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Bart Nnaji Foundation Launches Innovation Challenge to Transform Palm Wine Harvesting, Winners to Share N25m

The Bart Nnaji Foundation has launched the Bart Nnaji Innovation Challenge, a practical innovation competition calling on bold thinkers, builders, creators, and problem-solvers to design safer ways of harvesting...

YIN to Train Additional 2000 Nigerian Youths on Digital Skills

The Executive Secretary/CEO of Young Innovators of Nigeria(YIN), Joy Buba, said they’re upscaling the...

Coronation Asset Management Unveils Equity Fund to Tap Rally in Nigerian Stocks

Coronation Asset Management has launched the Coronation Equity Fund, an open-ended collective investment scheme...

As Stalled 80-km Sagamu-Ibadan Pipeline Project Threatens Gas Supply to Businesses in South-west

The ongoing disruption of construction work on the 80-kilometre gas pipeline project linking Sagamu in Ogun...

Katsina Airlifts First Batch of Pilgrims to Saudi Arabia

The Katsina State Pilgrims Welfare Board has confirmed that pilgrims from the state will...

Nigeria Sees More Armed Attacks on Three Villages, Dozens Killed

Motorcycle‑riding gunmen launched coordinated attacks on three villages in Niger State, killing at least 46 people, according to humanitarian sources. The assaults took place...

Drama at Nigeria’s Argungu Festival as Athletes Collapse Before Finale

Several athletes collapsed on Friday during pre‑finale endurance events at the Argungu International Fishing Festival in Kebbi State, prompting emergency evacuations but failing to...

Somali Passenger Plane Veers Off Runway After Crash‑Landing

MOGADISHU, Somalia — A passenger plane carrying 55 people veered off the runway at Mogadishu’s Aden Abdulle International Airport on Tuesday, ending up on...

More Than 200 Killed in Mine Collapse in DR Congo

RUBAYA, DR CONGO — More than 200 people have been killed in a devastating mine collapse in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), underscoring...

Ex‑Nigerian Oil Minister Did Not Take Bribes, Court Told

LONDON — At Southwark Crown Court, defence lawyers for former Nigerian petroleum minister Diezani Alison‑Madueke argued that she did not request or receive bribes...

Nigeria’s Music Legend Fela Kuti Becomes First African to Get Grammy’s Lifetime Achievement Award

LOS ANGELES/LAGOS — The late Nigerian icon Fela Anikulapo Kuti, long celebrated by fans as the king of Afrobeat, has become the first African...

Northern Morocco on Maximum Flood Alert as Loukkos River Swells

KSAR EL KEBIR, Morocco — Authorities in northern Morocco have raised the flood alert to maximum as the Loukkos River swells dangerously after days...

Nelson Mandela’s Prison Key, Sunglasses, and Shirt to Be Auctioned Off After Court Ruling

A South African court has dismissed an appeal by the country's heritage body to stop the sale and export of several personal items belonging...

Nigeria Police Confirm Mass Church Abductions After Previous Denial

KADUNA, Nigeria — Nigerian police have confirmed that worshippers were abducted from three churches in Kurmin Wali village, Kaduna state, after initially issuing a...

Ethiopia: At Least 40 Army Allies Killed in Drone Strike

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — A tragic drone strike in Ethiopia’s Amhara region has killed at least 40 pro‑government fighters, according to local officials and...

Nigerian Troops Free 62 Hostages, Kill 2 Militants in Northwest

ZAMFARA, Nigeria — Nigerian troops have freed 62 hostages and killed two militants in a major operation in Zamfara state, even as the army...

Uncertainty in Uvira as M23 Rebels Again Announce Withdrawal from DR Congo

UVIRA, Democratic Republic of Congo — The people of Uvira are once again caught in a climate of fear and uncertainty after the M23...

Senegal Triumphs at AFCON as Dramatic Final Sparks Jubilation in Dakar

DAKAR, Senegal — Senegal erupted in scenes of jubilation late Sunday after the Teranga Lions clinched the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) title, defeating...

Pope Leo XIV Appeals for Peace for People Fleeing Violence in Eastern Congo

VATICAN CITY — In his weekly Angelus prayer on Sunday, Pope Leo XIV issued a heartfelt appeal for peace in the Democratic Republic of...

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