April 09
Nigeria: Road Project - Residents of Lagos Community Protest Planned Demolition of Properties
The protesting residents said their properties had been marked for demolition and urged the government to shelve the plan. Read more »
April 07
Nigeria: Arrest of Trailers Loaded With Passengers Will Continue Across Nigeria - FRSC
The JTF established by the corps marshal had apprehended 35 trailers carrying 982 passengers between March 23 and March 30. Read more »
Nigeria: Exclusive - How Multichoice Nigeria Was Defrauded of N7.9 Billion
According to Mr Giwa, he acted on Multichoice Nigeria's behalf in arranging with JNFX, under 10 Multichoice contracts, for the exchange of Naira into dollars. Read more »
April 05
Nigeria: Electricity Tariff Increase and the Big Lie, By Jibrin Ibrahim
The original sin was the mode of privatisation of the Nigerian electricity sector. Read more »
Nigeria: Nigerian Govt Recommends Mining Model to Miners
Mr Alake, in his response, pledged the support of the Federal Government for SROL, particularly because it promotes local content and positively impacts the host community with… Read more »
April 04
Nigeria: Vaccine - Gavi Announces $250m Grant to Nigeria As Tinubu Urges Greater Collaboration With Organisation
President Tinubu said partnership on local vaccine production has become necessary owing to the challenges faced by developing countries, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic… Read more »
Nigeria: Wike Appoints New Md of Abuja Investment Company
Mr Wike also terminated the contract for the maintenance of International Conference Centre. Read more »
Nigeria: How New Gas Price Template for Strategic Sectors Will Benefit Nigerians
On Easter Monday, the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority announced the establishment of the year 2024 Domestic Base Price and applicable wholesale… Read more »
Nigeria: Failure to Arraign Binance Officials in Tax Evasion, Money Laundering Cases
Binance and its two officials - Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla - were scheduled to be arraigned before the Federal High Court in Abuja on five counts of money laundering… Read more »
April 03
Nigeria: Nigerian Govt Announces Hike in Electricity Tariffs
Mr Oseni said the new rate will be imposed only on consumers, who represent 15 per cent of the population but consume 40 per cent of the nation's electricity. Read more »
April 02
Nigeria: 'Jesus Paid Your Debts, Not Your Taxes' Flier - FIRS Apologises
Yes, we would say the message ruffled feathers in some circles. The unintended meaning/insinuation being read into the post was not what we were out to communicate as an agency. Read more »
April 01
Nigeria: Zamfara Governor Denies Borrowing 14.26bn
The spokesperson of the governor clarified that no domestic or external loans have been taken since Governor Dauda Lawal took office, pointing out that the amount referred to in… Read more »
Nigeria: Cppe Speaks On CBN Recapitalisation of Banks
"The purpose of adequate capitalization is to ensure the efficiency and stability of the financial system," the think tank said. Read more »
West Africa: Nigeria's Electricity Customers Rose to 12.1 Million in Q4 2023 - NBS
"Total customer numbers in Q4 2023 stood at 12.12 million from 11.71 million in Q3 2023, showing an increase of 3.46 per cent," NBS said. Read more »
April 02
Nigeria: Zenith Bank Named Nigeria's Best Bank for the 4th Year
The Bank emerged as the best bank in Nigeria in the Global Finance Best Banks Awards 2024 Read more »
Nigeria: #Under30EntrepreneursInNigeria - Nothing Prepares You for Entrepreneurial Challenges - Emmaginations' Founder
"When things get rough for me, I ask myself why I started this journey in the first place and what problem I'm solving, and the answer always gets me back on track." Read more »
March 31
Nigeria: Malabu Oil Deal - Why Court Discharged Ex-AGF Adoke, Six Others
The court said the prosecuting agency, the EFCC, filed a poorly drafted charge against the defendants. Read more »
March 28
Nigeria: CBN Directs Nigerian Banks to Increase Capital Base
All banks are required to meet the minimum capital requirement within 24 months Read more »
Nigeria: Budget Padding - Ningi Demands Reinstatement, Insists Suspension's Illegal
Mr Ningi has threatened to sue the Senate if his 12 March suspension is not reversed within seven days. Read more »
Nigeria: Minister Directs New Marshals to Smoke Out Illegal Miners
The newly activated Mining Marshal Corp, which currently has 2,220 personnel, is an inter-agency security outfit established to secure the mining environment. Read more »
March 27
Nigeria: Tinubu Sets Up New Economic Coordination, Management Teams
The Presidential Economic Coordination Council (PECC) comprises distinguished leaders and key government officials. Read more »
March 25
Nigeria: Clean Energy - Edo to Float New Gas Company, to Convert Vehicles to Run On Cng
"We also want to ensure that we also convert generators to CNG. We want everyone in Edo to use clean energy." Read more »
March 27
Nigeria: Terrorists Kill Zamfara Community Guard Commander, Kidnap 14 Road Construction Workers
The Governor of Zamfara State, Dauda Lawal, in a Facebook post condoled with the families of the deceased persons and residents of Tsafe Local Government Area. Read more »
Nigeria: Kalu Meets Okonjo-Iweala, Seeks WTO's Help in Contamination of Agricultural Products During Export
Mr Kalu said African businessmen face hurdles in marketing their products, primarily due to aflatoxins contaminating them en route to their destinations. Read more »
Nigeria: NAF Destroys Several Illegal Refining Sites, Barges in Rivers
The sites and barges destroyed were discovered between Monday and Tuesday at Bille, Dariama, Elem Bekinkiri, Temakiri, Opumakiri, and Degema all in Rivers. Read more »