December 12, 2023
Nigeria: Govt May Increase 2024 Budget If Revenue Improves Next Year, Says Wale Edun
The federal government, yesterday, hinted that it might consider returning to the National Assembly to seek the lawmakers' approval for a supplementary budget next year if the… Read more »
December 10, 2023
Nigeria: Nigeria Must Form Global Alliances to End Domestic Threats, Shettima Declares At Convocation Lecture
Vice President Kashim Shettima has canvassed the need for Nigeria and other African countries to form global alliances to tame crises caused by external aggressions and domestic… Read more »
December 08, 2023
Nigeria: Showing Compassion, Shettima Leads Govt's Delegation to Visit Kaduna Bomb Victims, Promises Rebuilding
Vice-President Kashim Shettima, yesterday, hinted at plans by the federal government to rebuild Tudun Biri village in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, hit by an… Read more »
Nigeria: Tinubu - Every Commitment to Clear FX Backlog Will Be Fulfilled
President Bola Tinubu yesterday assured that every commitment by his administration towards resolving foreign exchange (FX) backlogs through injection of funds into the market… Read more »
December 07, 2023
Nigeria: Akeredolu Should Heed His Own Counsel
The governor should resign his appointment if he cannot perform the functions of his office Read more »
December 04, 2023
Nigeria: PDP Criticises Govt Over 1, 411 Delegation to COP28, Obi Urges Production, Not Waste
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has criticised Nigeria's large delegation of 1, 411 persons to the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab… Read more »
Nigeria: No North or South On Niger
Minister of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar was heard on the BBC Hausa service recently saying that Nigeria has been applying quiet pressure on Niger Republic's military… Read more »
November 29, 2023
Africa: African Democracy or Democratic Africa?
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo's recent advocacy for an African variety of democracy as a replacement for liberal democracy should be viewed within the wider ideological… Read more »
November 23, 2023
Nigeria: More Oil, Gas Assets for Sale As Tinubu Approves Conduct of Fresh Marginal Field Bid Round
President Bola Tinubu has approved the conduct of fresh marginal field bid round to offer for sale more oil and gas fields abandoned by the international oil companies (IOCs) which… Read more »
November 21, 2023
Nigeria: It's Dangerous for Judiciary to Sanction 165,000 Voters for Electoral Officers' Mistakes - Falana
Renowned lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr. Femi Falana, yesterday, described as a dangerous judicial trend the recent tendency by the courts to sanction voters and… Read more »
Nigeria: I Did My Best, Not Sure If Expected Results Were Achieved - Buhari
The immediate past President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari yesterday maintained that he did his best in the eight years that he governed Nigeria, but said he wasn't quite sure he… Read more »
November 20, 2023
Africa: Tinubu, 17 Other African Leaders in Germany for G20 Compact With Africa Conference
President Bola Tinubu and 17 other African leaders are expected to attend the G20 Compact with Africa Conference scheduled for Berlin, the German capital, today. Read more »
Nigeria: Tertiary Institutions and Remittances
The decision to stop universities from sending part of their money to government is hugely welcome Read more »
November 19, 2023
Nigeria: Universities Won't Embark On Strike Again, Tinubu Declares
Barely 24 hours after President Bola Tinubu cancelled the controversial deduction of 40 per cent of Internally Generated Revenues (IGRs) from federal universities across the… Read more »
Nigeria: To Ramp Up Oil Production, Govt Moves to Resolve Dispute Over Sale of $1.3bn ExxonMobil's Assets
The federal government has met with a team from Seplat Energy, to resolve the stalemate arising from the proposed $1.3 billion ExxonMobil's oil asset sale which has now been held… Read more »
November 17, 2023
Nigeria: Court Declares Zamfara Guber Poll Inconclusive, Orders Rerun in Three LGAs
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has declared as inconclusive the March 18 governorship election that produced the Zamfara State governor, Dauda Lawal. Read more »
Nigeria: Prosecution of Alleged Terrorists Resumes in Two Weeks - Fagbemi
Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, yesterday, disclosed that the federal government would resume the prosecution of some alleged… Read more »
November 13, 2023
Nigeria: Governor Diri Re-Elected
Bayelsa State Governor and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the November 11 governorship election has been re-elected. He polled 175,196 votes to emerge winner of the… Read more »
Nigeria: Keyamo's Monarch Seeks Expansion of Osubi Airport, Revitalisation of Warri Ports
The Ovie of Uvwie Kingdom, HRM. Emmanuel Sideso (Abe 1), has called on the federal government to expand Osubi airport in Delta State to accommodate bigger aircrafts. Read more »
Nigeria: Uzodimma, Ododo Win Imo, Kogi, Diri Leads in Bayelsa
Saturday's off-cycle governorship elections in Imo, Bayelsa and Kogi states are gradually coming to a close, with the declaration, yesterday, of Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma,… Read more »
November 06, 2023
Nigeria: A Dish Best Served Cold
Something that has been tried and tried again and most of the time the experiment came to grief, why does anyone want to try it again? I am thinking here of the dubious Nigerian… Read more »
November 09, 2023
Nigeria: The Posthumous 'Benevolence' of Abacha
For the past several years, the joke in Abuja is that whenever Nigeria encounters dire financial straits, the late General Sani Abacha looks down on us from beyond and drops a… Read more »
November 02, 2023
Nigeria: Democracy and Mayhem in Rivers State
The political crisis in the state is unfortunate Read more »
October 31, 2023
Nigeria: Govt to Review $2bn Siemens Deal, Targets 1,300 Rise in Transmission Capacity - Adelabu
The Minister of Power, Mr Bayo Adelabu, last night said the federal government was set to review the Siemens power deal with Nigeria, which would have seen the incremental rise in… Read more »
October 30, 2023
Nigeria: We're Set to Change Narrative Surrounding Nigeria's Economy - Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu has expressed the readiness of his government to change the narrative about Nigeria's weak and crawling economy and transform governance in the country. Read more »