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Nigerian Writers, Others Mourn Passing of Poet-Journalist, Evelyn Osagie

This Day · August 18, 2025

Yinka Olatunbosun The Society of Young Nigerian Writers (SYNW) has expressed deep sorrow over the passing of renowned journalist, poet and cultural advocate, Evelyn Osagie. She died after a brief illness in Lagos on Sunday August 17. In a...

Nigerian visa applicants must include five-year social media history in application forms: U.S

Peoples Gazette · August 18, 2025

The U.S. Mission in Nigeria has mandated full disclosure of social media usernames for all visa applicants to tighten immigration rules under the Donald Trump administration. The social media policy, first announced in June, was limited to only...

Nigerians must provide 5 years social media history for visa application – US Embassy

Daily Post · August 18, 2025

The United States Mission in Nigeria has asked visa applicants to provide full disclosure of their social media history when completing the DS-160 form. The Mission, in a tweet on its official X handle, emphasised that applicants must include all...

Nigerians must provide 5-yr social media history for visa application – US Embassy

Realnews Magazine · August 18, 2025

Nigerians must provide 5-yr social media history for visa application – US Embassy Politics THE United States Mission in Nigeria has issued a fresh reminder to visa applicants to provide full disclosure of their social media history when...

Nigeria News47 minutes ago Instead Of Abusing The Judge, Prove You Are Not Terrorist Organisations – Falana Challenges APC, PDP Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has challenged the All Progressives Congress (APC)…

Naija News · August 18, 2025

Recall that a Canadian Federal Court had described both parties as entities that have engaged in conduct amounting to terrorism under Canadian law. The judge, Justice Phuong Ngo, made the declaration while dismissing the asylum appeal of a...

Nigeria News14 minutes ago Tinubu Appoints GTBank’s Former Director As PenCom Chairman President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of a former executive director at Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank), Opeyemi Agbaje, as the new chairman of the...

Naija News · August 18, 2025

Naija News reports that his appointment follows the seven-day ultimatum issued by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). The NLC had demanded the immediate reconstitution of PenCom’s governing board, warning of an industrial action should the...

Nigeria Deports 42 Foreign Cybercrime Convicts

Trust TV · August 18, 2025

The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has deported 42 Chinese and Philippine nationals convicted of cybercrime and Ponzi scheme offences. They were among 192 foreigners recently sentenced by a Federal High Court in Lagos after being arrested...

Nigerian claiming Boko Haram persecution, wife, children to be deported from Canada

Premium Times · August 18, 2025

A Nigerian man who says he converted from Islam to Christianity and was hunted by Boko Haram has lost his last-minute legal fight to remain in Canada, paving the way for his deportation with his wife and two sons this week, PREMIUM TIMES can...

Nigeria News27 seconds ago Tinubu Arrives Japan For TICAD9 President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Japan ahead of the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9), scheduled to hold in Yokohama between August 20...

Naija News · August 18, 2025

Naija News reports that the Nigerian leader, who left Abuja on Friday, August 15, was received in Tokyo on Monday by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, alongside top Japanese officials. Tinubu’s entourage included senior government...

Nigeria Reports People Missing After Boat Capsizes

MENAFN · August 18, 2025

(MENAFN) More than 40 individuals remain unaccounted for after a vessel transporting roughly 50 passengers overturned in Nigeria’s northwestern Sokoto State on Sunday, according to the West African nation's emergency agency. The National Emergency...

One In 4 DNA Tests In Nigeria Reveal Men Not Biological Fathers Of Their Children, Most Seek Tests For ‘Peace Of Mind’ –Report

Sahara Reporters ·

One in every four deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) paternity tests conducted in Nigeria has returned a negative result. According to Smart DNA Nigeria’s 2025 Annual DNA Testing Report, released this week, 25 per cent of paternity tests conducted...

Nigeria News49 minutes ago ‘Unpaid Entitlements’ – Shaibu, Okpebholo Accused Of Alleged ₦40 Billion Treasury Looting Plot [See Document] Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo has been accused of colluding with former Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, in a…

Naija News · August 18, 2025

Sources allege that the money is being disguised as unpaid allowances and entitlements due to Shaibu during his tenure as acting governor and deputy governor between 2016 and 2024. Sources told Naija News that to actualise the payout, Shaibu has...

Nigeria News16 minutes ago INEC Publishes Particulars Of 637 Candidates Ahead Of 2026 FCT Elections The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has published the personal details of 637 candidates set to contest in the 2026 Federal Capital…

Naija News · August 18, 2025

This was made known by the Resident Electoral Commissioner, FCT, Aminu Kasimu Idris, alongside the Administrative Secretary, Abimbola Oladunjoye, during a press briefing on Monday. According to INEC, the action is in compliance with Section 29(3)...

Women’s basketball in Nigeria is on a winning streak: how to take it further

The Conversation · August 18, 2025

Nigeria’s women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, won a fifth consecutive title at the 2025 FIBA Women’s AfroBasket Championship in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire on 3 August. The Conversation Africa asked Michael Gbemisola Aina, a technical commissioner of...

Nigeria Pushes Digital Education Reforms, Seeks WAEC, JAMB Streamlining

Arise News · August 18, 2025

Minister of Education, Dr. Olatunji Alausa, has declared that Nigeria is making a decisive leap into digital education as part of sweeping reforms aimed at modernising the country’s learning environment and preparing young Nigerians for global...

Nigeria’s Multidimensional Poverty: UNICEF seeks more attention for social investment

Peoples Gazette · August 18, 2025

The United Nations Children’s Fund has emphasised the need for greater financial investment in social sectors to tackle the issue of multidimensional poverty that impedes overall development in the country. The chief of UNICEF’s Sokoto field...

Nigeria to host AfricAI flagship as global tech firms back sovereign AI push

The Sun Nigeria · August 18, 2025

By Chinenye Anuforo Nigeria has been chosen as the flagship launchpad for AfricAI, a bold joint venture backed by four global technology leaders: Next Digital of Nigeria, Lakeba Group of Australia, AqlanX of the UAE, and Agentic Dynamic of the...

Nigeria News41 minutes ago APC Founding Member Dumps Party For ADC A founding member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Gombe State, Muhammad Bello, has left the ruling party and joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC)....

Naija News · August 18, 2025

Bello, who once served as Political Adviser to Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya and earlier represented Gombe South Constituency in the State House of Assembly, confirmed his resignation in a letter to his ward chairman in Bolari-East, Gombe Local...

INEC: 69,376 Nigerians Pre-registered Online As CVR Kicks Off

This Day · August 18, 2025

Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revealed that 69,376 Nigerians pre-registered in seven hours as Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) commenced on Monday. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman,...

2027: Replacing Tinubu with Jonathan not solution to Nigeria’s problems – Farotimi

Nigerian Eye · August 18, 2025

A lawyer and human rights activist, Dele Farotimi, has shared his thoughts on the proposed one-term presidency by the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi. Farotimi said that it was not the first time the former Governor...