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COP31 Presidency proposes global target to boost electricity use to 35% by 2035

COP31 Presidency proposes global target to boost e...

3 days ago 10

ARM-Harith secures $76 million first close for climate transition fund

ARM-Harith secures $76 million first close for cli...

3 days ago 11

Seplat Energy appoints Elumelu as chairman, names new CEO

Seplat Energy appoints Elumelu as chairman, names ...

3 days ago 11

Two days to World Cup: Two “greatest” football nations never to lift trophy

Two days to World Cup: Two “greatest” football nat...

3 days ago 14

2027: Dickson leads closed-door peace talks to stop NDC crisis in Kano

2027: Dickson leads closed-door peace talks to sto...

3 days ago 13

Unsafe food causes 53,000 deaths annually in Nigeria – Minister

Unsafe food causes 53,000 deaths annually in Niger...

3 days ago 12

NDC crisis continues as party says it has no list of candidates yet

NDC crisis continues as party says it has no list ...

3 days ago 13

WHO reports 515 Ebola cases, 91 deaths in DR Congo

WHO reports 515 Ebola cases, 91 deaths in DR Congo...

3 days ago 15

EU allocates €17.5m to support Ebola response in A...

3 days ago 12

CSOs, communities protest at NUPRC office, demand accountability over $270 million gas flare penalties

CSOs, communities protest at NUPRC office, demand ...

3 days ago 11

Failing roads fueling kidnapping, armed robbery risks in Edo – Residents

Failing roads fueling kidnapping, armed robbery ri...

3 days ago 13

ICC suspends chief prosecutor Karim Khan over sexual misconduct allegations

ICC suspends chief prosecutor Karim Khan over sexu...

3 days ago 13

Reps summon service chiefs, Ribadu over worsening insecurity

Reps summon service chiefs, Ribadu over worsening ...

3 days ago 12

Insecurity: Reps demand urgent action on banditry, school abductions, warn service chiefs

Insecurity: Reps demand urgent action on banditry,...

3 days ago 15

APC refutes Iyabo Obasanjo’s claims, respects her decision to quit party

APC refutes Iyabo Obasanjo’s claims, respects her ...

3 days ago 12

Peggy Ovire accuses Freddie Leonard of infidelity amid divorce battle

Peggy Ovire accuses Freddie Leonard of infidelity ...

3 days ago 14

Apple launches new version of digital assistant Siri AI

Apple launches new version of digital assistant Si...

3 days ago 11

Media Scholar Abiodun Adeniyi to deliver inaugural lecture at Baze University

Media Scholar Abiodun Adeniyi to deliver inaugural...

3 days ago 18

Protesters shut 13 oil facilities, threaten Nigeria’s 400,000-barrel daily output

Protesters shut 13 oil facilities, threaten Nigeri...

3 days ago 14

Muslim women’s group condemns insecurity, demands rescue of abducted Oyo schoolchildren

Muslim women’s group condemns insecurity, demands ...

3 days ago 16

Presidency confirms three deaths in Warri–Itakpe train derailment

Presidency confirms three deaths in Warri–Itakpe t...

3 days ago 14

Senator Dafinone, former Delta SSG on board derailed train – Federal Ministry of Transport

Senator Dafinone, former Delta SSG on board derail...

3 days ago 15

Lagos extends Blue Line service to 94 trips, brings operation opening time forward

Lagos extends Blue Line service to 94 trips, bring...

4 days ago 14

Open Letter to INEC on Implementation of Supreme Court-ordered Delineation of Warri Federal Constituency

Open Letter to INEC on Implementation of Supreme C...

4 days ago 15

Calabar residents decry high cost of cooking gas

Calabar residents decry high cost of cooking gas

4 days ago 12

Enugu Local Elections: Election commission screens candidates of 11 political parties

Enugu Local Elections: Election commission screens...

4 days ago 12

FCMB Group’s annual profit hits record N177 billion

FCMB Group’s annual profit hits record N177 billio...

