May 03, 2023
Nigeria: Senate Can't Stop Demolition At Ikeja Airport - Govt
The Federal Government has insisted that the Senate has no right to stop the ongoing demolition of offices belonging to agencies doing aviation activities at the Murtala Mohammed… Read more »
Nigeria: Tinubu Replies Wike's Request for Refund On Road Projects, Says 'I Owe You Nothing'
President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has told Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike that he owes him nothing following the governor's request that the federal government, when Tinubu take… Read more »
Nigeria: Organ Harvesting - Senate Pleads for Clemency, As London Court Set to Sentence Ekweremadu
The Senate on Tuesday appealed to the United Kingdom government for clemency as a UK court prepares to sentence Nigeria's former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and his… Read more »
Nigeria: How Tinubu's Son Bought $11m London Mansion Targeted By EFCC - Bloomberg
A firm belonging to Oluwaseyi, son of Nigeria's president-elect, Bola Tinubu, bought an $11 million London mansion that the Muhammadu Buhari government was seeking to confiscate as… Read more »
Nigeria: Buhari Inaugurates 748 New Homes, Says He's Fulfilled Promise
President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, declared that his government's promise of change for homeowners in the country had been fulfilled. Buhari spoke during the presentation of… Read more »
Nigeria: Amid Severe Economic Impact On Poultry, Govt Sticks to No-Vaccination Policy Against Bird Flu
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Mohammad Abubakar, has declared that the federal government's policy on 'No Vaccination' for control of the Highly Pathogenic… Read more »
May 02, 2023
Nigeria: Our Promise of Change for Home Owners Has Been Fulfilled - Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that his government's promise of change for home owners in the country has been fulfilled. Read more »
Nigeria: Buhari Okays Partial Exclusion of Finance Ministry From TSA
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja approved the partial exclusion of the Ministry of Finance Incorporated (MOFI) from the Treasury Single Account (TSA). Read more »
Nigeria: Current Upgrading of Nigeria's Military Will Make It a Force of Global Reckoning - Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has explained that the current repositioning of the military, through training, networking and equipping, will turn it into a force of global reckoning. Read more »
Nigeria: We're On Rescue Mission, Zamfara Gov-Elect Declares, Inaugurates Transition Committee
The Zamfara State Governor-elect, Dauda Lawal, on Tuesday in Gusau inaugurated the 60-member Transition Committee, reiterating that he is on a rescue and rebuilding mission. Read more »
Nigeria: Govt May Be Unable to Pay Salaries Beyond June Without Removing Fuel Subsidy, Massive Printing of Money - Obaseki
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, yesterday said the federal government may not be able to pay workers' salaries beyond June 2023 without resorting to massively printing… Read more »
Nigeria: Buhari Charges Successor to Respect Workers' Rights
President Muhammadu Buhari has advised the incoming administration of Bola Tinubu to continue to respect workers' rights as part of its core development agenda. Buhari stated this… Read more »
April 30, 2023
Nigeria: NDLEA Replies PDP, Lists Legal Grounds Why It Can't Arrest, Prosecute Tinubu
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has filed a preliminary objection to a suit instituted by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the governorship candidate of the… Read more »
Nigeria: Kano Governor-Elect Will Revisit Sanusi's Dethronement, Kwankwaso Declares
The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People's Party (NNPP) in the 2023 general election and leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, Senator Rabi'u Musa Kwankwaso, has said… Read more »
Nigeria: Will Timipre Sylva Take Bayelsa State From Douye Diri This Time?
Will there ever be a time when gubernatorial elections can be held without people pointing their hands at their rivals' noses and cursing them until they are satisfied? Certainly… Read more »
Nigeria: Odds Favour Gbajabiamila As the New Chief of Staff to Tinubu
For anyone with a front-row seat to the political game in Nigeria, there is no end to the excitement following from all the bends and corners of this game. For example, against the… Read more »
Nigeria: Fresh Crisis Looms As Resident Doctors Issue Govt Two-Week Ultimatum Over Demands
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has threatened to embark on strike if the federal government fails to meet its demands within two weeks. Read more »
Nigeria: Govt Bows to Pressure, Reapproves Use of Eagle Square for May Day Rally
The federal government has reapproved the use of Eagle Square in Abuja by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) for the annual May Day rally in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)… Read more »
Nigeria: Why Who Becomes Senate President Is Important for Tinubu's Strategists
Strong indications emerged at the weekend that the strategists of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu are showing strong interest on who becomes the next President of the Senate due… Read more »
Nigeria: It's Unreasonable to Jettison Nigeria's Fossil Fuels Now - Vice President Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday insisted that while the global call for a transition to cleaner fuels may be valid, it would be unreasonable for Nigeria to abandon her… Read more »
April 27, 2023
Nigeria: In Eight Years, We Equipped Security, Subdued Terrorists, Bandits, Other Criminal Elements - Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that his government since inception in 2015 has succeeded in adequately equipping the security agencies, as well as subduing the activities… Read more »
Nigeria: My Drug-Free Record Is Reason I've Been Contesting Polls - Atiku
The presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last general election, Atiku Abubakar, has told the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, that unlike him, he has… Read more »
April 26, 2023
Nigeria: Senate Presidency - Niger Delta Stakeholders Call for Equity, Justice
Niger Delta stakeholders in the All Progressives Congress (APC) have called on the leadership and critical stakeholders of the party from the region to support credible and a team… Read more »
Nigeria: I Have Been Contesting Presidential Polls Because of My Drug-Free Record - Atiku to Tinubu
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the just concluded general election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has told the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, that unlike… Read more »
Nigeria: Senate Presidency - South-west Senators Oppose Lawmakers Pushing for Akpabio's Candidacy
Some senators-elect from the South-west have debunked the claim that they rooting for Godswill Akpabio as the next Senate President in the 10th Senate. Read more »