Author: Prima News

By Adedapo Adesanya Nigeria’s economy grew by 4.43 per cent year-on-year in ​the second quarter of 2026 ‌from the 3.89 per cent recorded in the preceding quarter. According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday, the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was buoyed by growth in ​both the oil and non-oil sectors ​compared with the first quarter of the year. The country’s economy expanded by 3.87 per cent in real terms in 2025 compared with 3.38 per cent in 2024. ​The 4.43 per cent print was higher than the 4.23 per cent recorded in the second…

By Efe Onodjae Former Super Eagles striker, Obafemi Martins, has expressed confidence in Seyi Tinubu’s leadership potential, suggesting that the Nigerian businessman could one day become president of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF. Martins made the remarks while speaking on the Mikel Obi podcast, where he described Seyi as young and someone who understands what Nigerians want. According to Martins, although Seyi is not currently the president of the NFF, he believes the businessman is already making efforts that could position him for a leadership role in Nigerian football. “I think Seyi Tinubu can be the president of NFF. He’s…

The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Peter Obi, has questioned why President Bola Tinubu is seeking to withhold records concerning his past from a foreign court, saying Nigerians deserve answers on matters of public interest. Obi raised the issue in a statement posted on his official social media page on Monday, August 31, 2026, where he expressed concern over the reported legal move and issues surrounding the President’s educational records. The presidential candidate said a sitting President should have the courage to confront questions about his past rather than prevent such records from being subjected to legitimate scrutiny.…

Former Super Eagles striker Obafemi Martins has backed Seyi Tinubu, son of President Bola Tinubu, as the person who can help change Nigerian football. Martins made the comments on Monday during a chat with former Super Eagles captain John Obi Mikel on The Obi One Podcast. The former Inter Milan forward was speaking about the ongoing crisis in the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), which has seen resignations and changes in the federation’s leadership in recent days. Martins said poor football administration has been a problem in Nigeria since his playing days. He believes a young person who understands the game…

By Animashaun Salman The Society for Gastroenterology and Hepatology in Nigeria has called on the Federal Government to declare a national emergency on viral hepatitis and urgently increase funding for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of liver and other gastrointestinal cancers. The call was contained in a communiqué issued to newsmen on Sunday at the end of the society’s joint international conference and Annual General Meeting held in Abuja from August 12 to 15, 2026, in collaboration with the African Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Cancer Consortium, African Institute for Liver and Digestive Diseases and Nigerian Cancer Society. SOGHIN said hepato-pancreato-biliary diseases and cancers…

One day in 1982, Joseph “Rod” Canion and two colleagues from Texas Instruments sat down at the House of Pies in Houston and used a napkin to sketch out what would become Compaq’s portable PC. In 1996, Felix Zandman, founder of Vishay Intertechnology, dined at Husker Steak House in Columbus, Neb., grabbed a napkin and drafted a design for a power metal strip resistor, which became crucial to power-management components in industrial, automotive, and consumer applications. Now that wispy piece of paper resides at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. Perhaps most famously, Robert Metcalfe, working at Xerox PARC…

The Nigerian Railway Corporation and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps have foiled an attempt to vandalise railway track materials at the siding serving the Dangote Steel Rolling Mills in Osogbo, Osun State, recovering nine oxygen gas cylinders allegedly brought to the site for the operation. In a statement signed on Sunday by its Chief Public Relations Officer, Callistus Unyimadu, the NRC said its Principal Track Officer in Osogbo received a report on Friday, August 28, about the ongoing vandalisation of railway track materials and immediately proceeded to the site with security personnel. The statement said, “On sighting the…

By Blaise Udunze Another Nigerian journalist is dead. The newsroom mourns. Photographs flood WhatsApp platforms. Colleagues and their readers or listeners write emotional tributes. Media associations issue condolence messages. Politicians describe the deceased as a “great professional.” Friends gather at the funeral. The body is buried. In several cases, the Nigerian journalist is often the first person to arrive when tragedy strikes and the last person society remembers when tragedy takes him. Come to think of it, he stands under the scorching sun at political rallies, spends nights in hospitals waiting for updates. Painfully, he risks hostile communities, armed conflicts,…

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMet, has predicted varying weather conditions, including sunshine, cloudiness, thunderstorms and rainfall across different parts of Nigeria between Monday and Wednesday. The forecast was contained in the agency’s three-day weather outlook released in Abuja on Sunday. For Monday, NiMet said parts of the northern region would experience sunny weather with intermittent cloud cover, alongside thunderstorms and moderate rainfall in some areas. In the morning, thunderstorms accompanied by moderate rain are expected over parts of Taraba, Adamawa and Kaduna states. By afternoon or evening, similar conditions are forecast for parts of Borno, Bauchi, Gombe, Jigawa, Katsina, Kano, Kaduna, Adamawa and Taraba…

August 31, 2026 06:25 GMT (UK), by Ketan Patel Hull City are set to complete the signing of Roma forward Robinio Vaz today, according to Football Italia, in a move that could break the club’s transfer record. The prospective arrival of the French 19-year-old would represent one of the more eye-catching pieces of business of Hull’s window. Vaz is described as very highly rated, and his switch from Roma would be viewed as a major coup for the Tigers as they look to strengthen their attacking options.No final financial details have been confirmed in the report, but the suggestion that…