Nigeria: Again, CBN Raises Interest Rate By 50 Basis Points to 26.75 Percent

...Move will further squeeze liquidity from banking system - Experts Read more »

Nigeria: Gov Sule Dissolves Nasarawa United Management

Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has dissolved the Dr. Othman Ahmed Ibrahim-led Management team of the state-owned Nasarawa United Football Club. Read more »

Nigeria: Customs Rakes in N80bn From Lagos Airport Cargo Terminal

The Murtala Muhammed Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has generated N80,351,299,068 as duty in the first six months of 2024. Read more »

Nigeria: NFF Launches Maiden 'Girl Play Sports' Football Tourney

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) yesterday officially launched the inaugural 'Girls Play Sports' football tournament which is an initiative of the Ayomidiran Foundation. Read more »

Nigeria: Dangote Refinery Imbroglio - A Cause for Concern

Amid the current challenging times, a wave of controversy has engulfed Nigerians due to the ongoing Dangote Refinery imbroglio. This situation has raised significant concerns and… Read more »

Nigeria: Naccima Expresses Opposition to Interest Rate Hike

The National President of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture (NACCIMA), Dele Oye Esq., has expressed opposition to an increase in… Read more »

Africa: FG to Document Africa's First Olympic Football Gold in Film - Enoh

The Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Owan Enoh has revealed plans to celebrate Nigeria's Dream Team's 1996 Olympic Gold Medal win with a documentary. Read more »

Nigeria: Ipac Rejects Bill to Create LG Electoral Commission

The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) has rejected the proposed bill by the Senate to create a local government independent electoral commission. Read more »

Nigeria: Protest - Northern Youth Groups Withdraw, Allege Criminal Motives

The coalition of northern youth leaders' forum has dissociated Northern youths from planned protests nationwide. Read more »

Nigeria: Now On the Trail to Economic Armageddon, How Can Nigeria Be Saved? (I)

The latest figures from the National Bureau of Statistics put the rate of inflation at around 35 per cent. Food inflation regarding the specific cost of food items is over 40 per… Read more »

Nigeria: NGO Sinks Boreholes in FCT Community, School

An international NGO, Wells for Hope (HP), has commissioned two solar boreholes it sank for residents of Unguwar Azarachi and the Government Secondary School (GSS), Dangara, in… Read more »

Nigeria: Northerners Promoting Toxic Politics - Gov Sani

Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has expressed worry that Northerners are still allegedly promoting toxic politics and "pull him down" syndrome. Read more »

Nigeria: Ban Open Drug Markets to Curb Drug Abuse, PSN Urges FG

The Edo State chapter of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), has called on the federal government to ban the open selling of drugs in markets across the country to curb… Read more »

Nigeria: Looming Protest - Prevention Is Better Than Preparedness

In response to social media agent-provocateurs urging Nigerians to join their planned protests against poor governance, various activists, civil society organisations and… Read more »

Nigeria: Inflows Through Imtos Surged By 39 Percent in Q1 2024

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reported a 39 per cent increase in inflows through International Money Transfer Operators (IMTOs) for the first quarter of 2024 compared to… Read more »

Nigeria: NFF Endorses Girls Play Sports Football Tournament

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has expressed its full support for the Girls Play Sports Football Tournament, an initiative birthed by the Honorable Ayo Omidiran and… Read more »

Nigeria: NPA Generated N541bn, Remitted N255bn in 1st Half of 2024 - Koko

The immediate past Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mohammed Bello Koko, has said the agency generated N541 billion in the first half of this year and… Read more »

Nigeria: Edo Airport Attack - Suspects Have Abandoned Homes - CP

The Edo State Commissioner of Police (CP), Funsho Adegboye, has said that those fingered in the attack on the APC governorship candidate in the state, Sen Monday Okpebholo, and… Read more »

Nigeria: Kaduna Gov Lauded for Creating Enabling Environment for Investments

Permanent Representative, Centre For Convention on Democratic integrity, to the United Nations, Olufemi Aduwo, says Kaduna State Governor Sanni Uba has created an enabling… Read more »

Nigeria: Benue Teaching Hospital Repositions to Fight Cancer

The Benue State University Teaching Hospital (BSUTH) has repositioned its facility to fight cancer on all fronts in order to reduce deaths from the disease. Read more »

Nigeria: Shettima Urges Nigerians On Charity

Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has urged Nigerians to help the needy by sustaining their good nature on charity and continue to pray for the success of the Tinubu… Read more »

Nigeria: Soldiers Nab 2 Bandits' Informants, Recover Cough Syrups, Hemps in Kaduna

Troops have arrested two suspected bandits' informants and recovered cartons of cigarettes, Indian hemp and packets of cough syrups from them in the Kagarko town of Kaduna state. Read more »

Nigeria: Don't Skip Primary Six for Your Children - - Proprietress

The Director of Blossomhall School, Utako, Abuja, Mrs Adeola Remi-John, has urged parents to allow their children to do the primary six class before proceeding to secondary school. Read more »

Nigeria: Gombe to Tackle Malnutrition With Biofortification

To address the high rate of malnutrition among children in the North East, the Gombe State Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Alhaji Salisu Baba Alkali has said the… Read more »

Nigeria: Hunger - Man Snatches Corn From Child Going for Grinding

A man has allegedly snatched corn from a boy sent to a grinding machine at Unguwar Sabon-Tasha in Abaji Area Council of the FCT. Read more »