Wednesday, July 8, 2026

ADEFEMOLA AKINTADE

July 8, 2026

Energy chamber woos African countries, investors to South Africa October summit 

The event is projected to attract long-term investors to the continent.

July 8, 2026

U.S. professor Daniel Taylor convicted of drug trafficking, faces 40 years’ imprisonment

Mr Taylor worked as an associate professor of marketing and supply chain management at Texas Tech University’s Rawls College of Business.

July 7, 2026

Shettima inaugurates Nasarawa lithium plant, says Nigeria ready to compete in global minerals market

Governor Abdullahi Sule thanked investors for choosing Nasarawa State as the host of the plant.

Abdullahi Sule at the lithium plant.
July 7, 2026

IEPN opens portal for membership, practitioner certification

The Nigerian Environmental Society disclosed this in a notice by its spokesman, Akon Uno, on Tuesday, calling for applications from environmental professionals.

Nigerian Environmental Society, Institute of Environmental Practitioners of Nigeria
July 6, 2026

Ogun warns women to avoid designated roads during Agemo festival

It noted that the festival would feature masquerades and deities deemed taboo for female eyes.

Agemo festival
July 6, 2026

Tinubu orders works ministry, National Assembly, other stakeholders to meet over Lagos flooding crisis

Mr Tinubu directed the Federal Ministry of Works to convene a meeting with relevant stakeholders to develop lasting solutions to the recurrent flooding in Lagos.

Flood
June 12, 2026

Ariana Grande warns Trump administration to stop using her songs in immigration videos

“Please do not use my music in relation to this barbaric, inhumane, heinous nonsense,” she said.

Ariana Grande
June 12, 2026

Tinubu declares security emergency, orders recruitment of 50,000 police officers

“Our 2026 budget commits N5.41 trillion—our largest ever—to defence and security. Our administration is ever ready to do much more to secure our people,” Mr Tinubu stated.

Armed Nigerian Police
June 12, 2026

MKO Abiola’s Hope ’93 to Tinubu’s Renewed Hope: Nigeria’s journey from promise to poverty

‘Farewell to Poverty’ was MKO Abiola’s 1993 campaign slogan. Three decades later, 133 million Nigerians are multidimensionally poor.

MKO Abiola, Ernest Shonekan, Abacha, Tinubu
June 11, 2026

What Nigerians want to hear from Tinubu on June 12 Democracy Day

“Obasanjo used to disguise himself, go into the streets to feel the pulse of the people,” an Abuja resident said.

Nigerians, Tinubu