Nigerian News

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has shifted the dates of the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup playoffs between Ghana and Nigeria. The two-legged cracker billed for next month will...

The suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, has taken the Federal Government to court to secure his release from the custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. In...

The Ambassador of Kenya to Nigeria, Wilfred Machage, has died. According to a statement released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Machage collapsed at his home in Abuja and was rushed...

Famous Nollywood actor, John Adewunmi, also known as Tafa Oloyede, is dead. He died at the age of 69. According to Ranny Shitta-Bey, former President, Association of Nigerian Theatre Practitioners...

Emmanuel Ikechukwu Umeonyirioha has made history by becoming the first Igbo language lecturer at Oxford University. Umeonyirioha announced this development on his Twitter handle recently. While making the announcement, Umeonyirioha...

Nigerian sprinter, Blessing Okagbare has been handed a 10-year ban by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) following her expulsion from last year’s Tokyo Olympics for doping violations. It would be...

The Police Service Commission has clarified that the embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police Abba Kyari remains suspended and not dismissed from the Nigeria Police Force. This development was contained in...

The Nigerian National senior women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, has defeated Mali 73 to 69 to qualify for the 2022 FIBA World Cup scheduled to hold in Sydney, Australia. The tournament...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has described as ‘illegal,’ the promotion of Nigeria’s Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Pantami, as a professor. This development came...

New Zealand-based Nigerian Adesanya, Israel Adesanya has retained his UFC middleweight title against former champion Robert Whittaker by unanimous decision in Houston. It would be recalled that Adesanya previously knocked...