of 2027 Elections
With the 2027 elections around the corner, the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has warned that turning religion into an electoral weapon could deepen division and weaken Nigeria’s democratic process.
In...
FG Targets Sustainable Power For Health Facilities By 2027
Reliable electricity is becoming a matter of life and death in Nigeria’s health facilities, where power failures can disrupt oxygen supply, vaccine storage, surgeries and newborn care.
For this, the Federal Government...
CAPPA Demands Legislative Records Over Controversial Tobacco Control Bill
Questions over how controversial provisions entered Nigeria’s proposed tobacco-control law have pushed a civil society group to demand a full paper trail from the National Assembly.
Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa...
Troops Foil Abduction Attempt, Rescue 14 In Zamfara
Fourteen kidnapped victims have been rescued after troops foiled an attempted abduction in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
Troops of Sector 2, Operation FANSAN YAMMA, acted on credible intelligence about suspicious...
Country Music Icon, Dolly Parton, Dies At 80
For six decades, Dolly Parton turned songs about love, hardship and everyday life into a global soundtrack, while using her fame to give back.
The country music icon has died at 80
Parton died...
CAF Opens Tender For 2027 AFCON Sub-Saharan Media Rights
With the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations expected to draw huge audiences across the continent, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has opened bidding for media rights to the tournament in...
More Than Half Of African Youth Consider Emigration, Survey Finds
For many young Africans, migration is less about abandoning home than searching for opportunities they feel are missing.
A new Afrobarometer survey shows that 55% of young people aged 18 to...
Federal Government Declares Public Holiday For Eid-ul-Mawlid
The Federal Government has declared a public holiday to mark this year’s Eid-ul-Mawlid, the celebration of the birth of Prophet Muhammad.
Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, announced the holiday on behalf of the Federal...
Amasiri Gets Fresh Hope As Enya Ogbonnia Returns As Development Centre Coordinator
Amasiri is looking towards a new chapter of grassroots leadership following the reinstatement and swearing-in of Baron Enya Ogbonnia as Coordinator of the Amasiri Development Centre.
Ogbonnia was among...
Kaduna Police Rescue 75 Kidnap Victims In Birnin Gwari
Seventy-five kidnapped men, women and children have been rescued unhurt by the Kaduna State Police Command after armed men abducted them near Birnin Gwari.
The victims, identified as Fulani travellers, were kidnapped...
Soludo Backs Iloenyosi For South-East NFF Board Seat
Anambra Governor Chukwuma Soludo has endorsed the bid of Anambra State Football Association chairman, Chief Chikelue Iloenyosi, for the South-East seat on the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Executive Committee.
Soludo said Iloenyosi’s experience...
Troops Rescue Six Kidnap Victims, Recover N800,000 In Katsina
Six kidnap victims have been rescued after troops of Operation FANSAN YAMMA confronted terrorists who intercepted their vehicle along the Dandume–Sheme Road in Katsina State.
The victims were rescued unharmed after troops...
Police Neutralise Six Terrorists, Rescue Kidnap Victims In Fresh Nationwide Operations
The police have recorded fresh operational gains across several states, including the neutralisation of six suspected terrorists in Anambra, the rescue of three kidnapped victims in Kaduna and the...
3,625 Candidates Sit FCT Science, Technical Schools Placement Exam
For thousands of young people seeking a future in science and technology, admission into one of the FCT’s specialised schools could be the first step towards careers in medicine, engineering and...
Ufomba Re-elected FCTA Chapel Chairman, NAWOJ FCT Commends Victory
The re-election of Comrade Ngozi Uloma Ufomba as Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), FCT Administration Chapel, has been described as a vote of confidence in her leadership and...
Operation FANSAN YAMMA Rescues Kidnap Victim, Foils Sokoto Attack
Swift intervention by troops of Operation FANSAN YAMMA has rescued a kidnap victim in Kaduna State and disrupted a terrorist attack in Sokoto State.
Troops of Sector 1, on 20 August, responded...
Police Rescue 102 Kidnap Victims, Arrest 78 Suspects In One Week
The Nigeria Police Force says it rescued 102 kidnapped victims and arrested 78 high-profile criminal suspects during operations across the country between 17 and 20 August 2026.
The figures were...
CLO Seeks Emergency Declaration Over Anambra Erosion Crisis
The erosion crisis in Anambra State is fast becoming a threat to lives, homes and vital transport routes, with the Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) calling for urgent federal intervention before more communities...
Put People First: Indonesia Pushes Community-Led HIV, TB Response
By Shobha Shukla - CNS
With just over four years to the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals deadline, Indonesian health officials and community advocates say the fight against HIV and tuberculosis must shift...
IYC Seeks Wider Reach For Amnesty Programme, Commends Otuaro
The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) is reaching more Niger Delta youths, but the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) says millions are still outside its coverage and wants the programme better funded to...
Omidiran: Nigeria Must Rebuild Women’s Football From The Grassroots
Nigeria’s failure to qualify for the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup has exposed the need to rethink how the country develops female football talent, Federal Character Commission (FCC) Chairman Hulayat Motunrayo...
FCT FA Backs Grassroots Drive As Women’s Tournament Kicks Off
The next generation of female football stars may already be playing in FCT communities, and the FCT Football Association says it is determined to find them where they live.
FCT FA...
Army Backs NAWOJ, Pledges Support For Women Journalists
Princess-Ekwi Ajide
The Nigerian Army has pledged stronger collaboration and support for the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), with the Chief of Civil-Military Affairs, Major General Musa Etsu-Ndagi, describing the association’s acquisition...
