The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) has marked a significant milestone with the sale of its first cargo of low-sulfur straight-run fuel oil (LSSR) from the Port Harcourt Refinery. This initial... Read more »
A series of bomb blasts have rocked communities in the Dansadau District of Maru Local Government Area, Zamfara State. Eyewitnesses reported that at least two explosive devices, believed to have been planted... Read more »
New executive members of the Ebonyi State chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria, SWAN on Friday were elected at Pa Ngele Oruta Township Stadium Abakaliki. Declaring the winners, the Chairman... Read more »
José Mourinho has responded to Pep Guardiola’s remarks about their Premier League title records, emphasizing that while Guardiola won six titles compared to his three, his victories were achieved “fairly and cleanly.”... Read more »
Amnesty International has alleged that nothing less than 10, 000 have died in the custody of the Nigerian Army since the Boko Haram conflict began in the northeast. The organisation’s Country Director,... Read more »
On Friday morning, security operatives blocked the Kano Emir’s Palace and prevented Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II from attending a royal event in Bichi Local Government Area of Kano State. According to reports... Read more »
Omoyele Sowore, publisher of Sahara Reporters, has asked Nigerians to join a “nationwide/global protest” against the judiciary over the prosecution of Dele Farotimi, a human rights activist. In a post on X... Read more »
The family head of Okolie, Mr Lanre Oladehinde has cried out that his grandchild that was given birth to at Gbagada general hospital and pronounced dead was not the baby corpse brought... Read more »
Actor Stephanie Linus’s Extended Hands Foundation To Launch Maternal Health And Nutrition Initiative Africa In Partnership With George Washington University. In a transformative collaboration, the George Washington University’s Institute for Corporate Responsibility... Read more »
Sheikh Muyideen Ajani Bello, Ibadan-born Islamic preacher, is dead Though details of his death were sketchy as at press time, Akelicious confirmed from the Facebook page of another preacher, Sheikh Taofeeq Akewugbagold. Read more »
Prominent actor, lawyer, and political activist, Kenneth Okonkwo, has called for the immediate and unconditional release of Dele Farotimi, a whistleblower and political activist, currently in detention. Okonkwo, in a statement, accused... Read more »
Renowned singer David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has said that good leadership is the only missing ingredient for Nigeria to reach its full potential. Speaking during an appearance on Elevate Africa... Read more »
Republished on December 5 with additional comments provided by the FBI and reports into US political pressure given the scale of these Chinese cyber attacks. Timing is everything. Just as Apple’s adoption... Read more »
Prominent legal scholar and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Itse Sagay, has cautioned President Bola Tinubu’s administration against implementing economic policies recommended by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, arguing that such... Read more »
Davido’s ‘Timeless’ dominates as the album with the biggest first-week streams in Nigeria, topping the chart with an impressive 33,600 units sold and 50.1 million streams. Hot on his heels is Wizkid’s... Read more »
The Police in Lagos has said that there is no formal complaint of six girls who went for a party in the Lekki area of the state recently and have gone missing.... Read more »
The All Progressives Congress (APC), on Thursday, distanced itself again from an alleged splinter group, Team New Nigeria, after the group flooded Kano metropolis with the campaign posters of former President Goodluck... Read more »
The President-General of Okuama Community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, Pa James Oghoroko, has reportedly died while in military custody, Vanguard reports. Pa Oghoroko was arrested between August... Read more »
The Senate had expressed displeasure at the performance of Nigeria’s electricity distribution companies, otherwise known as DisCos, and the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, since the privatisation of the power sector. This... Read more »
An arsenal fan in Uganda was k!lled while celebrating the Gunners’ 2-0 win over Manchester United in a Premier League game on Wednesday, December 4. John Ssenyonga ’s d£ath was announced on Thursday,... Read more »