December 11, 2023
Nigeria: Vandals Attack Transmission Line - TCN
The TCN General Manager Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, made this known in a statement. Read more »
Nigeria: Adjustment in Customs Exchange Rate Will Hurt Businesses - CPPE
This is not a good time for the CBN to increase the exchange rate for the computation of import duty and the clearing of cargo by importers, CPPE said. Read more »
December 10, 2023
Nigeria: 16 Dead, 27 Injured in Kaduna-Abuja Expressway Auto-Crash - FRSC
The fatal road crash occurred at Audu Jhangon village along the expressway on Sunday. Read more »
December 08, 2023
Nigeria: 4,800 Oil Pipelines Illegally Connected - NNPC Ltd
Mr Kyari said the illegal connections on oil pipelines in the Niger Delta are so rampant that within 100 kilometres of the affected pipelines, 300 insertions are made on them,… Read more »
Nigeria: Timeline - P&G's Troubled Operations in Nigeria
The company's chief financial officer (CFO), Andre Schulten, said it is pretty difficult for his company, as a U.S. dollar-denominated business, to create value in the country. Read more »
Nigeria: FCTA Allocates $4.5m World Bank Grants to Fadama Programme
The FCTA received a total allocation of $15 million from the World Bank for the implementation of the Fadama FCT CARES programme. Read more »
December 07, 2023
Nigeria: Tinubu Appoints New Members of Privatisation Council
The president charges the new members of the council to bring the best of their private sector experience to bear. Read more »
Nigeria: U.S. Will Support Nigerian Military in Application of Artificial Intelligence - Official
Mr Dean's brief visit to Nigeria is largely to deepen conversations around diplomatic efforts to increase stability and prevent conflict. Read more »
Nigeria: Why Nigerian Refineries Crashed - Ex-NNPC Group Director
He faulted the federal government's rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt Refinery. Read more »
Nigeria: Cardoso Approves Central Bank's Updated Service Charter
The Service Charter is a requirement of the Business Facilitation Act (BFA) 2022 for driving the ease of doing business in Nigeria. Read more »
Nigeria: TCN, Others to Complete CBN-Funded Power Projects 2024
Addressing concerns and speculations that the projects had been abandoned, an official noted that works are currently ongoing and would be delivered at the expected time Read more »
Nigeria: Frank Kokori, Ex-NUPENG Secretary, Is Dead
Mr Kokori died 7 December following a prolonged kidney-related ailment Read more »
December 06, 2023
Nigeria: P&G to End Manufacturing Operations in Nigeria
P&G could incur charges anywhere between $1 billion and $1.5 billion after-tax from restructuring its operations in Nigeria and Argentina. Read more »
Nigeria: COP28 Participants Speak On Nigeria's Affordable Renewable Energy Potential
Tuesday's event at the ongoing COP28 in Dubai focussed on broad spectrum of solutions from deploying large scale renewable energy to decarbonising the energy of today. Read more »
December 05, 2023
Nigeria: Abuja Council Chair Begins Rehabilitation of Major Road
The chairman said road construction and rehabilitation tallies with the FCT development roadmap demonstrated by the Minister of the FCT, Nyesome Wike. Read more »
Nigeria: 2024 Budget - EFCC Proposes N2.6 Billion for Vehicles, Demands Extra N33 Billion Allocation
EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, said the commission needs more resources to execute its mandates so as not to be criticised by Nigerians and the parliament for performing below… Read more »
Nigeria: National Assembly to 'Sanction' Ministers, MDAs 'Not Committed to Budget Defence'
Mr Akpabio also disclosed that the National Assembly will maintain the January-December budget cycle. Read more »
Nigeria: Phishing, Other Cyber Attacks Increase in Nigeria, Others
In Q3 2023, South Africa accounted for 28 per cent of attacks on IoT devices that were detected by Kaspersky in the African region. Read more »
December 01, 2023
Nigeria: Nigeria, Germany Sign Agreement to Accelerate Siemens Power Project - Presidency
The PPI, formerly known as the Nigeria Electrification Roadmap Initiative, was the outcome of the visit of former German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Abuja in August 2018. Read more »
December 03, 2023
Nigeria: Why Tinubu Retained Kyari As NNPC Limited's Group CEO
The retention of Mallam Mele Kolo Kyari by President Bola Tinubu as the group chief executive officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited is, indeed, a confirmation… Read more »
Nigeria: Araraume Urges Tinubu to Reverse Appointment of New NNPC Board
Mr Ararume anchored his demand for a reversal of the appointment of the new NNPC board on a court judgement he obtained in April this year. Read more »
December 02, 2023
Nigeria: COP28 - How Nigeria Will Benefit From 'Loss and Damage Fund' - Official
The official, who is part of Nigeria's delegation to COP28 in Dubai, the United Arab Emirate, says the fund will help to alleviate sufferings of climate frontline communities in… Read more »
December 01, 2023
Nigeria: Drama As Reps, Engineers Bicker Over Concrete Technology for Road Construction
The Nigerian Society of Engineers said the House lacked the power to investigate the issue. Read more »
Nigeria: Senate Wants Database for Artisans
The committee said the database would be the major platform where companies and government agencies could visit for recruitment of workers. Read more »
November 30, 2023
Nigeria: U.S.$170 Million Loan - Senate Panel Threatens Dangote Refinery, Delta Govt, 13 Oil Firms
The Senate panel said it observed that some of the companies did not utilise the fund for the purpose it was obtained. Read more »