The World Bank has raised Nigeria’s 2026 economic growth forecast to 4.3 per cent from 4.0 per cent in 2025, projecting further growth of 4.4 per cent in 2027 and 2028. The projection was contained in...

Troops of the Nigerian Army’s 101 Special Forces Battalion in Kukawa, Borno State, have repelled a major attack by Islamic State West Africa Province terrorists on their military base. The attack occurred...

Kenya has recorded its first Ebola death after a Kenyan man who had been living in the Democratic Republic of Congo died shortly after returning to the country. Health Minister Aden Duale said the man,...

The Nigerian Air Force has confirmed that all 25 persons on board its ATR 42 aircraft, NAF 931, died in the crash at Igbokoda, Ondo State. The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sunday Kelvin Aneke, expressed...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has declared three days of national mourning for Nigerian Air Force personnel who died in the crash of a military aircraft in Ondo State. The President also directed that national...

A military aircraft with 32 people on board has crashed near the Naval Base in Igbokoda, Ondo State, after disappearing from radar while en route from Benin to Lagos on Monday. The Minister of Aviation...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has seized alcoholic beverages worth about ₦300 million packaged in sachets and PET bottles below 200ml in Lagos State. The agency...

A combined team of Nigerian Army, Department of State Services (DSS) and Amotekun operatives has killed a senior Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) commander, Abdussamad Ohida, alias Anwar, in...

President Bola Tinubu has announced the operationalisation of new Nigerian Army formations in Zamfara, Kebbi, Oyo and Osun states to strengthen security and improve response to threats against vulnerable...

Families of prospective National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members from Oyo State have been thrown into panic after kidnappers reportedly demanded N50 million each for victims abducted along the Owerri-Onitsha...

Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have killed 16 terrorists in a coordinated ambush on a terrorist enclave in Boima, Gombi Local Government Area of Adamawa State. The Nigerian Army also said three soldiers...

Ethiopia and Eritrea have severed diplomatic relations as renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia raises fears of a return to the Tigray war. Ethiopia accused Eritrea of supporting the Tigray People’s...

The United States is deploying a third aircraft carrier strike group to the Middle East as President Donald Trump warned that further strikes against Iran remain possible after the November midterm elections. The...

Swift Telephone Network Limited (STN) has been awarded a Unified Access Service Licence (UASL) by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), marking its formal transition into an independent Nigerian...

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has used Nigeria’s 66th Independence Anniversary to deliver a sharp critique of President Bola Tinubu’s administration, accusing it of plunging the country into...

Public servants across the federal, state and local governments are set to commence a three-day nationwide warning strike today over unresolved demands by the Joint National Public Service Negotiating...

As Nigeria marks its 66th Independence Anniversary, former Anambra State Governor and presidential candidate Peter Obi has urged the nation to move beyond celebration and engage in sober national reflection. In...

The Federal Government has launched the National Digital Alphanumeric Postcode System, assigning a unique 11-character digital postcode to every addressable building across Nigeria. Minister of Communications,...

Prominent Zimbabwean businessman Wicknell Chivayo and his wife, Lucy Muteke, were among six people killed when a helicopter crashed near Marondera, about 72 kilometres east of Harare, on Wednesday. Police...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has declared that Nigeria has moved beyond its period of economic reforms and entered an era focused on shared prosperity. In his Independence Day address, Tinubu said the reforms...