Nigeria

The Kabiru Tanimu Turaki-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of recognising what it described as an unauthorised leadership group within the party. The faction warned that it would pursue legal...

The Nyesom Wike-aligned faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has approved new caretaker committees to oversee party affairs in Kano, Plateau, Yobe and Zamfara states. Party leaders said the decision forms part of a broader restructuring plan ahead of...

British energy giant Shell said Thursday that its net profit rose 11 percent last year as higher volumes and lower costs helped to offset falling oil and gas prices.Profit after tax climbed to $17.84 billion in 2025 from $16.1...

Justice Anthony Onovo of the Enugu High Court on Thursday ordered the British Government to pay £20 million each to the families of the 21 coal miners killed during the Iva Valley Massacre in 1949. The tragic incident occurred on...

The Nigeria Police Force has condemned the deadly attack that struck Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State on Tuesday, February 3, 2026, leaving 75 people dead. In a statement issued Thursday, Force Public Relations Officer, Acting ACP Benjamin Hundeyin,...

A 30-year-old man, identified as Alkama Mohammed, died from electrocution on Thursday morning while attempting to vandalise a high-tension cable near Matrix Filling Station in Calabar. The incident happened around 5:10 a.m. Mohammed tried to cut a high-tension cable owned...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday met with Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, following a deadly attack on Worro community in Kaiama Local Government Area, Kwara State. The attack, reportedly carried out by suspected...

The Dangote Refinery is set to increase its production capacity from 650,000 barrels per day (bpd) to 700,000 bpd, according to David Bird, Chief Executive Officer of the refinery. Speaking at a press briefing on Wednesday, Bird said the refinery...

Tracka, a civic technology platform that monitors public projects, has revealed that billions of naira allocated to federal projects in Nigeria were never executed, abandoned, or delivered fraudulently. The group disclosed its findings in a new report titled “The People...

ABUJA, Nigeria — The Nigerian medical community is in mourning following the tragic death of Dr. Salome Oboyi, a Senior Registrar who contracted Lassa Fever while treating a patient.Dr. Oboyi, a dedicated specialist in the Obstetrics and Gynaecology department at Bingham University...