4 days ago 17

CEVA Logistics, EFL Africa launch joint venture in Nigeria

CEVA Logistics, EFL Africa launch joint venture in...

4 days ago 15

Tinubu approves $500 million for modernisation of Lagos airport

Tinubu approves $500 million for modernisation of ...

4 days ago 13

New power minister promises visible improvement in electricity supply, says progress won’t be dramatic

New power minister promises visible improvement in...

4 days ago 13

Federal govt plans rail extension to Lagos airport, says Keyamo

Federal govt plans rail extension to Lagos airport...

4 days ago 13

Cross River seals clinic over patient’s death

Cross River seals clinic over patient’s death

4 days ago 13

Police arrest suspected gun runners connected to Delta extrajudicial killing case

Police arrest suspected gun runners connected to D...

4 days ago 16

EXCLUSIVE: ICPC launches manhunt for ex-Minister Uche Nnaji

EXCLUSIVE: ICPC launches manhunt for ex-Minister U...

4 days ago 14

How we nabbed woman who staged own abduction, demanded N50m ransom- Police

How we nabbed woman who staged own abduction, dema...

4 days ago 14

MUSIC REVIEW: Falz sets aside social commentary, steps onto dancefloor with ‘Omoge’

MUSIC REVIEW: Falz sets aside social commentary, s...

4 days ago 18

Nathaniel Bassey, Dunsin Oyekan, Yinka Akinselori to headline RCCG Mega Music Festival 2.0

Nathaniel Bassey, Dunsin Oyekan, Yinka Akinselori ...

4 days ago 13

Nigeria’s merchandise trade hits N34.8 trillion in Q1 2026 as exports outpace imports – NBS

Nigeria’s merchandise trade hits N34.8 trillion in...

4 days ago 15

Environment minister seeks more investment in Nigeria’s green economy ahead of critical summit

Environment minister seeks more investment in Nige...

4 days ago 15

FIFA confirms Somali referee Omar Artan will miss World Cup after US entry denial

FIFA confirms Somali referee Omar Artan will miss ...

4 days ago 15

NCC appoints Emiko as Interim Chairperson of Digital Bridge Institute governing board

NCC appoints Emiko as Interim Chairperson of Digit...

4 days ago 16

Nigeria needs stronger data system to achieve $1tn economy – Speaker Tajudeen

Nigeria needs stronger data system to achieve $1tn...

4 days ago 14

Iran, Israel halt attack

Iran, Israel halt attack

4 days ago 13

Lagos APC unveils governorship candidate Obafemi Hamzat’s running mate

Lagos APC unveils governorship candidate Obafemi H...

4 days ago 15

Xenophobia: Nigeria may retaliate against South Africa — Foreign Minister

Xenophobia: Nigeria may retaliate against South Af...

4 days ago 15

Bandits abduct 39 Zamfara ‘elders’ after failed reconciliation meeting

Bandits abduct 39 Zamfara ‘elders’ after failed re...

4 days ago 21

EFCC arraigns native doctor, wife for alleged N1 billion fraud

EFCC arraigns native doctor, wife for alleged N1 b...

4 days ago 20

Emir Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli at 60: Reflections on a unique form of leadership, By Samuel Aruwan

Emir Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli at 60: Reflections on a un...

4 days ago 17

Labour Party sues INEC over exclusion from Enugu senatorial by-election

Labour Party sues INEC over exclusion from Enugu s...

4 days ago 18

Tinubu urges Nigerians to support security forces with intelligence

Tinubu urges Nigerians to support security forces ...

4 days ago 18

Ekiti 2026: APC to inaugurate national campaign council, names chair, co-chair

Ekiti 2026: APC to inaugurate national campaign co...

4 days ago 17

EFCC arraigns two people, firm for alleged N560 million theft in Lagos

EFCC arraigns two people, firm for alleged N560 mi...

