October 05, 2022
Nigeria: Gunmen Release Remaining 23 Hostages of Nigeria Kaduna Train Attack
The train departed Abuja for Kaduna before it was attacked in a Kaduna community by the terrorists. Read more »
Nigeria: Senate Overrules Petitions, Confirms All INEC RECs Nominated By Buhari
A group of civil society organisations had faulted the nomination of five of the new RECs for allegedly being partisan and of questionable past. Read more »
Nigeria: Buhari Appoints New Postmaster-General
Mr Adepoju's appointment will be for an initial term of five years. Read more »
Nigeria: Zamfara Government to Start Paying Minimum Wage in November
Zamfara State Government is yet to start paying the N30,000 minimum wage. Read more »
October 04, 2022
Nigeria: Oyo 2023 - APC Guber Candidate Says Members Were Attacked While Marching for Tinubu
Mr Folarin said the alleged attack left several members injured and hospitalised. Read more »
October 05, 2022
Nigeria: Sanwo-Olu Appoints Odusanya Lasustech's Pioneer Substantive VC
A statement by the Office of the Special Adviser on Education (SAE) to Mr Sanwo-Olu, Tokunbo Wahab, said the appointment of the new VC took effect on 29 September. Read more »
Nigeria: PDP NWC Insists 'Housing Allowance' Paid to Members Passed Due Process
The NWC says it has resolved to investigate reports that claimed the payments were bribes. Read more »
Nigeria: Gcr Affirms Lekki Gardens Estate Limited's National Scale Issuer and Its Secured Bond Issue Ratings, Stable Outlook
Foremost real estate company, Lekki Gardens Estate Limited earns national scale long-term and short-term issuer ratings of BBB+ (NG) and A2 (NG), respectively Read more »
Nigeria: 2023 - INEC Lacks 'Mechanism' to Monitor Election Financing - Lawyer
The lawyer called for the establishment of Electoral Offences Commission. Read more »
Nigeria: 2023 - INEC Releases Final List of Ebonyi Governorship Candidates
INEC warned governorship and the House of Assembly candidates against kicking off their campaigns before the stipulated time. Read more »
October 04, 2022
Nigeria: In Bid to Break ASUU, Nigerian Govt Registers Two New Academic Unions
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, presented both unions with certificates of registration at the ministry on Tuesday. Read more »
Nigeria: Nigerian Govt Files Suit Against Facebook, Instagram Over Adverts
The government wants Meta to pay for what it calls unapproved advert materials. Read more »
Nigeria: 2023 - Tinubu Resting Ahead of Campaigns - APC Chieftain
The APC member said Mr Tinubu needed a few days off to rest because the pressure on him was too much. Read more »
Nigeria: Burkina Faso Coup Raises More Concerns About Democratic Stability in Africa
"The world is increasingly moving from democracy to illiberalism, and in West Africa's case, the pace of the slide towards illiberal democracy, and now into full-blown military… Read more »
Nigeria: Alleged Perjury - Zamfara Governor Faces Disqualification Threat
Northern Youth Assembly (Majalisar Matasan Arewa) drag Matawalle to court Read more »
October 03, 2022
Nigeria: Second Niger Bridge Ready for Use By Christmas - Govt
Mr Martins said that the first phase of the Second Niger Bridge measuring 1.6km, had reached 95 per cent completion. Read more »
Nigeria: PDP Bonanza, Confused Atiku and Thorny Wike
A fresh twist appeared in the PDP last week as four members of the National Working Committee returned sums ranging from N28 million to N36 million. Read more »
Nigeria: Nigerian Govt Says Port Harcourt Refinery Will Restart in December. That's Unlikely
Officials had previously said the start-off date will be the first quarter of next year. Read more »
Nigeria: Atiku Dances in Solo Video
Atiku wore two types of attires in the dancing video. The first was a trouser and a T-shirt while the other was a flowing robe. Read more »
October 02, 2022
Nigeria: Controversial Water Resources Bill Must Be Passed Into Law - Minister
"Some of the people that are vehemently opposing this (water) bill are the ones that stand to benefit and the ones that are most protected." Read more »
Nigeria: Nigerians Disagree Over Success of Buhari's Agric Policy
"Currently, the cost of farm inputs has gone up by 100 per cent, and since farmers cannot afford fertiliser, agrochemicals and other inputs, the harvest has decreased over the… Read more »
October 03, 2022
Nigeria: 2023 Polls - Issues Before Presidential Candidates
The era of offering tokenism as dividends of democracy is over. Nigerians look forward to a president next year who will be decisive... Read more »
October 02, 2022
Nigeria: Taking Nigeria From Third to First World Through Its Diaspora (2)
Nigerians spread around the world remitted $21 billion into the country's economy in 2013. That is over half of our foreign reserves sent in by Nigerian diaspora in one year. Read more »
Nigeria: PDP Crisis - Wike, Ortom, Ikpeazu, Ugwuanyi, Others Meet in Enugu
The governors refused to speak with reporters about the meeting. Read more »
Nigeria: Potable Water - Buhari's Government Develops 6,761 Water Schemes - Adamu
Minister says 10 new irrigation schemes have increased Nigeria's irrigated area from 70,000 hectares in 2015 to 138,000 hectares presently Read more »