Adenike Adeodun

The US has placed Nigeria on its Child Soldiers Prevention Act list, threatening military aid and arms sales unless President Trump grants a waiver.

A faction of Afenifere has demanded an immediate cut in petrol prices to between N350 and N400 a liter and a review of the N70,000 minimum wage.

Oyo police have arrested a 45-year-old man for allegedly running an unlicensed Ibadan clinic and treating fertility patients for seven years without any medical qualification.

Twenty abducted prospective corps members freed in Imo have reportedly been offered South-West postings, while parents say they paid N6 million each in ransom.

Nigerians chasing lighter skin are swallowing handfuls of supplements, getting vitamin drips and using creams, and doctors warn of serious liver, kidney and nerve damage.

Aiteo wins a Murzuq basin license as Libya reopens oil bidding and pushes to revive investment and production growth.

Cocaine trafficking in the Sahel has dropped after Niger’s 2023 coup disrupted protection networks once enabling impunity for traffickers.

In April, Nigeria faced alarming health crises from rising disease outbreaks to new reforms in medical education and rural care.

Gunmen killed a truck driver and kidnapped bus passengers on Aba-Owerri road, while suspected IPOB members torched 20 vehicles nearby.

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