Nigeria has won the 2026 UNODC World Bank Egmont Group Stolen Asset Recovery (StAR) Initiative Award.
The award is one of the highest operational honours in the international financial intelligence community, following a case that highlighted the role of intelligence-sharing and cross-border cooperation in tackling financial crime.
Nigerian winners have emerged at the 2026 International STEM Olympiad Grand Finale held in Rome, Italy in July 2026.
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You Are Not Alone: The Nigerian Story By Martins Richard Ugbegu
Let me tell you a story.
It’s a story of pain, a story of loss, and a story of fear. But it’s not a sad story.
At this moment in time, many citizens of Nigeria have lost so much. Some have lost their families, some their homes, others their friends. But the majority have lost their peace of mind.
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Damilare Adeniran and Gold Obi Besong, students of Pastor Adegboyega Nursery and Primary School, Ketu have emerged overall winners of the 2026 KidsCook Showdown 2.0.
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Single 6-year tenure, dangerous idea By Punch Editorial Board on June 23, 2026 – Recommended Nigerian Newspaper Report 54
IN Africa, despotism begins with little, innocuous steps like changing term limits midstream. So, a proposed bill by Opeyemi Bamidele for a single six-year term for the President and governors in the 11th National Assembly might seem altruistic at the moment. But in a country which once witnessed a scheme for a third term and where democracy is very weak, this is a dangerous idea.
Operation Safe Corridor: Matawalle’s defeatist solution By Punch Editorial Board on June 25, 2026 – Recommended Nigerian Newspaper Report 53
PART of the reason terrorism has endured in Nigeria is the mindset of some government officials. Instead of projecting resolve, they often speak the language of appeasement, resignation, or outright helplessness.
Nigerian Public Alert 78: The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) received a notification that the Ghana Food and Drugs Authority confiscated approximately 140 boxes of a banned alcoholic energy drink found in circulation in the Upper East Region of Ghana.