Dangote: Refinery’ll become world’s largest by 2028
Chairman of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has said the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals will become the world’s largest refinery by 2028. Dangote stated this on Monday at the preliminary signing ceremony for the proposed initial public offering, IPO, of…
Okonjo-Iweala, US Lawmakers Excited as Donald Trump Signs Bill for Two-year Extension of AGOA
The Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and some members of the United States Congress have expressed excitement as President Donald Trump signed the bill for a two-year extension of the African Growth and Opportunity…
Tanzanian president Samia Suluhu’s husband dies in hospital
Tanzania is mourning the death of Hafidh Ameir Hassan, the husband of President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who died on Monday, September 7, 2026, while receiving treatment for a heart condition in Zanzibar. Tanzania’s Vice President, Deogratius Ndejembi, made the official…
Workers forum demand subsidy return, arrears payment
The Federal Workers Forum has called on the Federal Government to return fuel subsidy and introduce a permanent Cost-of-Living Allowance for federal workers to cushion the impact of rising prices of goods and services. The demands were contained in the…
D’Tigress Fall To France, Bow Out Of Women’s World Cup
The result condemned the African champions to a third consecutive defeat at the tournament, following earlier losses to South Korea and Hungary. Nigeria’s D’Tigress have been eliminated from the 2026 FIBA Women’s World Cup after suffering a crushing 111-56 defeat…
Germany’s far right scores major election victory
Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has scored a historic victory in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, winning about 44% of the vote in Sunday’s state election. The result represents the AfD’s strongest performance in the state and brings the…
Three Die, 20 Injured In Osun Road Crash
Three people have been killed and about 20 others injured in a road crash along the Ife-Ilesa Expressway in Osun State.The crash, which occurred on Saturday around the Tonkere area between Ile-Ife and Ilesa, involved a Toyota Hiace bus and…
Just In: NOUN Bursar, Nasiru Marafa shot dead in Zamfara
Nasiru Marafa, the Bursar of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), is dead.Oladipo Ajayi, NOUN Registrar and Secretary to Council, announced Marafa’s death in a statement on Sunday, saying he was reportedly shot while returning from Gusau, Zamfara State…
Former BBC journalist Stephen Walker dies, aged 61
The award-winning journalist and author Stephen Walker has died at the age of 61. The former BBC Northern Ireland political correspondent wrote five books including biographies of two of the key players in the Northern Ireland peace process John Hume…
Nigerian PhD student stranded in US, seeks financial support
A Nigerian doctoral student at the Florida Institute of Technology in the United States, Omololu Alaba Balogun, has appealed to Nigerians, corporate organisations and the Federal Government for financial assistance to enable him complete his PhD programme in Aviation Science….