Nigeria’s revenue is about to receive a boost as Japan has contacted crude oil suppliers in countries across the world, including Nigeria, to ensure a stable domestic supply while searching for non-Middle East barrels amid conflict in the region that has disrupted global supply. Narumi Hosokawa, deputy director-general for immediate crisis man...
•FIFA begins 100-day countdown to 2026 World Cup The countdown is officially on: just 100 days remain until one of the most anticipated moments in FIFA World Cup history, the 1,000th match of the tournament. On June 20, Tunisia and Japan will step onto the pitch at the iconic Monterrey Stadium in Mexico to contest […]
•Japan Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi Japan will deploy a batch of long-range, counter-strike missiles in a southwest region near China by the end of March, officials said today. The Ground Self-Defense Force plans to position its Type 12 surface-to-ship missiles, with a reported range of 1,000 kilometres (620 miles), in Kumamoto, Kyushu region...
•US President Donald Trump (L), US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick (R) and US Ambassador to Japan George Glass (C) The United States announced yesterday a first tranche of investments by Japan out of a colossal $550 billion promised by Tokyo in its trade deal with President Donald Trump. The commitments of $36 billion for […]
•Tokyo Electric Power Company’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant in Kashiwazaki City, Niigata Prefecture Japan will switch the world’s largest nuclear power plant back on next week, after a glitch with an alarm forced the suspension of its first restart since the 2011 Fukushima disaster. Takeyuki Inagaki, the head of the Kashiwazak...
•People visit Arahama beach in front of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station in Kashiwazaki, in Japan The restart of the world’s largest nuclear power plant was suspended in Japan today, with the operator saying it does not know when the problem will be solved. The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Niigata province had been closed since the ...
•People visit Arahama beach in front of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station in Kashiwazaki, Japan The world’s biggest nuclear power plant is set to restart on Wednesday for the first time since the 2011 Fukushima disaster, its Japanese operator said, despite persistent safety concerns among residents. The governor of Niigata province,...
Japan got its first female prime minister today after Sanae Takaichi, a China hawk and social conservative, forged an 11th-hour coalition deal. Japan’s fifth premier in as many years will lead a minority government and has a bulging in-tray, not least a scheduled visit by US President Donald Trump next week, reports AFP. The lower […]
Japan has given regulatory approval for an over-the-counter contraceptive pill, its manufacturer said today, the first time the socially conservative country has greenlighted so-called “morning-after” medication without a prescription. Rights groups have long criticised the fact that women in Japan can only access emergency medication to preve...
•Blessed and Gabriella Two Nigerian girls have placed the nation on the global technology map after emerging winners of the 2025 Technovation Global Summit (Beginner Division) with an artificial intelligence (AI) app designed to tackle drowsy and distracted driving. The prodigies, 10-year-old Akachukwu Blessed Nwachukwu and Ifunanya Gabriella ...
The Frontier is Nigeria’s leading online newspaper. It is published by Okims Media Links Limited headed by Sunny Okim, a veteran journalist who is widely known as The Grandmaster, fondly called so by colleagues and friends for being Nigeria’s pioneer movie journalist.
© 2026 The Frontier, Published by Okims Media Links Limited.
designed by winnet services
