Homepage News from Monday, January 12th, 2026

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) says it is ready to implement reforms to address emerging challenges and strengthen its role in national development.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has launched an investigation into alleged misconduct during the Africa Cup of Nations 2025 quarter-finals. The probe focuses on matches between Cameroon and Morocco, and Algeria and Nigeria.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has arrived in Abu Dhabi for the 2026 Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, which opens today.

YouTube star KSI has announced his retirement from boxing, ending years of speculation about a possible showdown with rival Jake Paul.

The Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN) warned Monday that Nigeria’s idle refineries and their politics could shape the next election unless the plants are returned to steady production.

The Federal Government will begin demolishing badly damaged parts of the Iddo Bridge next week as work starts to rebuild the crossing, officials and contractors said Monday.

Nigeria’s resident doctors on Sunday suspended a planned five-day nationwide warning strike after the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) said the federal government committed to address its demands.

On the 2025 Christmas Eve, a raging inferno ripped through the 25-storey Great Nigeria Insurance (GNI) House on Martins Street, Lagos Island, spreading to neighbouring plazas and markets and leaving traders’ goods — many bought on credit for the holidays — in ashes.

Timothée Chalamet and Jessie Buckley emerged as major winners at the 83rd Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, as Hollywood kicked off the race toward the 2026 Oscars.

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has opened an investigation into the death of 21-month-old Nkanu Nnamdi Adichie-Esege at Euracare Multi-Specialist Hospital, Lagos, as pressure mounts on the facility following allegations of medical negligence by his mother, renowned author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.