August 05
Nigeria: Kwara FA Opens Registration for Youth Super League
The Kwara State Football Association (KWSFA) has officially opened registration for the 2024 Kwara State Super League for youths. Read more »
Nigeria: D'Tigress Outclass Canada to Reach Historic Olympics Quarter-Finals
...As Enoh, Igoche hail victorious team Read more »
Nigeria: Algon Writes Finance Commissioners, Demands Immediate Payment of July Allocation
The Incorporated Trustees of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) have written to the Forum of Commissioners for Finance of Nigeria demanding the immediate… Read more »
Nigeria: Bank Directors Disagree With Otedola, Elumelu On Fx Windfall Tax
The Bank Directors Association of Nigeria (BDAN) has disagreed with the views expressed by the Chairman of First Bank Nigeria (FBN) Holdings, Mr Femi Otedola and his counterpart in… Read more »
Nigeria: Protest - Hold States, LGs to Account, Ex-Rep Tells Nigerians
Former House of Representatives member from Oyo State, Bosun Oladele, has urged Nigerians to hold states and local government areas accountable for interventions and palliatives… Read more »
Nigeria: Protest, Result of Years of Under-Investment - - Bagudu
The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu has said the current protest is as a result of years of underinvestment in so many areas of the economy. Read more »
Nigeria: High Jumper Adeshina Explains Early Exit At Paris Olympics
Nigeria's high jumper, Temitope Adeshina, has attributed her early exit at the Paris 2024 Olympics Women's High Jump event to lack of access to a coach. Read more »
Nigeria: No Need for State, LG Electoral Commissions
The Nigerian Senate recently proposed a bill for the establishment of the Local Government Independent Electoral Commission (LGIEC). The bill, which was sponsored by the senator… Read more »
Nigeria: Kwara PDP Deputy Gov Candidate in 2023 Dumps Party
The Kwara State deputy governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 and 2023 elections, Hon. Gbenga Makanjuola, has announced his resignation from the… Read more »
August 06
Nigeria: Residents Groan As Shops Run Out of Basic Commodities in Kano
Residents of Kano said they are facing a severe shortage of essential food commodities such as sugar, flour and seasoning as the #EndBadGovernance protest continues, despite… Read more »
August 05
Nigeria: Kaduna Govt Declares Curfew Amid Raging Protest
The Kaduna State Security Council has imposed a 24-hour curfew on Kaduna and Zaria Metropolitan Cities. Read more »
Nigeria: NAFDAC Warns Bakers to Shun Banned Ingredients
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) Coordinator in Kaduna, Nasiru Mato, has cautioned bakers ac to avoid using banned ingredients in baking… Read more »
August 04
Nigeria: Hold States, LGs to Account, Ex-Rep Tells Nigerians
Former House of Representatives from Oyo State, Bosun Oladele, has asked Nigerians to hold the states and Local Government Areas accountable for some of the interventions and… Read more »
Nigeria: Olympics - d'Tigress Beat Canada to Reach First Quarter-Finals
Nigerian senior female basketball team, D'Tigress, on Sunday, pulled all plugs to beat their Canadian counterparts 79-70 in the last group match of the Women's Basketball event at… Read more »
Nigeria: NDLEA Intercepts Multiple US, UK-Bound Drugs in Baby Food Tins
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted no less than 36 parcels of a strong strain of cannabis concealed in six cartons of tins of branded… Read more »
Nigeria: Diri - Why Tinubu Should Have Delayed Implementation of N70,000 Minimum Wage
Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has faulted the N70,000 minimum wage adopted by the Federal Government under President Bola Tinubu, saying whatever gains that will be made by… Read more »
Nigeria: #endbadgovernance - Mr President's Speech and What the Youths Must Know
On Thursday August 1, 2024, some Nigerians, mainly youths, trooped out to make demands on the government to make life meaningful. At some point, the protests were violent, and… Read more »
Nigeria: Photos - Christians Hold Church Service At Protest Ground in Plateau
Hundreds of Christian faithful participating in the nationwide protests against hunger held a Church Service at Old Airport Junction, venue of the nationwide protest in Plateau… Read more »
Nigeria: Broadcast - You Didn't Address Our Real Concerns, Netizens Tell Tinubu
Social Media users on platforms including X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook have reacted to the broadcast of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the protests in the country. Read more »
Nigeria: Protesters Chased Away From Lagos Venue
Suspected hoodlums, on Sunday, chased away #EndBadGovernance protesters from the Freedom Park, Ojota in Lagos. Read more »
August 05
Nigeria: Atiku, Soyinka, Falana, Others Pick Holes in Tinubu's Speech
Prominent citizens like former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), and a number of civil society… Read more »
August 04
Nigeria: 'I Swear to God, I Will Kill', How Policeman Threatened #EndBadGovernance Protesters
One of the policemen deployed to quell the riot which broke out during the #EndBadGovernance protests in Kano openly threatened to kill protesters. Read more »
Nigeria: Join Us On Monday or Shut Down, Protesters Threaten Business Owners in Jos
Hundreds of protesters in Jos, Plateau state capital, flooded the popular Bauchi Road, on Sunday, issuing a stern warning to all business owners to join them on Monday or shut… Read more »
Nigeria: Tinubu's Speech Didn't Address Crackdown On Protesters - Soyinka
Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has criticized President Bola Tinubu's recent national broadcast for not addressing the crackdown on protesters by security agencies. Read more »
Nigeria: #EndBadGovernance - Mob Invades Oyedepo's Church in Daura, Steal Items Worth Millions
On the first day of the commencement of the nationwide protest against hardship, chairs, musical instruments, and other items worth millions of naira were reported stolen by… Read more »