Obi donates ₦10m to missionary hospital, highlights role in Nigeria’s healthcare delivery
Peter Obi, ex-Governor of Anambra State and 2023 Labour Party Presidential Candidate, visited the Immaculate Heart of Mary Specialist Hospital, Nkpor, on Friday, presenting a ₦10 million donation to support the facility’s growth and improvement in service delivery. During his…
Maryam Bukar Hassan becomes first Nigerian to carry Olympic flag
Nigerian poet and United Nations Global Advocate for Peace, Maryam Bukar Hassan, has made history as the first Nigerian to carry the Olympic flag at the opening ceremony of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy. The Olympic flag,…
Chinese leader makes rare reference to recent military purge
Chinese President Xi Jinping has made a rare public reference to a recent crackdown which saw the country’s top military general removed. General Zhang Youxia, who was widely seen as Xi’s closest military ally, was removed from his post in…
Why Nigerian referees are missing in major CAF, FIFA tournaments
For the 19th straight year, no Nigerian referee or assistant referee has been selected to officiate in the CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), raising concerns among football stakeholders. The recently concluded AFCON 2025—widely regarded by enthusiasts as the most…
Federal judge orders deported Venezuelans to be returned to US
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg issued the order to bring back 137 Venezuelans on Thursday, citing as precedent the well-documented return of Kilmar Abrego-Gargia from El Salvador’s CECOT prison to the U.S. The order comes after a hearing on Monday…
Ramaphosa stops Eskom’s new monopoly in its tracks
South Africa is on track to set up an independent power-transmission company, President Cyril Ramaphosa said, countering assertions that the state is revising the plan. The government is restructuring state-owned power utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. and establishing a fully…
FG launches Nigeria-Ericsson skill acquisition programme to boost digital jobs
The Federal Government has launched a new Nigeria-Ericsson skill acquisition programme aimed at empowering young Nigerians and scaling up digital and technology-driven job creation across the country. The initiative, tagged Connect NextGen Innovation Hackathon, is a four-month programme designed to…
Pilot saves 55 by crash-landing faulty Somali passenger plane into sea
A passenger plane in Somalia carrying 55 people on board crash-landed in shallow water on a seashore near the international airport on Tuesday. The crew of the plane, a Fokker 50, reported a problem 15 minutes after takeoff from Mogadishu’s…
CAF may postpone 2027 AFCON’
Next year’s Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON could be delayed until 2028 over doubts about the readiness of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda to host the tournament, a move that could lead the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to scrap one…
Ex-ASUU President dies in Ibadan
ASUU’s second president and celebrated literary scholar Biodun Jeyifo dies in Ibadan at 80. Renowned literary critic, public intellectual and second President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Biodun Jeyifo, has died at the age of 80….