October 18, 2023
Nigeria: Why Supreme Court Must Jettison Technicality, Overrule Tinubu On Fresh Evidence - Atiku
The presidential candidate of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in the last presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has given reasons why the apex court must grant him… Read more »
October 15, 2023
Nigeria: Govt Seeks $1.5bn Loan from World Bank to Address Fiscal Gap
As part of the efforts to address the fiscal gap in the 2023 budget, the federal government yesterday disclosed that it had concluded plans to secure a fresh $1.5 billion loan… Read more »
Nigeria: NNPC Jettisons Oil Swap Deals, Pays Cash for Fuel Imports
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) has begun buying petrol via cash tenders, rather than oil swaps, for the first time in nearly a decade, four sources familiar… Read more »
October 14, 2023
Nigeria: Senate Promises Legislations On Energy Transition Financing
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Ecology and Climate Change, Senator Seriake Dickson, has expressed the readiness of the National Assembly to support any new legislation or… Read more »
October 13, 2023
Nigeria: History As Olukoyede, First Christian, First Southerner, Is Appointed EFCC Chair
History was yesterday recorded as President Bola Tinubu approved the appointment of Mr. Ola Olukoyede, the first Christian and southerner, to ever head the Economic and Financial… Read more »
Nigeria: Dismiss Atiku's Appeal, It's Abuse of Court Process - Tinubu to Supreme Court
President Bola Tinubu has asked the Supreme Court to dismiss the appeal filed by candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 25 presidential election, Atiku… Read more »
Nigeria: CBN Lifts Forex Restrictions On Importation of Rice, Cement, Palm Oil, 40 Other Items
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday, declared that importers of 43 items previously restricted from accessing foreign exchange (FX) at the official window are now allowed… Read more »
October 12, 2023
Nigeria: Where Is Abdulrasheed Bawa?
Last Sunday, 'Premium Times' reported that President Bola Tinubu had decided to appoint Olanipekun Olukoyede as the substantive chairperson of the Economic and Financial Crimes… Read more »
October 11, 2023
Nigeria: House Adjourns Plenary Over Death of Member
The House of Representatives has adjourned plenary in honour of a member representing Isa/Sabon Birni Federal Constituency of Sokoto State, Hon. Abdulkadir Danbuga, who died on… Read more »
Nigeria: It's Time to Speak Directly to Nigerians On Your Identity, Education Records - Obi to Tinubu
Ripples over the academic record and and identity of President Bola Tinubu may not settle soon as the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party i the February 25 election, Mr.… Read more »
Nigeria: Travails of the Nigerian Girl - Child
All critical stakeholders must do more to empower the girl-child Read more »
October 10, 2023
Nigeria: Court-Martial Sentences General to 7 Years Imprisonment, to Refund $2.1m, N1.65bn to Nigerian Army Properties Limited
The Special Army Court-martial sitting in Abuja, Tuesday, sentenced former Group Managing Director, Nigerian Army Properties Limited, Maj. Gen. Umaru Mohammed, to seven years… Read more »
October 09, 2023
Nigeria: Tinubu Unveils Ambitious Plan to Create 500,000 Jobs As Ajaokuta Rolling Mill Nears Completion
President Bola Tinubu has declared that with the hitherto abandoned Ajaokuta Steel Complex now nearing completion, the project would have the capacity to employ 500,000 Nigerians… Read more »
Nigeria: Huriwa, Amnesty International Condemn Govt's Plan to Gag Arise TV
Foremost rights groups, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) and Amnesty International (AI), yesterday, condemned attempts by the federal government through the… Read more »
Nigeria: Corporate Icon, Chris Ogunbanjo, Is Dead, Tinubu Mourns
President Bola Tinubu has expressed condolences to the Ogunbanjo family and the entire Ijebu-Ode community over the passing of their patriarch, elder statesman and corporate icon,… Read more »
Nigeria: No Matter New Attempts to Twist Facts, Tinubu's INEC Certificate Is Forgery - Atiku
Former Vice President and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the February 25 elections, Atiku Abubakar, has said, no matter how hard President Bola Tinubu and… Read more »
Nigeria: Abuse of Nigerian Workers By Foreigners
Labour laws must be respected at all times Read more »
October 08, 2023
Nigeria: Floods Loom in Adamawa, Bayelsa, Kogi, Six Others as Cameroonian Dam Releases Water
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has alerted Nigerians to expect floods as Cameroonian authorities release water from the Lagdo Dam. Read more »
Nigeria: At Supreme Court, Atiku Files Fresh Evidence, Seeks Tinubu's Disqualification
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has filed what he termed as fresh evidence against President Bola Tinubu at the Supreme Court. Read more »
October 07, 2023
Nigeria: Opposition's Atiku Heads to Supreme Court
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 presidential elections, Atiku Abubakar, yesterday filed new documents against President Bola Tinubu before the… Read more »
October 06, 2023
Nigeria: The New Malaria Vaccines
The new vaccine is a welcome relief Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria's Yellow Greens Brush Aside Rwanda, S'leone, Take On Ghana Next
Nigeria's national men's cricket team, the Yellow-Greens have won their opening two matches against Rwanda and Sierra Leone, at the ongoing West Africa Trophy at the Tafawa Balewa… Read more »
October 05, 2023
Nigeria: Alleged Treason - Supreme Court to Decide Nnamdi Kanu's Fate Dec 15
The Supreme Court will on December 15 deliver its judgment in the appeal filed by the federal government against the discharge and release of detained leader of the Indigenous… Read more »
Nigeria: Reputation of Our Country Is At Stake - Atiku
Former Vice President and Presidential Candidate of the PDP in the February 25 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, Thursday, said President Bola Tinubu had violated Nigeria's… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria Must Break Shackles of Over-Reliance On Oil, Harness Non-Oil Potential for Export - Shettima
Vice President Kashim Shettima, yesterday said the country must take urgent steps to drastically reduce its over-dependence on oil and focus more on harnessing the untapped… Read more »