This is the story of the first oil war, which was fought in the 19th century, in the area that became Nigeria. All through the 19th century, palm oil was highly sought-after by the British, for use as an industrial ...

The Nigerian Union of Traders Association Ghana (NUTAG), has commended President Mohammadu Buhari-led government, ECOWAS, Ghanaian authority and others for their intervention in the reopening of Nigerians shops in Ghana. The President of NUTAG, Mr Chukwuemeka Nnaji, said this in ...

A 23-year-old Nigerian footballer, Ekundayo Ebenezer Mawoyeka, has died after suffering a cardiac arrest during a match, yesterday, in Turkey. The Sarayköyspor striker collapsed in the 35th minute of his side’s match against Yeşilköyspor at the Servergazi Stadium and was ...

President Muhammadu Buhari said Thursday in Abuja his administration will continue to implement policies that will make Nigeria’s economy, which is already looking good, better. Speaking at an audience with Mr Jesper Kamp, the new Ambassador of the Kingdom of ...

The minister of state for aviation, Hadi Sirika says the embargo placed on Nigeria Air, the national carrier, will be lifted as soon as possible. According to James Daudu, the ministry’s deputy director of media and public affairs, Sirika said ...

A 36-year-old Nigerian father of one that died during a struggle with police, on Wednesday, has been identified by the San Mateo County Coroner’s Office as Chinedu Valentine Okobi. The confrontation occurred on the 1300 block of El Camino Real ...

The U.S. military is encircling Nigeria with a chain of air bases, drone bases and surveillance facilities. The latest link: a $150 million drone base airstrip Niamey, Niger Republic and Garoua, Cameroon. The U.S. Air Force is planning to lease ...

General Superintendent of Deeper Life Bible Church Worldwide, Pastor William Kumuyi, on Sunday said Nigeria had been unable to march its development with inherent possibilities because of the people’s failure to either harness or utilise the nation’s diversity for their ...

Nigerians have taken to social media to react following allegations made by governor Akin Ambode against another aspirant in the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, whom he claimed he’s unfit to govern Lagos state. Mr Ambode, ...

A woman’s vigilance prevented her from landing in trouble with the authorities after she was given a bag of food items to give to someone in Italy. The lady was given food items with hard drugs believed to be cocaine ...