Nigeria has celebrated a landmark moment in fencing after 16-year-old Oghenegaren Esiovwa-Thompson won the country’s first-ever gold medal at the Commonwealth Fencing Championships in Lagos. Esiovwa-Thompson produced a commanding performance in the men’s U-23 epee event on Sunday, August 9, at Rugby School Nigeria in Atlantic City, Victoria Island, defeating […]
Nigerian comedian and actress Real Warri Pikin has cancelled her planned show in Warri, Delta State, citing what she described as “unfortunate divisions” surrounding the event. The entertainer announced the cancellation on her official Instagram account, expressing disappointment that a situation she believed should have brought people together had instead […]
Nigeria has secured a landmark victory in international sports leadership after Adeyinka Samuel was elected President of the Commonwealth Fencing Federation (CFF), becoming the first Nigerian and African to occupy the position. Samuel defeated incumbent President Marie-France Dufour at the federation’s elective Annual General Meeting held at Rugby School Nigeria […]
Nigeria has taken another major step onto the international sporting stage as the 2026 Commonwealth Federation Fencing Championships officially opened in Lagos. The six-day tournament is historic for more than just its competitive significance. It is the first time the Senior Commonwealth Fencing Championships are being held on African soil, […]
The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested three additional suspects believed to be part of the kidnapping ring that abducted Professor Samuel Okunsebor, Dean of Agriculture at Nasarawa State University. Professor Okunsebor was kidnapped in the early hours of Wednesday, July 15, 2026, at Mile Uku, a border community […]
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has recommended the prosecution of Adeniyi Adeyemi, the man accused of presenting himself as the Director-General of the controversial Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC), after concluding that the agency was never legally established by the Federal Government. The recommendation […]
Exactly 10days before the August 15 governorship election in Osun State, Governor Ademola Adeleke has vowed to challenge the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in court after the agency allegedly directed First Bank Plc to place a No-Post-Debit restriction on an Osun State Government account. In a letter […]
President Bola Tinubu has approved a salary increase of between 30 and 80 percent for members of the Nigerian Armed Forces in a move aimed at improving troop welfare as the country battles insurgency, banditry, kidnapping and other security threats. According to a statement by presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga, the […]
The Federal Government has launched the training of 4,000 tractor operators under its nationwide agricultural mechanisation programme, a move aimed at increasing food production, modernising farming and creating jobs for young Nigerians. The development was disclosed in a statement issued by AGCOMS International Trading Limited on Monday. The initiative is […]
Following a single tweet on X, a Nigerian doctor(@34.59.20)calls for the abolition of Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) saying, “I give the federal government 24 hours to ban this thing called HMO in Nigeria”. This struck a nerve and began a lot of conversations many Nigerians have wanted to have for […]
