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Nigeria Open Golf Tournament Returns in 2027 After 28 Years
Nigeria’s premier golf tournament will return in November 2027 after a 28-year absence from the sporting calendar.
Sports
Nigeria’s premier golf tournament will return in November 2027 after a 28-year absence from the sporting calendar.
Sports
Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak remains confident the club will prove its innocence over Premier League charges.
Sports
Mohamed Salah will miss Egypt’s AFCON qualifier against South Sudan after officials opted to protect him from artificial turf.
News
Nigeria unveils a new framework to move vulnerable households from emergency assistance towards resilience, self-reliance and prosperity.
News
MURIC condemns Nigeria’s UNGA position, criticising its silence on Palestine and absence from the Netanyahu speech walkout.
Politics
Kayode Fayemi denies coordinating opposition figures against Tinubu, saying Galadima’s claim has no basis.
News
Gbajabiamila says police, DSS and ICPC investigations cleared him of allegations linked to the PFIPC controversy.
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El-Rufai’s family says Emir Sanusi remains supportive, rejecting claims that he abandoned the former Kaduna governor.
Lifestyle
OPay has asked the Department of State Services and Nigeria Police Force to investigate a false social media claim that the fintech company was shutting down its Nigerian operations.
Lifestyle
Troops of Operation FANSAN YAMMA have foiled kidnapping attempts in Sokoto State, rescuing 22 victims during separate operations in Sabon Birni and Isa local government areas.
News
Nigeria unveils a new framework to move vulnerable households from emergency assistance towards resilience, self-reliance and prosperity.
News
MURIC condemns Nigeria’s UNGA position, criticising its silence on Palestine and absence from the Netanyahu speech walkout.
News
Gbajabiamila says police, DSS and ICPC investigations cleared him of allegations linked to the PFIPC controversy.
News
El-Rufai’s family says Emir Sanusi remains supportive, rejecting claims that he abandoned the former Kaduna governor.
Politics
Kayode Fayemi denies coordinating opposition figures against Tinubu, saying Galadima’s claim has no basis.
Politics
NDC says Alex Otti should support Peter Obi’s 2027 campaign rather than back President Bola Tinubu.
Politics
Shehu Sani says Nasir El-Rufai is paying the price of alleged misgovernance and irresponsible leadership in Kaduna.
Politics
Naval Chief Idi Abbas urges military personnel to remain apolitical, professional and impartial ahead of Nigeria’s 2027 elections.
Sports
Nigeria’s premier golf tournament will return in November 2027 after a 28-year absence from the sporting calendar.
Sports
Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak remains confident the club will prove its innocence over Premier League charges.
Sports
Mohamed Salah will miss Egypt’s AFCON qualifier against South Sudan after officials opted to protect him from artificial turf.
Sports
Former Nigeria international Sani Kaita says Victor Osimhen’s absence is a major setback for the Super Eagles but believes the team has enough attacking options to cope.
Tech & Education
Osun State University has grown its academic programmes from 66 at inception to 128, with student population surging from 14,680 to 42,780, Vice-Chancellor Prof. Odunayo Clement Adebooye revealed at the institution's 16th convocation. In a powerful keynote, NUC Governing Board Chairman Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe called for the urgent harmonisation of Nigeria's dysfunctional dual regulatory system, warning that overlapping mandates between the NUC and professional bodies are imposing unnecessary c
Tech & Education
In a historic move to revitalise Imo State's education sector, Governor Hope Uzodimma has inaugurated 6,030 newly recruited teachers and 345 non-teaching staff, marking the largest single injection of personnel into the state's school system in decades. The governor pledged to make teachers the most important civil servants in Imo, promising priority salary payments, digital teaching devices, and deployment to their native communities to bridge the rural-urban staffing gap.
Tech & Education
Osun Governor Ademola Adeleke has defended his two-year extension of UNIOSUN Vice-Chancellor Prof. Clement Adebooye's tenure, pointing to 40 completed building projects and full implementation of the 2025 FGN-ASUU agreement, even as ASUU and some civil society groups initially raised legal objections.
Tech & Education
*NECO recorded a 58.67% pass rate in English and Mathematics for the 2026 SSCE, with exam malpractice dropping by 64.74%, according to Registrar Prof. Dantani Wushishi.
Agriculture
Ekiti State has trained 30 officers as Artificial Insemination Technicians under the L-PRES initiative, targeting 850 cows and 150 goats to boost livestock productivity and genetic quality
Agriculture
The South East Development Commission (SEDC) has flagged off a 200-hectare agricultural development project in Enugu State, marking a major step toward food security and economic transformation in the region. The project, located in Nkanu West Local Government Area, will feature cassava and maize cultivation, poultry and fishery enterprises, and an out-grower scheme designed to empower 5,000 farmers across the South East.
