Africa Nigeria Adulting is No Joke, a new Youth Empowered Podcast is now offering a focus on simple, realistic steps that young Nigerians can take to earn, manage, and multiply money with confidence
Africa Nigeria During Green Diplomacy Week 2025 in Abuja the EU and the German Embassy have launched the German–Nigerian Flare4Value project to tackle gas flaring in Nigeria, unlocking economic opportunities through gas optimisation and greenhouse gas mitigation
Africa Nigeria The ancient city of Ile-Ife witnessed a historic moment as the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, conferred royal titles on 20 newly appointed traditional rulers in a colourful ceremony at the Palace of Oodua
Africa Nigeria The National Association of Resident Doctors NARD is on a five-day warning strike to press their demands as its ultimatum to government expired on 10 September
Africa Nigeria The Nigeria Immigration Service has doubled the cost of acquiring the Nigerian international passport from N50.000 to N100.000, slightly under €56, for a 32-page passport with 5-year validity; new tariffs will be effective starting 1 September 2025
Africa Nigeria Intelligence has spotted hideouts used by criminals in Abuja; in the interest of public safety, Federal Capital Territory Administration has started targeted cleanups with the demolition of a section of Jazz and Blues Entertainment at Panorama Park
Africa Nigeria Three Nigerian students have become champions at the 2025 TeenEagle Global Round competition in London; Nafisa Aminu is overall best in English Language, Rukayya Fema best in debate, and Hadiza Kalli clinched the outstanding talent award and a gold medal
Africa Nigeria The Yelwata axis of the Benue–Nasarawa highway was blocked as Internally Displaced Persons staged a protest demanding immediate return to their ancestral homes; protesters, victims of attacks by suspected herdsmen, were chanting “We want to go back home”.
Africa Nigeria Today has been declared a public holiday in Nigeria to honour former President Muhammadu Buhari, who died aged 82 in a London clinic on Sunday after battling ill health for years
Africa Nigeria A bus crash in Nigeria’s northern state of Kano killed 22 athletes returning home from a national sports event, according to local governor; the bus, reportedly carrying over 30 passengers, plunged off the Chiromawa Bridge on the Kano-Zaria expressway
Africa Nigeria A symposium on strengthening aviation security as a critical pillar of national safety has been organized in Lagos by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority; stakeholders called for vigilance and proactive measures to prevent aviation and air space threats
Africa Nigeria Weeks of intelligence and surveillance brought to the arrest of 120 individuals suspected of engaging in internet fraud and being linked to various forms of cybercrime; coordinated raids were conducted across multiple locations in Lagos State
Africa Nigeria Killings and destruction are escalating in Borno State, where 26 civilians -men, women, children- were killed by a landmine attack in Kala-Balge area; a passenger vehicle drove over an explosive device for which IS fighters claimed responsibility