4 days ago 18

Tinubu swears in Tegbe as power minister

Tinubu swears in Tegbe as power minister

4 days ago 18

Tinubu swears in power, foreign affairs ministers

Tinubu swears in power, foreign affairs ministers

4 days ago 18

NDC okays its nationwide 2027 primaries, begins reconciliation of aggrieved members

NDC okays its nationwide 2027 primaries, begins re...

4 days ago 17

EFCC moves to re-arraign three top National Assembly officers for N337m fraud

EFCC moves to re-arraign three top National Assemb...

4 days ago 14

National Assembly to approve state police this week — Senate Leader

National Assembly to approve state police this wee...

4 days ago 11

ADC Leadership Crisis: ADC, Aregbesola ask judge to withdraw from suit, Nafiu-Bala Gombe opposes call

ADC Leadership Crisis: ADC, Aregbesola ask judge t...

4 days ago 14

Nigeria 3-0 Senegal: Super Falcons crush Lionesses in Ikenne

Nigeria 3-0 Senegal: Super Falcons crush Lionesses...

4 days ago 16

Ladies sing along, men keep straight faces at Chike’s first Lagos performance since Edoho saga

Ladies sing along, men keep straight faces at Chik...

4 days ago 16

Zadok Yohanna: What we know about Nigerian teenager just signed by Brighton

Zadok Yohanna: What we know about Nigerian teenage...

4 days ago 19

Police arrest man over Facebook post alleging plan by bandits to attack Akwa Ibom

Police arrest man over Facebook post alleging plan...

4 days ago 17

NDC entrenches party supremacy, moves to strengthen internal structures

NDC entrenches party supremacy, moves to strengthe...

4 days ago 17

Kebbi State raises retirement age bar for doctors

Kebbi State raises retirement age bar for doctors

4 days ago 16

High-volatility trading strategies

High-volatility trading strategies

4 days ago 19

2027: Dele Momodu lobbies ADC to consider him as Atiku’s running mate

2027: Dele Momodu lobbies ADC to consider him as A...

4 days ago 17

Niger establishes agency to regulate private healthcare facilities

Niger establishes agency to regulate private healt...

4 days ago 18

Not a fodder for politics: Oriire abduction and security challenges, By Tunde Rahman

Not a fodder for politics: Oriire abduction and se...

4 days ago 15

Police dismiss alleged bandit attack threat on Lagos schools

Police dismiss alleged bandit attack threat on Lag...

4 days ago 18

Resident doctors declare industrial dispute, give FG 21-day ultimatum

Resident doctors declare industrial dispute, give ...

4 days ago 15

Federal Government approves payments for 1,240 contractors across ministries and agencies

Federal Government approves payments for 1,240 con...

4 days ago 18

Government alone can’t fund education- Uba Sani

Government alone can’t fund education- Uba Sani

4 days ago 17

From Marafan to Marafan, By Femi Fani-Kayode

From Marafan to Marafan, By Femi Fani-Kayode

4 days ago 20

Three days to the World Cup: Meet the only nation with three world titles

Three days to the World Cup: Meet the only nation ...

4 days ago 22

Iwobi ready for landmark 100th cap as Nigeria take on Portugal

Iwobi ready for landmark 100th cap as Nigeria take...

4 days ago 20

NASS Roundup: Minority leadership tussle, NILDS DG probe, Security concerns, other stories from House of Reps

NASS Roundup: Minority leadership tussle, NILDS DG...

4 days ago 21

Police chief decries high rate of violation of widows’ rights in Anambra

Police chief decries high rate of violation of wid...

4 days ago 20

NASS Roundup: Party primaries, Oyo abduction, other top stories from the Senate

NASS Roundup: Party primaries, Oyo abduction, othe...

4 days ago 23

Oyo govt demolishes building linked to abduction of Adelabu’s sister, sons

Oyo govt demolishes building linked to abduction o...

4 days ago 18

Lawyer alleges illegal detention, torture, N180,000 bail extortion by police

Lawyer alleges illegal detention, torture, N180,00...

4 days ago 19