October 09, 2023
Nigeria: NNPCL Reacts to Report of Awarding Control of Pipelines to 'Cabal'
NNPCL was reacting to reports alleging that its managing director, Mele Kyari, quietly awarded the control of Nigeria's pipelines to an oil "cabal" Read more »
October 08, 2023
Nigeria: Building Collapse - Investigate Reinstatement of Building Control Boss, Others
Following their dismissal after the building collapse incident that claimed 34 lives, the officials have been reinstated, the group said. Read more »
October 06, 2023
Nigeria: Nigeria Marks World Teachers' Day As Ministers Emphasise Continuous Training of Educators
Mr Mamman said the travail of educating young minds goes beyond the confines of the classroom. Read more »
October 05, 2023
Nigeria: Experts Discuss Solutions to Nigeria's Economic Challenges At GOCOP Conference
The experts spoke on Thursday at the 7th Annual Conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) themed: "Nigeria: Roadmap for Socio-Economic Recovery and… Read more »
Africa: Google Announces 11 African Startups for Artificial Intelligence (AI) First Programme
The 11 startups were picked from a vast pool of innovative talents using cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence (AI). Read more »
Nigeria: Divestment of Oil Assets - Ncdmb Warns Against Reduction in Compliance, Tax Revenue
Wabote said the ongoing and other planned divestments are big accomplishments for Nigerian Content development. Read more »
Nigeria: Teachers Will Get Due Reward Under My Watch - Tinubu
Mr Tinubu orders revision of guidelines to prioritise IT, AI, others as teaching technologies. Read more »
Africa: Nigerian Govt, Africa Finance Corporation Partner to Gather Data, Process Minerals
Mr Alake explained that every effort being made through policies and programmes to make Nigeria a destination for solid minerals development will be futile if the nation doesn't… Read more »
Nigeria: World Bank Predicts Nigeria's GDP to Grow By 2.9% in 2023
The World Bank made the forecast about Nigeria's economy in its latest edition of Africa's Pulse report published on its website on Wednesday. Read more »
Nigeria: Natural Resource Investment - Nigerian Govt Set to Partner CJID, Others to Hold Second Summit
The forum, the organisers added, is expected to address measures to mitigate the challenges of energy transition and provide a low-emission development trajectory. Read more »
October 04, 2023
Nigeria: Pollution - Reps to Probe Oil Companies for Alleged Violation of PIA
The lawmakers noted that many oil wells in oil-producing communities are depleted and are no longer commercially viable, resulting in the sale of old upstream assets by… Read more »
October 03, 2023
Nigeria: Illegal Oil Refinery Explosion Kills 37 - Report
The explosion incident occurred at an illegal refinery site in the early hours of Monday. Read more »
West Africa: Cost of Living Crisis and Neoliberalism in West Africa
The African continent, due to underdevelopment, is pushed to the periphery of the world economy. The continued deficits are haunted by the ghost of free trade. Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria's Private Sector Reports Poor Growth Amid Weakening Naira
The Stanbic IBTC's Nigeria's Purchasing Manager Index (PMI), which gauges the overall direction the economy is heading and the health of the economy, gives an outlook of Nigeria's… Read more »
Nigeria: 40 Missing After Boat Accident in Kebbi
The passengers were going to a weekly market in Yauri Read more »
South Africa: U.S., South African Officials Discuss Shared Interests
The White House released a statement on what the American and South African NSAs discussed. Read more »
Nigeria: Fuel Subsidy Removal - Labour Suspends Planned Strike
The organised labour rescinded the decision to go on with its planned strike in a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by the representatives of the labour unions and the… Read more »
Nigeria: Shell Data Under Scrutiny as Methane Emissions Rise
With over a third of methane emissions stemming from fossil fuels production and operation, oil majors - led by Shell - publicly claim to be reducing their methane pollution. Read more »
October 02, 2023
Nigeria: Nigeria Recorded 3,617 Road Accidents in Q4 2022 - NBS
The NBS said the data indicated an increase of 6.01 per cent from the previous quarter. Read more »
September 30, 2023
West Africa: Ecowas Needs to Re-Examine Its Relationship With the West - Ecowas Speaker
"While we are pushing for democracy, we (ECOWAS) should also begin to re-examine our relationship with the West, especially the relationship between French-speaking countries and… Read more »
October 01, 2023
Nigeria: Planned Strike - What We Discussed With Labour Unions - Gbajabiamila
After a four-hour closed door meeting, the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, said that the president agreed to the new formula after an observation by the labour… Read more »
Nigeria: OVH Acquisition - NNPC Retail Workers Reveal Alleged Gaps in Reps Committee's Probe
The NNPC workers urged the House of Representatives committee probing the NNPC-OVH deal to carry out a thorough investigation and ensure justice. Read more »
October 02, 2023
Nigeria: Tinubu Increases Six Months Allowance for Federal Civil Servants
PREMIUM TIMES reported how Mr Tinubu Sunday morning announced the monthly payment of N25,000 allowance to junior civil servants. Read more »
October 01, 2023
Nigeria: SERAP Sues 36 Governors Over Failure to Account for N72 Billion Subsidy Palliative
The federal government recently disbursed N2 billion out of the N5 billion palliative package to each state of the federation and the federal capital territory (FCT), to address… Read more »
Nigeria: NLC, TUC Meet Govt Delegation, May Suspend Strike
The meeting was held a few hours after President Bola Tinubu addressed Nigerians on the occasion of Nigeria's 63rd Independence Anniversary. Read more »