Super Eagles forward, Ademola Lookman, has refused to escalate the angry clash with Victor Osimhen during a 4-0 defeat of Mozambique in the last 16 of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations on Monday night. Both players got on the ...

Tensions within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have escalated as senior party leaders have issued a stern warning to President Bola Tinubu over the conduct of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, in Rivers State. Amid renewed ...

Lawmaker representing Virginia’s Second District in the United States Congress, Rep Riley M. Moore has said that the US will not back down in protecting Nigerian Christians. The lawmaker made the remark in an interview with Newsmax while reacting to ...

Gunfire and explosions were heard near Miraflores Palace in Caracas on Monday night, raising fresh security concerns just days after former president Nicolás Maduro was captured and taken to the United States. Local media and unverified social media footage reported ...

The Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, on Monday said he is confident he will emerge victorious in the 2026 re-election bid. The governor, who recently decamped from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said he would leverage divine support and ...

In a statement issued on Monday, the Media Information Officer of the Joint Task Force (North East), Operation HADIN KAI, Lieutenant Colonel Sani Uba, said the arrests followed sustained intelligence gathering and surveillance on locations believed to be associated with ...

Suspected terrorists have attacked a security outpost manned by the Nigeria Police Border Patrol Team at New Kalli village in Borgu, Niger State. The attack, which occurred around midnight on Monday, January 4, 2026 came less than 48 hours after ...

In a policy shift aimed at addressing the shortage of clinical health workers in federal healthcare institutions, the federal government has increased the retirement age for skilled clinical health professionals in Federal Tertiary Hospitals and Centres from 60 to 65 ...

Abu Momoh, one of the two brothers abducted last weekend in Auchi, headquarters of Etsako West Local Government Area, has been killed by their abductors. Late Abu was kidnapped with brother, Ibrahim, a medical doctor, on January 2 at their ...

Galatasaray star Victor Osimhen is edging closer to breaking Rashidi Yekini’s long-standing record as Nigeria’s all-time top scorer. This comes after he netted a brace in Nigeria’s 4-0 victory over Mozambique in the Round of 16 at the 2025 Africa ...

Nigeria qualified for the quarter-finals of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, thanks to a 4-0 hammering of Mozambique on Monday night. This is the first time they are winning their first four fixtures at the tournament in history. The ...

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has criticised the presidency over the controversy surrounding a purportedly AI-generated image depicting a meeting between President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Rwanda’s President, Paul Kagame. Naija News reports that Atiku, in a statement through his ...

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have reportedly killed Tahir Abu Emhoye, a younger brother of Abu Ibrahim Babatunde, who was abducted on January 1, 2026, in Auchi, the administrative headquarters of Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State. DAILY ...

Prince Emmanuel Kanu, younger brother of Nnamdi Kanu, has warned that those persecuting and mocking the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, would soon face reckoning. In a post on his Facebook page on Monday, Prince Emmanuel addressed ...

Captain Mohamed Salah scored after 124 minutes to clinch a 3-1 extra-time victory for Egypt over plucky minnows Benin in an Africa Cup of Nations last-16 thriller in Agadir on Monday. Marwan Attia put the Pharaohs ahead in the second ...