Nigeria bags four silver, two bronze at Africa’s premier Maths competition
Nigeria has won six medals at the 2026 Pan African Mathematics Olympiad (PAMO) held in Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire, reaffirming the country’s growing reputation in mathematics and science education across Africa. The Nigerian contingent secured four silver and two bronze medals…
NAFDAC enforces nationwide ban on sachet, small PET bottle alcohol
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has commenced a nationwide mop-up exercise to remove alcoholic beverages packaged in sachets and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles below 200ml from circulation across the country. In a statement issued…
LASTMA arrests tanker driver for killing dispatch rider in Lagos
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority has apprehended a tanker driver who allegedly fled after fatally knocking down a commercial delivery motorcycle rider along Kodesho Road, opposite Mrs Filling Station, inward Awolowo Way/Oba Akran in the Maryland-Ikeja area of the…
‘I have gone back to our family’ — Fubara backs Kingsley Chinda as successor
Siminalayi Fubara, governor of Rivers, has declared his support for the Rainbow Coalition backed by Nyesom Wike, minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Fubara spoke on Wednesday during the commissioning of the Rivers Medical Industries Project in Port Harcourt,…
Updated list: 44 Visa-free countries Nigerians can visit
NIGERIAN PASSPORT RANKED 90TH GLOBALLY WITH ACCESS TO 44 COUNTRIES Nigeria’s passport may have dropped to 90th place in the latest Henley Passport Index, but holders can still travel to 44 destinations without obtaining a visa before departure. The July…
Senegal’s President Bassi Round Diomaye Faye Emerges New ECOWAS Chairman
Senegal’s President, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, has been elected as the new Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Faye was elected during the 69th Ordinary Session of the…
South Africa Arrests 159 Illegal Foreign Nationals, Over 1,000 Suspects Nabbed in Major Crime Crackdown
South African law enforcement agencies have intensified their nationwide crackdown on crime and illegal immigration, leading to the arrest of 159 undocumented foreign nationals and more than 1,000 suspects during a series of coordinated operations. The arrests were carried out…
Governor Peter Mbah celebrates world’s best junior maths student, Chimdiebube Onwubiko
Governor Peter Mbah has celebrated the outstanding achievement of Chimdiebube Onwubiko, who was recognized as the Best in the Junior Category in Mathematics in the World. Sharing a photo from their meeting, the governor described the young mathematics champion as…
PROFILE: Badejo-Okusanya, NBA’s new president, who returned to study law a decade after earning English degree
Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya on Saturday emerged as the winner of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) presidential election, becoming the 33rd president of the law association. Badejo-Okusanya polled 12,317 votes, representing 47.18 percent of the total votes cast, to defeat her closest…
Notorious drug cartel leader Ismael Zambada sentenced to life in US prison
One of the most notorious figures in Mexico’s drug cartels, Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, will spend the rest of his life in prison, a US judge has ruled, two years after the kingpin was lured to the US in an…