April 26, 2023
Nigeria: Agora Report Prescribes Immediate Reforms, Urges Govt to Boost Oil Revenues
Agora Policy, an Abuja think-tank has urged the federal government to work on boosting oil earnings, stressing that the drastic fall in oil revenue has been as a result of the… Read more »
Nigeria: Mustapha, NIMC Boss, Others to Discuss Data-Driven Engagement At Communication, Development Confab
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Boss Mustapha, is expected to declare the fifth edition of the International Conference on Communication and… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria Spent $195m to Fight Piracy in Gulf of Guinea in 2021 - Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged that Nigeria would continue to deploy resources towards combating piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. Buhari stated this yesterday in Accra, during… Read more »
April 25, 2023
Nigeria: Nigeria Not Among 8 African Countries Expected to Meet 2025 Global Technical Strategy Target - WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that Nigeria is not among the eight countries in Africa expected to meet the 2025 Global Technical Strategy target on malaria incidence… Read more »
Nigeria: Regular Meetings Among Member-Nations Panacea for Peace and Security in Gulf of Guinea - Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday has identified regular meetings among the countries that make up the Gulf of Guinea Commission as a critical route towards achieving peace and… Read more »
Nigeria: Buhari, Obasanjo, Gowon, Abubakar, Tinubu, Others Expected At Book Launch On Osinbajo
Organisers of the "Osinbajo Strides", a book in honour of the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo would now publicly present the collection of articles by 25 writers at a virtual… Read more »
April 24, 2023
Nigeria: I'm Still in Race for 10th Senate Presidency - Musa
A frontline contender for the 10th Senate Presidency, Senator Sani Musa, has said he has not withdrawn from the race contrary to reports that northern aspirants had stepped down… Read more »
April 21, 2023
Nigeria: Malami Bows to Pressure, to Appear Before Committee On Alleged Sale of 48 Billion Barrels of Crude
The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami yesterday expressed readiness to provide relevant information on the alleged sale of 48… Read more »
Nigeria: Govt Pushes for Implementation of SAATM to Benefit From 155,000 New Jobs, $1.3bn Annual GDP
The federal government has said it is determined to give full support to the implementation of Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) in order to maximise the benefit therein. Read more »
Nigeria: President in Sallah Message Says 2023 Polls So Transparent His Party Lost Ground in Many States
President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, in his Eid-el-Fitri message, reflected on the 2023 general election, and, again, concluded the exercise was so transparent that his party,… Read more »
Nigeria: Akpabio As a Right Choice for 10th Senate Presidency
Etim Etim writes that ranking Senator Godswill Akpabio possesses the required qualities to serve as President of the 10th Senate. Read more »
Nigeria: 2023 Presidential Poll - Nigeria Drawing Back the Hands of the Clock?
Frisky Larr revisits the recently concluded presidential election in the country and submits that the outcome of the poll leaves much to be desired. Read more »
April 20, 2023
Nigeria: Buhari Returns to Abuja After Eight-Day Official Trip to Saudi Arabia
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday returned to Abuja, after his eight-day official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where he also performed the Umrah (Lesser Hajj). Read more »
April 19, 2023
Nigeria: Govt Approves N3.4bn Surveillance Aircraft for Nigeria Customs Service
The Federal Government has approved the sum of N3.4 billion for the procurement of a surveilance aircraft for the use of the nation's Customs Service. Read more »
Nigeria: Stop Parading Yourself As National Leader of Afenifere, Group Tells Adebanjo
A group under the auspices of Yoruba Afenifere Youth Organisation of Nigeria (YAYON) yesterday staged a peaceful protest calling on the acting leader of the pan-Yoruba… Read more »
Nigeria: I'm Confident Buhari Will Sign Isb Into Law Before May 29 - Yuguda
The Director General, Securities and Exchange Commission, Mr. Lamido Yuguda in this interview, expressed confidence that President Muhammadu Buhari will sign into law the Investors… Read more »
Nigeria: Obi, Soludo's Hard Fought Battle for Ogbaru Federal Constituency Seat
Last Saturday during the supplementary House of Representatives election for Ogbaru Federal Constituency, Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 poll, Mr Peter Obi… Read more »
Nigeria: After Foiling a Brazen Electoral Coup, INEC Declares Fintiri Re-Elected
After nearly one month of suspense involving a testy rerun exercise and one of the most brazen, albeit unsuccessful, electoral coups of the Fourth Republic, the Independent… Read more »
April 18, 2023
Nigeria: Buhari Recounts Achievements in Oil, Gas Sector, Lists PIA As Biggest Accomplishment
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday attended the Nigeria International Energy Summit (NIES), his last as the country's leader, seizing the opportunity to highlight his… Read more »
Nigeria: Governorship Election - Tribunal Orders Substituted Service On Sanwo-Olu
The Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting at the Special Offences Court premises in Ikeja, has granted the motion ex-parte brought before it by the Labour… Read more »
Nigeria: Leaders Toying With Prejudice in Contest for Power Threat to Democracy - VP Osinbajo
The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has warned that in the contest for power, leadership elites must not toy with prejudices that alienate or divide any section of the country. Read more »
April 17, 2023
Nigeria: 10th Assembly - South-South Christian Should Be Senate President, Says Lawmaker
Ahead of the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly on June 13th, the lawmaker representing Etinan/Nsit Ibom/Nsit Ubium Federal Constituency, Hon. Luke Onofiok (PDP, Akwa Ibom)… Read more »
Nigeria: Right of Reply - Chidi Amuta, Peter Obi and the 'Obidient's' Thriving Tyranny
Nothing captures and portrays the crisis of credibility and integrity of the vast majority of a sectional intelligentsia than a recent piece by Dr Chidi Amuta titled 'Peter Obi and… Read more »
Nigeria: 10th Senate Presidency - Aspirants Move Battle to Opposition Senators' Camp
The leadership and members of a strong coalition made up of the 43 opposition Senators-elect, are now the beautiful brides of the aspirants for the position of the Senate… Read more »
Nigeria: Lalong, Yahaya, Amao Pour Encomiums As Military Buries Ex-Spokesmen, Chukwu, Meigida in Abuja, Plateau
Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Faruk Yahaya and the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, poured encomiums on late military… Read more »