The Toyin Falola Interviews once again demonstrated its growing influence as a global intellectual platform on Sunday, as leading analysts and scholars gathered to examine Nigeria’s worsening insecuri...
As the Middle East reels from renewed tensions involving the United States, Israel and Iran, attention in Nigeria’s faith and public space has turned to one man whose voice has long echoed beyond the ...
Globally celebrated historian and public intellectual, Professor Toyin Falola, whose scholarship has shaped generations of African and diaspora studies, has said the Russia–Ukraine war has starkly exp...
President Bola Tinubu has expressed optimism about Nigeria’s economy, saying the country is on the right path. The President spoke on the matter on Friday during an interfaith breaking of fast, ...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revised the timetable for the 2027 elections. According to a statement by the commission, the revision became imperative, following the review ...
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has issued guidelines for the award and use of honorary doctoral degrees in the country. In a document issued on Thursday, the NUC said the guidelines became...
A leadership change in the Nigeria Police Force has drawn public attention after cleric Primate Elijah Ayodele stated that he foresaw the emergence of a new Inspector-General of Police (IGP) just hour...
Leading scholars, writers and activists from across Africa, Europe, Asia and the Americas have affirmed that the enduring significance of the late Nigerian intellectual, Biodun Jeyifo, lies in his lif...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it has seized cosmetics worth over N3 billion from a warehouse in Lagos. In a statement on Sunday, the agency said the co...
Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested one Rabi Muhammad over an attempt to move illicit drugs. The suspect, described as a 35-year-old female, was said to have be...
An overnight fire has left traders counting heavy losses at the Dakata small-scale industrial complex in Kano State, after flames tore through about 100 stalls at the facility popularly called Fatima ...
The Family Chapel at Ikenne-Remo was filled with quiet reflection and warm tributes on Friday as Ambassador Dr Olatokunbo Awolowo Dosumu marked her 78th birthday with a thanksgiving service that blend...
Conflicting narratives have surfaced following reports of the killing of three herders in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State, with community groups trading accusations and security age...
A fresh wave of violence has swept through parts of north-west Nigeria, with gunmen killing dozens of villagers in separate attacks in Zamfara and Kebbi states, prompting renewed security deployments....
Nigeria is lining up another major multilateral financing deal, with the World Bank expected to take a decision next month on a $500m agricultural support project designed to lift farm output, expand ...
A late approval from Saudi authorities has left thousands of Nigerian pilgrims facing possible exclusion from the 2026 Hajj, according to the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON). The problem ...
Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto and President General of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), has declared February 18, 2026 as the first day of Ramadan. The declarati...
Stakeholders have identified rising unemployment, economic insecurity and structural inequality as key forces driving the growing use of heroin and tramadol among young people across Africa, warning t...
The House of Representatives is scheduled to hold an emergency plenary over the timetable recently released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the 2027 elections. INEC had, on...
The Independent National Electoral Commission has fixed February 20, 2027, for the presidential and national assembly elections. INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, disclosed this at a press briefing...
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has described the attempted arrest of Nasir El-Rufai as a national embarrassment. There was drama at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja on Thursday,...
The Nigerian Army says it has arrested one “Alhaji Tijjani Abdul Rauf”, accused of impersonation. According to the Army, Rauf had paraded himself as a retired Major General of the Nigerian Army, and e...
Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, has dissolved the State Executive Council. The decision was announced in a statement by Onwuka Nzeshi, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, on Thursday. ...
