September 18, 2023
Nigeria: Tinubu's 100 Days in Office, and Facing the Realities Thereafter
President Tinubu should urgently stimulate the economy for the creation of jobs and forget the recent National Bureau of Statistics' reformulation of Nigeria's unemployment figure… Read more »
September 17, 2023
Nigeria: Tinubu Appoints Two New Ministers
The new appointees were announced by the president's spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale. Read more »
Nigeria: Mambilla Hydropower Project Saga - Ex-Minister Accuses Obasanjo of Distortion of Facts
Former minister Olu Agunloye says former President Obasanjo lied by claiming his government did not award the $ 6 billion contract for the Mambilla power project Read more »
Nigeria: Election Tribunal - PDP's Isah Ashiru Sure of Victory
The PDP is challenging the declaration of Uba Sani of the APC as the winner of the 18 March governorship election. Read more »
September 15, 2023
Nigeria: Govt Will Work With State Govt to Harness Solid Mineral Resources - Minister
Mr Alake said the ministry was determined and committed to harnessing the nation's mineral resources, emphasising that Nasarawa State and other endowed states across the country… Read more »
Nigeria: I Won't Give Excuses, Nigeria Has No Business With Poverty - Tinubu
Mr Tinubu also pledged to reconstruct Eleme axis of the East-West road in Rivers State. Read more »
September 14, 2023
Nigeria: Delta Reps Seat - Appeal Court Affirms Labour Party's Election After Overturning Tribunal Judgement
Ndudi Elemelu had lost the election to Ngozi Okolie of the Labour Party. Read more »
Nigeria: Nigerian Governor Raises Alarm Over Increasing Attacks By Bandits
Mr Mohammed said terrorists fleeing military operations in neighbouring states are attacking communities in Bauchi. Read more »
Nigeria: Tinubu Appoints New Head of Refugee Commission
"By this directive of the president, the appointment takes immediate effect," the statement said. Read more »
September 15, 2023
Nigeria: Power Restored After Nationwide Outage
"We are dedicated to taking all necessary measures to ensure grid stability and reliability, closely monitoring the situation to prevent future disruptions," the minister said. Read more »
September 14, 2023
Nigeria: Govt Sets Up Emergency Taskforce to Contain Diphtheria Outbreak in 14 States
Diphtheria cases have been detected in 14 states, with Kano as the epicentre. Read more »
September 15, 2023
Nigeria: Presidential Poll - LP Tackles Soyinka, Accuses Nobel Laureate of 'Exhibiting Dual Character'
"We will not allege selective amnesia as the reason for Soyinka's wrong prognosis but we would have expected him to be a statesman which we thought he was by remaining on the side… Read more »
Nigeria: IGP Assures of Peaceful Governorship Polls in Bayelsa, Kogi, Imo
The IGP says the police will leverage on the fact that the elections are limited to just three states to deploy its personnel adequately. Read more »
September 14, 2023
Nigeria: Tinubu Appoints CEO for New Investment Agency
The National Social Investment Programmes Agency (NSIPA) (Establishment) Act, 2023, was signed into law on 22 May by former President Muhammadu Buhari. Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria to Deepen Strategic Relations With Cuba - Shettima
"Our relationship has been very excellent over the years and this relations needs to be strengthened and upscaled," Mr Shettima said. Read more »
Nigeria: Tinubu Appoints New Federal Inland Revenue Service Acting Chairman
"By these directives of the President, the new appointment takes immediate effect," a statement said. Read more »
Nigeria: Senate Denies Allocating N100m Each As Palliatives to Members, Threatens Legal Action
The Senate says the allegation that its members received N100 million each as palliatives is an attempt to incite the public against members of the Nigerian National Assembly. Read more »
Nigeria: Why National Grid Collapsed - Minister
In 2022 alone, the country's national grid collapsed eight times Read more »
Nigeria: Blackout Across Nigeria As National Grid Collapses
Due to this development, one of the distribution companies said all its interface TCN stations are out of supply. Read more »
September 13, 2023
Nigeria: Election Tribunal Sacks Another Labour Party Lawmaker in Enugu
The sacking of the LP lawmaker came about 24 hours after a federal lawmaker from the party, Sunday Umeha, representing Udi/Ezeagu Federal Constituency of Enugu State, was sacked by… Read more »
Nigeria: Why Over 90% of Nigerian Senators Are Distracted - Ireti Kingibe
"In the last eight weeks or so, almost 90 per cent of the senators were distracted with one court case or the other. I want Nigerians to give us sometimes to see what we can bring… Read more »
Nigeria: Lagos Commissioner Nominee Explains Why She Was Not Sworn in
Ms Fasawe says she got a new role at the FCT as a mandate secretary for health services and environment. Read more »
Nigeria: Gates Foundation Lists Measures to Prevent Stillbirth, Infant Death in Low - Middle-Income Countries
The report also highlights seven life-saving innovations, which they said could be easily implemented by midwives and birth attendants to reduce maternal mortality. Read more »
Nigeria: One Missing As Sanwo-Olu Swears in 37 Commissioners, Special Advisers
PREMIUM TIMES found out that Dolapo Fasawe, the former boss of the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) who was confirmed by the House was not sworn in. Read more »
Nigeria: Proceeds of Kidnapping Used to Finance Terrorism - Official
"Kidnapping for ransom is also identified as one of the means of funding terrorism." Read more »