May 29
Nigeria: 365 Days of Tinubu's Triumphs and Challenges
Today, May 29, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu clocks one year in office. With no pretences as to the economic reforms he needed to quickly execute in his bid to redirect an ailing… Read more »
Nigeria: A Year of Inflation, Naira Slump, Mass Poverty
Nume Ekeghe writes the first year of the Bola Tinubu administration has been marred by hyperinflation, naira slump and mass poverty driven by bold reforms Read more »
Nigeria: IOM, Yobe Push for Education to Enable Almajiris Fulfill Full Potential
The United Nations' International Organisation for Migration (IOM), Yobe State Government and Almajiri Child Rights Initiative (ACRI) have pushed for official and regularised… Read more »
Nigeria: Again, Minimum Wage Talks Stalled As Labour Rejects Govt's N60,000 Offer
·Minister appeals for patriotism Read more »
Nigeria: Tinubu's First Year Transformative Journey Towards Stability - Mohammad Idris
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammad Idris, has said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's first year in office has been a transformative journey towards stability,… Read more »
Nigeria: Our Reforms Will Make Nigeria Competitive Globally - Tinubu to Exxonmobil Executives
President Bola Tinubu has declared that three Executive Orders on oil and gas reforms signed by him will make Nigeria's petroleum sector globally competitive. Read more »
Nigeria: Govt, Partners Begin Free Cooking Gas Distribution to 1m Homes Nationwide
The federal government yesterday commenced the distribution of free gas cylinders to 1 million homes in the country in a bid to wean Nigerians from the continued use of firewood,… Read more »
Nigeria: One Year of Choking Interest-Rate Hike, Excruciating Reforms
"Interest rates need to be reduced to increase investment and consumer purchasing in ways that sustain the economy at a higher level." Read more »
Nigeria: NDLEA Smashes Two Drug Cartels, Recovers Cocaine, Fentanyl Consignments
A married couple cocaine-trafficking cartel has been smashed by the operatives of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Read more »
Nigeria: One Year of Tinubu Presidency
The administration should work on policies that improve the general welfare of the people Read more »
Nigeria: Oshiomhole Happy to Be Part of Okpekpe Race Success Story
Former Governor of Edo State, Senator Adams Oshiomhole, has said that he is delighted with the success story of the Okpekpe international 10km road race. Read more »
May 28
Africa: Group Intensifies Call for United States of Africa, Denounces 'Colonial' Borders
Some Africans gathered in Lusaka, Zambia, yesterday to denounce colonial borders in Africa, calling for one single country on the African continent, United States of Africa Read more »
Nigeria: Kano Emirate Crisis Takes New Twist As Two Courts Issue Conflicting Orders
Justice S. A. Amobeda of the Federal High Court sitting in Kano has ordered the eviction of the reinstated Emir of Kano Muhammadu Sanusi II from Emir's Palace. Read more »
Nigeria: Senate Recalls Ningi After Serving 10 Weeks Out of Three Months' Suspension
The Senate has resolved to recall Senator Abdul Ningi who was suspended March 12, 2024 for a period of three months. Read more »
Nigeria: Group Raises Alarm Over Alleged Plot to Illegally Extend Rivers LG Chairmen Tenure
A group of concerned citizens has raised the alarm over an alleged plot to illegally extend the tenure of Rivers local government chairmen. Read more »
Nigeria: Zamfara Upgrades College of Agriculture Bakura, to Renovate General Hospital Talata Marafa
Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, said on Monday that the College of Agriculture and Animal Science Bakura had been upgraded to the College of Agriculture and Technology. Read more »
Nigeria: Jonathan Ojadah Bags U.S. President's Lifetime Achievement Award
UNIPGC Global President, Dr. Jonathan Ojadah, who is also IRDCUN-EU Permanent Rep to the United Nations, has made the list of 2024 US President's Lifetime Achievement award. Read more »
Nigeria: In Historic Move, National Assembly to Hold Joint Sitting On 25 Years of Democracy
The Senate and the House of Representatives will on Wednesday, May 29, hold a joint sitting to mark 25 years of unbroken democracy in Nigeria. Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria Air Project Was Fraudulent, Remains Suspended - Keyamo
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr. Festus Keyamo, yesterday, disclosed that the Nigeria Air project unveiled by the ex-president Muhammadu Buhari-led… Read more »
Nigeria: Agriculture Injected N309 Billion, 60,000 Jobs Into Economy - Kyari
Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, yesterday disclosed that the various interventions by the ministry in the agricultural sector had injected N309… Read more »
Nigeria: Bayero Constituting Security Risk in Kano, He Should Be Evacuated, State Govt Warns
Kano State Government has warned that the demoted Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, should be evacuated from the Nasarawa palace that he currently occupies, because he… Read more »
Nigeria: Lagos Set to Generate Power From Solid Waste, Signs Deal With Dutch Firm
Lagos State has taken a major step towards turning tonnes of solid waste generated in the metropolis to usable energy. Read more »
Nigeria: How Has Nation's Security Fared Under Tinubu?
Kingsley Nwezeh writes about extra measures put in place by the military and security agencies culminating in considerable decline in security skirmishes across the country since… Read more »
Nigeria: Edo Refinery, Dufil Prima Foods to Deepen N205bn Manufacturing Investment
In the wake of reforms by the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration, top manufacturers in Edo State, including Dufil Prima Foods, Edo Refinery and Don Mac Limited have secured… Read more »
May 27
Nigeria: Kano Court Stops Bayero, 4 Others From Parading Themselves As Emirs, Orders Police to Remove Deposed Monarch From Nasarawa Palace
Justice Amina Aliyu of the Kano State High Court has issued an interim injunction restraining the deposed Emir of Kano Aminu Ado Bayero, and four other dethroned Emirs to stop… Read more »