May 15
Nigeria: Man, or Bear?
Leadership
Social media especially TikTok is buzzing with the "Man or Bear?" trend with over 65,000 responses so far asking if women would prefer to be left alone in the woods with a man or… Read more »
Nigeria: Exclusive Networks Inaugurates West African Office in Lagos
This Day
Exclusive Networks, a global cyber security specialist organisation, recently, inaugurated it's West African office in Victoria Island, Lagos, with the aim of creating job… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria's Judiciary Has Gone Transactional - Obi
Leadership
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, Mr Peter Obi, has repeated his call for stronger institutions and rule of law to save Nigeria's… Read more »
Nigeria: Airport Access Fees...No More VIPs, Everybody Must Pay, Govt Declares
Leadership
In a major policy shift, the federal government has put an end to the long-standing practice of allowing VIPs to access airports and use facilities for free through complimentary… Read more »
Nigeria: Despite PIA, Petrol Import Monopoly Persists
Leadership
The Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) has failed to break the monopoly in Nigeria's petrol import market, as the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited continues to dominate… Read more »
Nigeria: Kidnappers Delay Ransom Talks, Ask for Foodstuff, Cough Syrups From Victims' Families
Daily Trust
The abductors of 13 villagers in the Piko community in Shere ward of Bwari Area Council of the FCT have told families of the abducted victims to provide them foodstuffs and cough… Read more »
Nigeria: Explosion Hits Shell Gas Facility in Bayelsa
Daily Trust
Multiple explosions rocked the gas processing plant operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) at Gbarain, Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa, were on… Read more »
Nigeria: Obasanjo Calls for Further Dialogue On Parliamentary System
Daily Trust
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called for further dialogue regarding a proposal by 60 members of the House of Representatives advocating for a transition from Nigeria's… Read more »
Nigeria: We've Been Dumped After Elections - APC Women Leaders
Daily Trust
Women leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from across Nigeria's 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) yesterday protested at the party's national secretariat… Read more »
Nigeria: CBN, IMF and Future of Development Finance in Nigeria
Daily Trust
When the Central Bank of Nigeria began a massive sack of some of its staff in the Development Finance Department while redeploying others, the message was clear that something was… Read more »
Nigeria: Extended Continental Shelf - UN Grants Nigeria's Request for More Maritime Territory
This Day
President Bola Tinubu has hailed the efforts of the High Powered Presidential Committee (HPPC) on Nigeria's Extended Continental Shelf Project, which worked over many years for the… Read more »
May 14
Nigeria: Nigeria and UN Seek U.S.$306 Million for Urgent Food and Nutrition Crisis Response
OCHA
With a deteriorating food security and nutrition crisis in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe (BAY) states this lean season*(May to September), the Government of Nigeria, national and… Read more »
Ghana: Ghana's Forests Are Being Wiped Out - What's Behind This and Why Attempts to Stop It Aren't Working [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Ghana has around 7.9 million hectares of forested land (35% of the total land area), according to the Food and Agriculture Organization. Around 7.6 million hectares are primary or… Read more »
Nigeria: Academic Union Gives Govt, States 2 Weeks Deadline to Address Grievances
This Day
The leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has given the Federal and state governments two weeks to respond to its grievances over welfare and funding of… Read more »
Nigeria: Death Toll in Zamfara's Mysterious Disease Rises to 13
Leadership
The outbreak of an unidentified disease in Zamfara State has now claimed 13 lives, with over 500 reported cases, primarily affecting children and women in several communities. Read more »
Nigeria: Over 1,680 Kidnappings in the Last 10 Years
Agenzia Fides
Nine students are still in the hands of the kidnappers who on May 9 attacked the Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH) in Osara, Kogi state, northern Nigeria. Read more »
Cameroon: Cameroon Military Frees 300 Boko Haram Captives Along Northern Border
VOA
Cameroon's military has moved over 300 civilians rescued from Boko Haram terrorist captivity along the central African states border with Nigeria and Chad this week to a northern… Read more »
Nigeria: Terrorists Sack 50 Communities, Abduct Hundreds of People in Zamfara - Lawmaker
Premium Times
The lawmaker representing Zurmi/Shinkafa federal constituency at the House of Representatives, Bello Hassan, told BBC Hausa Service on Tuesday that terrorists sacked at least 50… Read more »
Nigeria: WHO Predicts 5.1m Global Shortfall of Nurses, Midwives By 2030
Vanguard
The world currently faces a significant shortage of nurses and midwives according to the World Health Organisation, WHO. Stressing this on International Nurses Day, the WHO noted… Read more »
Nigeria: A Silent Threat - Impact of Climate Change On Life Expectancy Rate in Nigeria [blog]
Nigeria Health Watch
'The climate crisis is a health crisis, but for too long, health has been a footnote in climate discussions," Director-General, World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr Tedros Adhanom… Read more »
Nigeria: Special Report - Why Many Nigerian Health Workers Are Susceptible to Lassa Fever
Premium Times
An analysis of NCDC data in the last five years shows that 197 healthcare workers contracted Lassa fever in Nigeria. Read more »
Nigeria: Shell Faces Accountability for Niger Delta Human Rights Violations Before Business Sale
AI London
Reacting to news that Nigeria's oil industry regulator is prepared to offer a fast-track sales approvals process for oil companies wanting to sell their businesses in the country,… Read more »
Nigeria: NAF Expecting 48 New Aircraft, Says Spokesman
Leadership
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Director of Public Relations and Information (DOPRI), Air Vice Marshal Edward Gabkwet, said the NAF was expecting 48 more aircraft to boost its… Read more »
Nigeria: Court Sentences Teacher to Life Imprisonment for Raping 7-Yr-Old in Ogun
Leadership
A 47-year-old secondary school teacher, Mr Ojo Ezekiel has been sentenced to life in prison for raping a 7-year-old girl in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. Read more »
Nigeria: Federal Govt Approves N66bn for Projects in FCT
Leadership
Over N66 billion has been approved by the Federal Government for project execution in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Read more »