Nigeria thanks Armenia for evacuation assistance

June 23, 2025 - 14:27 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Lead: Nigeria’s Foreign Ministry has expressed gratitude to Armenia for significant progress in jointly evacuating its citizens from Iran, underscoring diplomatic solidarity. Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs …

New UK care worker rules shatter dreams in Zimbabwe, Nigeria

What’s the context? The UK's decision to halt recruitment of overseas care workers causes dismay in Africa among those who hoped to move. Britain announces new ban on overseas care workers Care worker visa system dogged by abuse, exploitation New rules …

FULL LIST: Nigeria emerges as Africa's third most formidable military force

Nigeria has secured the third position among African nations with the most formidable military forces in the 2025 Global Firepower Military Strength Index, according to Global Firepower’s annual report cited by PUNCH Online on Monday. The index evaluates …

360 SPORTS: Team Nigeria Guns For More Medals As EPL Returns

Tinubu, Wike silencing opposition will breed economic, political woes for Nigeria – CSO warns

The African Renaissance Movement, ARM, has urged the federal government to tread carefully on its current path of monopolising the country’s political order, warning that such a course will only foster monopolistic economic tendencies within the polity. …

Nigeria Receives 119 Benin Bronzes From Netherlands In Historic Repatriation

In a landmark cultural achievement, Nigeria has officially received 119 Benin Bronzes from the Netherlands, marking the largest return of stolen artefacts in the nation’s history. The handover ceremony took place at the National Museum in Onikan, Lagos, …

Breast cancer: Early detention will reduce mortality rate in Nigeria – ACPN

Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) has declared that early detection of breast cancer will help to reduce mortality rate among women in Nigeria. ACPN Chairman in Oyo State, Pharmacist Adebayo Gbadamosi made known at a one-day breast …

Nigeria Aquatic Federation trains 50 coaches

The National Sports Commission (NSC) through the Nigeria Aquatic Federation (NAqF) in collaboration with the African Aquatic (AQ) has trained coaches across the country. The exercise tagged “Africa Level 2 Coaching Clinic 2025” reached a conclusion on …

Nigeria long overdue to operate state police – Afenifere  

  The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, weekend said Nigeria is long overdue to have state police. Afenifere in a statement by its national publicity secretary, Comrade Jare Ajayi, lauded President Bola Tinubu for his resolve to have …

Nigeria's $2.3 trillion gamble: Can private capital build a first-world nation?

Nigeria, Africa's economic giant, is at a critical juncture, facing a staggering infrastructure deficit estimated at over $2.3 trillion by the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC). With its current infrastructure stock accounting for …