•Health workers carrying body of victim The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has said that although currently Nigeria has no confirmed case of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), it is, nevertheless, actively strengthening surveillance, following the death of 88 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and a reported imported c...
•Team Nigeria Nigeria concluded the 24th African Athletics Championships with 12 medals after the women’s 4x400m relay team delivered a commanding gold-medal performance on the final day of competition. The quartet of Esther Okon, Toheebat Jimoh, Jecinter Lawrence and Patience Okon-George successfully defended Nigeria’s title in the event, clo...
•Tinubu and Paul Kagame of Rwandan Nigeria has officially begun the implementation of a 30-day visa exemption for Rwandan nationals, in what the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) describes as a landmark move to strengthen diplomatic relations and promote intra-African mobility. “Nigeria implements 30-day visa exemption for Rwandan nationals,” ...
•Tinubu and ADC logo The African Democratic Congress today accused President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration of running what it described as a ‘Ponzi economy’ after the federal government moved to secure another $1.25 billion World Bank loan despite Nigeria’s growing public debt estimated at about N159.28 trillion. The opposition party said...
•Taiwo Olusegun As the world marked World Asthma Day 2026, the release of the Global Asthma Report 2026 has cast a spotlight on the growing burden of asthma in Nigeria, where an estimated thirteen million people live with the chronic respiratory condition. The report, authored by five Nigerian researchers – Gregory E. Erhabor, Bilkisu Ilah [&h...
Nigeria has again failed to meet its 1.5 million bpd crude oil production quota approved by the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). In its National Liquid Hydrocarbon Production Report released yesterday, the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) disclosed that average daily crude oil production hovere...
•Tinubu and Nigerian market President Bola Tinubu has said that Nigeria will spend about US$11.6 billion on debt servicing in 2026. According to a statement by presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu made the remarks yesterday while leading Nigeria’s government, diplomatic, and business delegation to the Africa Forward Summit at the Ke...
•Nigeria at the 2026 African Cycling Champs Nigeria have clinched a total of 16 medals at the 2026 Confederation of African Cycling Para-Track and Track African Championships in Abuja. The championship, staged at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium Velodrome, brought together elite cyclists from across the continent, including Egypt, Kenya, So...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has fixed 150 as the minimum cut-off mark for admission into Nigerian universities for the 2026 academic session. The decision was reached yesterday at the 2026 Policy Meeting on Admissions in Abuja, with the minister of education, Tuniji Alausa, and stakeholders from various tertiary institu...
•Nigerian students abroad Nigeria has emerged as the third-largest source of international students globally, accounting for five per cent of the world’s outbound student mobility in 2023. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation revealed this in its first Higher Education Global Trends Report released today. Outbou...
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