May 22, 2022
Nigeria: Poor SMEs Policies Fueling Insecurity - Kuteyi, Spectra Boss
Managing Director of Spectra Industries Limited, Mr. Durodola Kuteyi, in an interview with Gabriel Olawale, urged the Federal Government to implement realistic and sustainable… Read more »
May 20, 2022
Nigeria: Lagos Multiple Accidents Kill 5, Injure 10
Five persons have reportedly lost their lives. Ten were reportedly injured, in an overnight multiple crashes which occurred in Maryland, Lagos on Thursday. Read more »
May 19, 2022
Nigeria: Okada Ban - Lagos Residents Express Divergent Views
Some Lagos residents on Thursday expressed divergent views over the ban on commercial motorcycles in the state by the state government.. Read more »
May 20, 2022
Nigeria: Okada Riders/Traders' Clash - I Saw 4 Corpses, FCT Minister Laments
The Dei-Dei International Market has been closed indefinitely following Wednesday's clash between commercial motorcyclists of northern extraction and southern traders, which… Read more »
May 19, 2022
Nigeria: Okada Ban - Lagos Govt Says June 1 Deadline Won't Stop Enforcement
The Lagos State Government says the seizure of commercial motorcycles by the Lagos State Task Force will continue, in spite the June 1 deadline. Read more »
Nigeria: Average Price for 5KG Cooking Gas Increases to N3,800.47 - NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says the average price for refilling a 5kg gas cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) increased to N3,800.47 in April 2022. Read more »
Nigeria: Unemployment - Cooperative Society Empowers 1,500 Kaduna Residents
In a bid to complement federal government's effort at taking 100 million Nigerians out of poverty, the National Agricultural Mechanization Cooperative of Nigeria, NAMCON, has… Read more »
Nigeria: Food Production - Actionaid Tasks Govt On 10 Percent Annual Budgetary Allocation to Agriculture
A non-profit making international organization, ActionAid Nigeria, AAN, Wednesday, tasked government at all levels on ensuring 10 per cent budgetary allocation to agriculture in… Read more »
May 18, 2022
Africa: Ngige Links Child Labour to Growing Poverty in Africa
Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige has linked the scourge of child labour to pervasive poverty in the African continent. Read more »
Nigeria: Illegal Occupation of Secretariat - NURTW Members Storm Sanwo-Olu's Office Tomorrow
The leadership of Lagos State council of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, has concluded plans to stage a protest over what it termed 'continued illegal… Read more »
May 17, 2022
Nigeria: 2022 Vanguard Discourse - Nigeria Won't Make Progress If We Treat Our Workers As Slaves - - Ayuba Wabba
President of the Nigerian Labour Congress and One of the speakers at the Vanguard Economic Discourse, Mr Ayuba Wabba urged the employers of labour in Nigeria to treat the Nigerian… Read more »
May 16, 2022
Nigeria: Lagos Parks Leadership Crisis - NURTW Orders MC Oluomo to Vacate Office Complex
The National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, has directed members of the newly inaugurated Lagos State Parks Management Committee, headed by Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly… Read more »
May 15, 2022
Nigeria: Scandalous Oil Theft - Nigeria Loses U.S.$7.3 Billion in One Year
THERE are indications that despite the rise in crude oil prices in the international market, Nigeria's economy may not reap the benefits due to the continued increase in theft and… Read more »
May 14, 2022
Nigeria: Train Kidnappers Release Pregnant Woman
Terrorists who kidnapped passengers of the ill fated AK9 train on the Abuja-Kaduna rail track, have reportedly released one of the pregnant women in their captivity. Read more »
May 13, 2022
Nigeria: Nigeria's Oil Output Drops 13.3 Percent to 1.3 Mbpd
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, has put Nigeria's oil output at 1.3 million barrels per day, bpd, in April 2022. Read more »
May 12, 2022
Nigeria: Nigeria Attains 64 Percent Financial Inclusion, Targets 95 in 2024 - CBN Deputy Gov
The Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Aishah Ahmad yesterday said that the financial inclusion in Nigeria has significantly improved as the country has achieved 64… Read more »
May 11, 2022
Nigeria: Petrol Marketers Hint of Impending Crises in Fuel Supply
Amidst lingering queues at filling stations in some locations in Abuja yesterday, there are indications that a major fuel scarcity may hit the country soon. Read more »
Nigeria: How Oil Marketers're Ripping Us Off, Say Airline Operators
Airline Operators of Nigeria, AON, has given a graphic picture of how major oil marketers are shortchanging them with the cost of aviation fuel, also known as Jet-A!. Read more »
Nigeria: 2023 - I'll Fight Insecurity With Technology - Saraki
Former Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, on Monday, said he remains the only presidential aspirant in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, that has the energy, knowledge,… Read more »
May 10, 2022
Nigeria: We'll Fix Badly Damaged Eko Bridge - Fashola
MINISTER of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, yesterday, assured Lagos residents of speedy completion of the rehabilitation of Eko Bridge, even as he explained that several… Read more »
Nigeria: 2023 Presidency - Why I Won't Resign Now, CBN Gov Tells Court
Ahead of the 2023 presidential election, the governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, yesterday approached the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, accusing… Read more »
Nigeria: Oil Marketers Fault Airline Operators Over Aviation Fuel Price
Oil marketers under the aegis of Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) have faulted airline operators' claim of buying aviation fuel at N700 per litre. Read more »
May 09, 2022
Nigeria: Building Collapse - Lagos Embarks On Massive Demolition of Defective Structures
Determined to prevent further building collapse and secure lives and property, the Lagos State Government has concluded plans to commence demolition of identified defective… Read more »
Nigeria: Shutting Down Domestic Airline Operations 'Ll Hurt Economy, PDP's Hayatu-Deen Warns
*Tasks FG on urgent proactive steps Read more »
May 07, 2022
Nigeria: Many Escape Death As 2-Storey Building Collapses in Lagos
Many people have reportedly escaped unhurt in Ago-Palace Way, near Okota Lagos State, after the partial collapse of a two-storey building in the area. Read more »