What began as a fragile calm has unravelled into confrontation. U.S. warships now enforce a blockade. Global energy flows are threatened. Economic fortunes from the Gulf to West Africa are …
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A Nation on Edge On April 8, 2026, the U.S. State Department ordered non-essential embassy staff and their families to leave Abuja. The announcement reverberated across Nigeria, confirming what many …
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Features/News Analyses
Crisis Within and Without: How Factionalism Is Rending African Democratic Congress
Amid bitter leadership battles, legal entanglements, and political accusations, the ADC faces existential questions. Nigeria approaches the 2027 general election. TOYE FALEYE writes. A Party in Turmoil The African Democratic …
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New York: UN World Health Organisation (WHO) and health authorities in Burundi are racing to identify a mysterious illness that has claimed five lives in the country’s north. The outbreak, …
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Abuja: President Bola Tinubu has expressed deep sadness over the killing of soldiers of the 29 Task Force Brigade, Operation HADIN KAI, in a terrorist attack in Benisheikh, Borno. The …
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Abuja: The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) says recent reforms have unlocked over $10 billion in upstream oil and gas investment. Mrs Oritsemeyiwa Eyesan, the Chief Executive, NUPRC, spoke …
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New York: Tom Fletcher, the Emergency Relief Coordinator, has allocated $48 million from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund to support the UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS). The new funding …
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Governor Abba Yusuf has paid N32 billion of the N48 billion gratuity backlog inherited in 2023. Yusuf spoke during the inauguration of the sixth tranche of payments to state retirees …
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Abuja: The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) says there will be rain and thunderstorms across the country from Thursday to Saturday. NiMet’s weather outlook released in Abuja predicted moderate dust haze …
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Balancing Child Safety and Digital Rights in Africa’s Largest Democracy, writes TOYE FALEYE A Nation at a Crossroads Nigeria’s Federal Government is moving to restrict children’s access to social media …
