May 10
Nigeria: Employment Not Govt's Priority Now, Says Abia Gov
Gov. Alex Otti of Abia says it is not on the front burner of his administration to employ new people in the state's civil service. Read more »
May 09
Nigeria: Two Weeks Blackout - We Are Helpless, Taraba Govt Cries Out
Taraba State Government has cried out that it is currently helpless regarding the two weeks power outage that is making life difficult for inhabitants of Jalingo, the state… Read more »
Nigeria: Two Killed, Others Injured in Lagos Gas Explosion
A gas explosion occurred in the Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos on Tuesday evening, claiming the lives of two people and leaving several others injured. Read more »
May 08
Nigeria: Cyber Security Levy'll Push More Nigerians Into Poverty - Peter Obi
...says it's designed to milk a dying economy Read more »
May 07
Nigeria: Detention of Binance Employee - Before More Multinationals Pull Out of Nigeria
In recent weeks, Nigeria has found itself in the international spotlight for all the wrong reasons. The detention of Tigran Gambaryan, an employee of Binance, a global… Read more »
Nigeria: 2024 Bidding - Nigeria's 19 Oil Blocks Not for Politicians - Govt
THE Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil) Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, yesterday, stressed that the 19 oil blocks put forward for sale under the 2024 bidding round are not… Read more »
Nigeria: Strategic Equity Allocation Key to Sustainable Business Growth - Corporate Expert
Startup founders have been advised that strategic decision-making around equity allocation can pave the way for sustainable growth, enabling them to maximize the potential of their… Read more »
Nigeria: No Moral Justification for Stopping N35,000 Wage Award - Labour
The Organised Labour says there is no moral justification for the Federal Government to stop the payment of monthly N35,000 wage award to workers. Read more »
Nigeria: 16 Banking Transactions Not Affected By New CBN's Cybersecurity Levy
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has ordered all banks to start charging a 0.5 per cent cybersecurity levy on all electronic transactions within the country excluding 16 listed… Read more »
Nigeria: NLC, TUC Give NERC Sunday Deadline to Reverse Hike in Electricity Tariff
Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and its Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, counterpart, have given the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, till May 12 to withdraw… Read more »
May 06
Nigeria: Pipelines Survelance Contract - Leave Olu of Warri Alone - Okotie Eboh
Niger Deltans have been charged to leave the Olu of Warri, His Majesty, Ogiame Atuwatse III (CFR) out of the unwarranted controversy generated through the baseless and… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria Cuts Electricity Supplies to Benin Republic, Togo, Niger to Boost Domestic Supply
The Federal Government has decided to improve the domestic power supply by cutting the sales to cross-border in the Niger Republic, Niger Republic and Togo. Read more »
Nigeria: Senior Civil Servants to Govt - Expose Cabals Behind Fuel Scarcity
The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, ASCSN, has urged the Federal Government to unearth alleged cabals behind the unending fuel scarcity across the country. Read more »
Nigeria: Lagos-Calabar Highway - Stop Distorting Facts, Applaud Tinubu, Presidency Replies Atiku
Presidency has on Monday replied former vice president and People's Democratic Party Presidential Candidate in the 2023 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Read more »
Nigeria: Tinubu Not Responsible for Nigeria's Current Hardship - Deputy Speaker, Kalu
The Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu, said President Bola Tinubu was not responsible for Nigeria's current economic hardship. Read more »
Nigeria: AfCFTA - Competitive Capacity, Key to Market Access - Manufacturers
For Nigeria to reap maximum benefits from the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement, the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has identified the ability of… Read more »
Nigeria: Economic Hardship - Massive Contingency Withdrawals Hit Micro Pension Funds
At the backdrop of heightened economic hardship subscribers to the micro-pension scheme have began to draw down on their contributions through contingency withdrawals. Read more »
May 05
Nigeria: Shettima Departs Abuja to Attend 2024 U.S.-Africa Business Summit in United States
The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima on Sunday evening departed Abuja for Dallas, United States of America, to represent President Bola Tinubu at the 2024 US-Africa Business… Read more »
Nigeria: Lagos-Calabar Highway Red Flag, Tinubu's Personal Business - Atiku
"Rather than improving the ease of doing business, the Tinubu administration had shown to the world that his personal business interest and that of his family would always be… Read more »
Nigeria: PETAN Members, Others Consider Bidding for Nigeria's Oil Blocks
Members of the Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria, PETAN - an association of Nigerian Indigenous Technical Oilfield Service Companies in the upstream and downstream… Read more »
May 01
Nigeria: Ex-Naval Officer Kicks Against Sale of Lekki Green Areas
A retired Naval Officer, Rear Admiral Ibukunle Olaiya, has kicked against the sale of Green Areas, near Block 113, Lekki Phase 1, by officials of the Lagos State Government,… Read more »
Nigeria: Yahaya Bello's Advance Fee Payment
There is a shorthand expression to name or describe a fraudulent deal in Nigeria and it's simply to call it 419. Read more »
Nigeria: Pregnant Woman, Children, Others Sustain Burns in Lagos Gas Explosion
A gas explosion, yesterday, rocked the densely populated Alayabiagba community in Ajegunle area of Lagos, leaving nine people injured, including a pregnant woman and children. Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria's Vat Collection, Lowest in Africa -Speaker Abbas
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, has decried that Nigeria's efficiency in collecting Value Added Tax, VAT, was the lowest among its African peers,… Read more »
Nigeria: MTN Posts N575bn Pre-Tax Loss in Q1, Blames Inflation, Naira Devaluation
MTN Nigeria Plc has reported a pre-tax loss of N575.69 billion in its operations for the first quarter of 2024, citing inflation and naira devaluation for the development. Read more »