Nigeria’s table tennis star Quadri Aruna is enjoying a strong start to his French Pro B campaign, helping Amiens STT secure a second consecutive league victory with an impressive 3-0 win over Nantes TT on Tuesday, September 29. The Week 2 fixture had an added Nigerian flavour, with veteran Nigerian […]
Former Rivers State Governor and African Democratic Congress (ADC) vice-presidential candidate, Rotimi Amaechi, has urged party leaders and supporters to intensify grassroots mobilisation ahead of the 2027 general election, warning that a victory for President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) could mark the end of active politics […]
Manchester City have been found guilty of serious breaches of the Premier League’s financial rules covering a nine-season period between 2009 and 2018, in a major development that could have significant implications for the club. The Premier League said an independent commission found City guilty of using what it described […]
Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has taken the Federal Republic of Nigeria before the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice, seeking $10 million in damages over alleged violations of his fundamental rights during successive military administrations in the 1980s and 1990s. The suit, marked ECW/CCJ/APP/30/2026 and […]
The Nigerian Consulate-General in Johannesburg has condemned the deaths of three Nigerian nationals in separate incidents across South Africa between September 18 and September 21, 2026. The Consul-General, Ambassador Ninikanwa Okey-Uche, disclosed this in a statement released on Monday, September 28, as the diplomatic mission called for transparent investigations and […]
The Department of State Services, DSS, says it has secured a death sentence against Ibrahim Usman, also known as Dan Iyali, over his alleged involvement in a kidnapping case that resulted in the deaths of three people in Sokoto State. The case relates to an incident in September 2023 and […]
Two of Nigeria’s biggest opposition figures have made the same bold promise ahead of 2027: bring back fuel subsidy. On Monday, Peter Obi, the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, and Atiku Abubakar’s camp in the African Democratic Congress (ADC) separately pledged to restore subsidy — but with different approaches […]
Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, Femi Gbajabiamila, has addressed his recent political fallout with Lagos lawmaker Desmond Elliott, saying the matter should be put behind them. Gbajabiamila spoke at the 2026 Gbaja Mega Empowerment Programme held at the National Stadium in Lagos, where residents and beneficiaries from Surulere […]
Activist lawyer Deji Adeyanju has accused Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate Peter Obi and his running mate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, of working in the interest of President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 presidential election. Adeyanju made the allegation in a post on X on Saturday, arguing that the two […]
US President Donald Trump has rejected an Iranian proposal aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz and bringing an end to fighting across the Middle East, adding fresh uncertainty to diplomatic efforts to ease the seven-month-old conflict. Iran had presented the initiative at the United Nations General Assembly in New […]
