Love has long been considered a fundamental part of human existence, but in Nigeria today, it is starting to feel like a ...

Last Wednesday, at the invitation of the Federal University Lokoja, I delivered the 15th Distinguished Public Lecture of the university.

Aliko Dangote, Femi Otedola, and four other Nigerians have been included in Forbes 2025 list of the world's black ...

Famous American rapper, Kanye West has advised his fellow rappers to learn from rappers in Nigeria as he describes them as ...

The world stood still on Monday, May 29, 2023, when President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR) made the now-famous “Subsidy is gone .

Kenyan Senator Crystal Asige has urged Nigeria to amend its constitution to ensure parliamentary representation for people with disabilities (PWDs), arguing that only those who experience such ...

Nigeria has dropped three places in the latest World Happiness Report (2025), ranking 105th globally and 12th in Africa. This means there are 11 African countries where people feel happier than ...

has slammed Nigeria’s ruling class, describing them as an “army of occupation” that has subjected the people to untold misery. In a statement issued on Friday on his X social media page ...

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Command, has handed over $578,000 in seized cash to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) after a ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

For more, head to our Jeans Month hub. In our column “What I Can’t Live Without,” we’ve interviewed hundreds of famous people about their favorite products — and here, we’re rounding ...

ABUJA, Nigeria — At least six people died near Nigeria’s capital Abuja after a trailer crashed into halted vehicles and burst into flames, police said Wednesday. The accident happened on a ...