Tuface, also known as 2Baba, is seen as one of the pioneers of Nigeria's vibrant music scene. The Lakurawa group has been accused of attacks on top government officials and kidnapping. For more ...

Major Seun Fadipe (retd), a former Chief Security Officer (CSO) to the late Lt-Gen Oladipo Diya, has disclosed how General Sani Abacha narrowly escaped a planned coup in 1997. The late Head of ...

Diya was the Chief of General Staff, the then de facto vice president of Nigeria under the military administration of Abacha, and Fadipe served as his CSO. The duo, alongside over 200 individuals ...

Major Seun Fadipe, (retd), a former Chief Security Officer to the late Lt-Gen Oladipo Diya, has disclosed how ex-Military Head of State, Sani Abacha escaped a planned abduction in 1997.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Firefighters extinguish fire from a tanker that exploded in Suleja, Nigeria, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. (AP ...

His actions included calling his father "Hiranyakashyap," a reference to a mythological demon king, and labeling his guru "pagal" (insane), which caused a stir within the Akhada. Juna Akhada's member ...

INEC reduced political parties in Nigeria from 92 to 19 in 2020. However, some of the 74 deregistered parties are still active, and new ones are still sprouting. The logos of political parties in ...

The death toll from a gasoline tanker explosion in north-central Nigeria has risen to 86, the country’s emergency response agency said on Sunday. The blast happened in the early hours of ...

Nigeria has been admitted as a "partner country" of the BRICS bloc of developing economies, according to Brazil, the group's chair. BRICS was formed by Brazil, Russia, India and China in 2009 ...

Brazil’s government said on Friday that Nigeria has been accepted as a partner country in the multinational BRICS group. This adds Africa’s largest economy to the growing alliance of emerging ...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Jan 18 (Reuters) - At least 70 people were killed and more injured in northern Nigeria on Saturday when a petrol tanker truck overturned, spilling fuel that exploded ...