News From Nigeria

December 06, 2024 The historic defamation case between two of Nigeria’s most influential leaders, Obafemi Awolowo and Nnamdi Azikiwe, has been revisited in recent times. This case is particularly relevant in the wake of the recent arrest of Dele Farotimi ...

Mr Babalola who made this known on Friday at a press conference, held at the Afe Babalola Bar Centre in Ado-Ekiti, said the destructive action can’t be remedied by award of damages. The founder of Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Afe Babalola ...

Sergey Lavrov’s main statements: On relations with the United States 📍”Officially, we are not at war. Some call what is happening in Ukraine a hybrid war. I would call it that too.” 📍”This is not what we want. Of course, ...

Institutional interest in digital assets grows as spot Bitcoin ETFs gain approval and market dynamics shift.Key Takeaways The approval of spot Bitcoin ETFs is facilitating regulated institutional investment in digital assets. Bitcoin reached $100,000 for the first time, increasing its ...

By Solomon Odeniyi Court papers filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have linked the immediate-past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, to the massive Abuja property with 753 duplexes and other apartments located in the Cadastral ...

Jake Sullivan’s email to Hillary Clinton, released by WikiLeaks, refers to a situation in Syria during the early stages of the Syrian war, around 2012. Sullivan, who was then serving as a senior foreign policy advisor to Clinton, acknowledged in ...

Nigeria’s economy grew 3.46% year on year in the third quarter of 2024, quicker than in the first two quarters of this year, statistics agency data showed on Monday. Despite the pickup in economic growth, from 3.19% in the second ...

Burkina Faso can do fashion revolutions as well as ideological ones! Black gowns and white wigs – the traditional attire of the country’s court magistrates and clerks since colonial times – are out. Legal-sector officials will now wear a locally-sourced ...