Author: Nigeriabrief

ZAmina Mina. Waka, waka, hehe. By the end of this awful, bruising, deep-tissue experience of a football game, it felt as if the first 96 minutes had been staged as an extended tease for a surprisingly light-hearted final 30 seconds.Up until that point, Arsenal and Chelsea were producing the footballing equivalent of removing the scales from your eyes with a wire brush. This was a dense, gruesome kind of physical ballet. Johan Cruyff once said that the clock is never your friend in football. You’re either moving too fast or too slow. The clock didn’t seem to be running or…

Sheikh Gumi, Usman Yusuf, and the dangerous politics of sympathy for terrorism in NigeriaWritten by Nasir IM JagabaDecember 21, 2025jagabanasiru@gmail.comFor more than a decade, Nigeria has endured a relentless wave of terrorism and large-scale banditry that has claimed tens of thousands of lives, displaced millions and left entire regions in ruins. From the kidnapping of schoolgirls in Chibok to mass murders and bombings in the Middle Belt.The vast majority of victims on the Abuja-Kaduna passenger train were unarmed civilians.The root cause of Nigeria’s tragedy is not a lack of military strength. The country has a trained military, intelligence assets, and…

The bomb that had to be dropped: America’s Christmas Day attack on a jihadist camp in Sokoto, the home of the caliphate In the early hours of December 26, 2024, when most Nigerians were asleep after Christmas festivities, the roar of precision air strikes rang out over Tangaza Local Government Area of ​​Sokoto State. For 45 minutes, from 11:45 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. on Dec. 25, U.S. military aircraft launched what President Donald Trump described as “a powerful and deadly strike against the remnants of ISIS terrorists in northwestern Nigeria.”The operation, which experts estimate to cost between $1 million and…

The fear of detention at ports of entry and sudden cancellation of visas have forced some Nigerians in the United States to shelve planned trips for Detty December. This was after US President Donald Trump imposed fresh travel restrictions on Nigerians. Detty December is a term in Nigeria referring to the festive season often marked with parties, concerts, family reunion, homecomings and celebrations. Detty, a Pidgin twist of ‘dirty,’ implies loose and wild fun. Findings by Saturday PUNCH indicate that Nigerians with valid US visas have cancelled their trips, worried that they may be denied re-entry or even removed upon…

Beth LindopJanuary 24, 2026, 3:48 PM ETClose Based in Liverpool, Beth Lindop is ESPN’s Liverpool correspondent and also covers the WSL and UWCL.BOURNEMOUTH, England — Manager Arn Slott admitted Liverpool “ran out of energy” in their 3-2 loss to AFC Bournemouth and said they had only themselves to blame for dropping more points in the Premier League.The Reds came back from two goals down at the Vitality Stadium and Amin Adli’s winning goal in the 95th minute sealed all three points for the hosts.- Weekly transfer window: Bundesliga wonderkids Arsenal, Liverpool and Man CityThis means Slot’s side are currently winless…

The Movement of Intellectuals for National Development (MIND) think tank has called on the Senate to investigate the alleged mistreatment of Nigerian employees at the International Oil Company (IOC). In a petition published on BusinessDay, MIND Western Coordinator Ebi Warekromo pointed out several violations of the Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Act (NOGICD) at TotalEnergies. The petition followed a letter by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Officials Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) outlining various grievances that have not been addressed by the management of TotalEnergies. Pengassan called attention to reports of unethical practices, an unwarranted influx of expatriates…

American online streamer Darren Jason Watkins Jr., popularly known as iShowSpeed, has clarified criticism for being disrespectful towards Nigerian content creators during his ongoing African tour, saying the trip was not designed around collaborating with influencers, but instead aimed at promoting African culture and people in general. The clarification came on the heels of a livestream Wednesday of his first full day in Lagos, Nigeria, which drew large crowds, graphic street encounters, and several viral moments that quickly dominated online conversations across Africa and beyond. The backlash began after some Nigerian content creators accused the streamer of ignoring their requests…

An investigation by Sahara Reporters into Nigeria’s public payment portal Govspend has revealed that the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has spent millions of naira on infrastructure works for government officials’ residences. According to payment records published on the Government Expenditure website, the NIS paid N8.2 million for the repair of an overhead water tank at the residence of the Inspector General of Immigration Services (CIS) in Datsen Kure, Minna, Niger State. The payment was made to a company identified as Assist Energy Limited, described on the portal as “repair of overhead tank at CIS residence”, and was made in February…

Lagos, Nigeria’s tech hub, is reengineering not only how startups are financed, but also how innovation happens within its borders. The proposed Lagos Innovation Bill is the most ambitious endeavor the state has ever undertaken, said Olatunbosun Arake, the state Commissioner for Innovation, Science and Technology. Rather than treating startups as isolated ventures that receive occasional support, the bill aims to create an innovation pipeline that allows ideas to move from research to experimentation and ultimately to market. The goal, Alake said, is to bring higher institutions, research institutions, private companies and founders together into a single system for problem-solving…

Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist who first formalized the idea of ​​psychotherapy. Freud was a serious pessimist about human nature. He believed that life is ruled by deep, dark impulses over which humans have little control. And these deep, dark impulses inflict terrible wounds on humans, turning them into freaks. The behavioral scientist explained that humans are damaged and defiled in their original form and are therefore troubled creatures that need repair. It is the hearts and minds of depraved and depraved people all over the world that are ruled by the deep, dark impulses that Freud referred to.…