1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (414+ words) Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has said she no longer feels the same way about Nigeria following the death of her 21-month-old son, Nkanu. Adichie, in an interview with The New York Times, said the loss of her son had…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (233+ words) The Ondo State Government has launched an investigation into the deaths of over 24 persons in the Odigbo Local Government Area due to suspected poisoning from locally brewed alcoholic substance. The deaths which occurred over the weekend in Odigbo and Araromi-Obu…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (244+ words) The Olusegun Agagu Foundation, OAF Memorial Lecture is set to return with its 13th Anniversary Edition on Monday, September 14, 2026 at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos. The annual OAF Memorial Lecture was instituted In honour of late Dr. Olusegun Kokumo Agagu,…...

5+ day, 59+ min ago   (421+ words) The presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Adewole Adebayo, has promised to install between 11 and 15 kilowatts of solar power on every Nigerian roof within 11 months of assuming office if elected in 2027. Adebayo made the promise on Tuesday while…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (393+ words) A 55-year-old Italian Catholic priest, Sandro Ferretto, has left the priesthood and married a woman from Baringo South in Kenya. Ferretto, who previously served as a Catholic parish priest in Kasiela and Mochongoi in Baringo County, held his traditional wedding…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (264+ words) Nigeria has facilitated the safe and dignified return of Sierra Leone’s former President Ernest Koroma to the country, following more than two years of temporary relocation to Nigeria. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, made this known in…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (358+ words) Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has lost her husband, Hafidh Ameir Hassan, who died on Monday while receiving treatment at a hospital in Zanzibar. The death of Tanzania’s First Gentleman was announced by Vice-President Deogratius Ndejembi, who said Ameir died…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (328+ words) The Enugu State Police Command has rescued 211 kidnap victims and detained 6,240 suspects in 17 months as part of sustained security operations across the state. The command also recovered 156 firearms and 1,486 rounds of ammunition during the period under review. The Command’s spokesman,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (157+ words) The United States Mission has welcomed Dr. Cajetan Iheka, a professor of English at Yale University, to Nigeria. In a post on X Saturday, the mission said that effective August 20, Iheka, who has Nigerian roots, began a 10-month Fulbright appointment…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (397+ words) The House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) has cleared the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila of involvement. Gagdi said the committee found no evidence linking the Chief of…...