Agriculture
The National Sheep and Goat Development Association of Nigeria (NASHGODAN) has called on the Federal Government to establish demonstration farms across the country's six geopolitical zones to strengthen small ruminant production, combat transboundary diseases, and unlock the sector's vast economic potential. National President Abdullateef Ahmed said the centres would serve as practical learning platforms for farmers, students, and investors while providing routine vaccination and treatment servi
Agriculture
The Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) has commenced the distribution of free fertilisers, seedlings, and other farm inputs to farmers for the 2026 farming season, in a decisive intervention aimed at tackling food scarcity and empowering grassroots agriculturists. Council Chairman Christopher Zakka Maikalangu said the programme reflects his administration's commitment to agriculture as a driver of food security, employment, and wealth creation across the FCT.
Health
A consultant physician has urged Nigerians to take proactive control of their health and stress levels to prevent sudden death, warning that many fatalities attributed to spiritual attacks are actually the result of undiagnosed hypertension, diabetes, and other preventable conditions. Speaking at a church outreach in Lagos, the expert outlined practical steps for managing stress and avoiding the lifestyle factors that contribute to cardiovascular collapse.
Health
Amnesty International Nigeria has called on the Federal Government to immediately declare an emergency at the 115-year-old Kurmawa Maximum Prison in Kano after at least six inmates died within one week from a suspected cholera outbreak. The rights group warned that the death toll could rise as the disease spreads among an overcrowded population of mostly awaiting-trial detainees, and said failure to act could amount to a violation of international law.
Health
The World Health Organisation has warned that continued action and investment are needed to sustain progress and better prepare the world to respond to future pandemic threats. At the second UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response in New York, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the political commitment shown by world leaders must translate into concrete, measurable action as negotiations on a critical pathogen-sharing annex re
Health
Plateau State has reported 469 suspected diphtheria cases and 31 deaths. The government has vaccinated 160,000 children and established isolation centres as cases begin to decline.
Security
The Oyo State Police Command has launched a rescue operation for an abducted headmaster following the recent wave of school attacks in the state. Security operatives say efforts are ongoing to track down the suspects and secure the victim’s release.
Security
Four family members linked to ISWAP have surrendered to troops in Borno State as the military continues its counter-insurgency pressure in the North-East. The latest development adds to a growing pattern of defections and surrenders from terrorist enclaves in the region.
Security
The Nigerian Air Force has carried out precision airstrikes on an ISWAP enclave in Borno State, killing multiple terrorists and destroying key infrastructure including weapons caches and vehicles
Security
Troops of Operation HADIN KAI have arrested a high-value suspected logistics supplier to ISWAP in Borno State, dealing another blow to the terrorist group’s supply network.
Youth Empowerment
The Gender Awareness Trust (GAT) has trained 12 Christian women and cultural leaders in Kaduna State as trainers to prevent and respond to gender-based violence, leveraging their grassroots influence to challenge harmful norms
Youth Empowerment
The Katsina State Government, in collaboration with the UNDP and the German Federal Foreign Office, has trained 250 internally displaced persons from Batsari Local Government Area in modern livestock production and animal rearing. The two-day programme is designed to equip beneficiaries with practical skills to rebuild their economic livelihoods, achieve self-reliance, and escape the cycle of displacement-induced poverty.
Youth Empowerment
The Federal Government has equipped 70 digital media managers with tablets to serve as grassroots information channels, bridging the gap between vocational empowerment programmes and potential beneficiaries nationwide
Youth Empowerment
Aliko Dangote has announced a landmark initiative to help up to two million vulnerable Nigerian women, including widows and conflict victims, acquire ownership stakes in the Dangote Petroleum Refinery through its ongoing Initial Public Offering. The Aliko Dangote Foundation will partner with state governments to facilitate participation while donating additional shares to beneficiaries as long-term savings, in what could become one of Nigeria's largest private-sector-backed financial inclusion p
At just 23, Abena Serwaah has built a thriving hydroponic container farm business supplying premium vegetables to Accra's top hotels and restaurants.
A retired schoolteacher's dream to bring books to children in a remote Brong-Ahafo fishing village has grown into a community library serving 400 students.
Programs
Oxfam Nigeria and its implementing partners have trained community stakeholders and local government officials in Adamawa and Borno states to take ownership of their development priorities, as part of a broader push to reposition the North East in the post-insurgency era.
The Nation Builders Corps has opened applications for Phase 3 targeting 50,000 graduates in ICT, healthcare, education and agriculture.
The Ghana Education Service reports 1.2 million students enrolled in the Free Senior High School programme in the current academic year.