Nigeria: MPC to Raise Interest Rate By 150 Basis Points - Experts

Financial experts have projected that the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will significantly increase the monetary policy rate by 150 to 200bps… Read more »

Nigeria: DHQ Dismisses Coup Attempt Rumour

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has debunked a media report that the Presidential Guards Brigade has been put on high alert over the fear of a coup attempt. Read more »

Nigeria/Cameroon: Nigeria Defeat Cameroon to Keep 2024 Olympics Hopes Alive

Super Falcons' hopes of qualifying for the 2024 Paris Olympics got a major boost following a hard-fought 1-0 win over the Indomitable Lioness of Cameroon yesterday in the… Read more »

Nigeria: Nationwide Protest to Go On As Govt's Meeting Ends in Deadlock

The meeting between representatives of the Federal Government and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has ended in stalemate. Read more »

Nigeria: Ango Abdullahi Backs Return to Parliamentary Government

A northern elder statesman, Professor Ango Abdullahi, has supported the move by the House of Representatives to return Nigeria to the parliamentary system of government, saying it… Read more »

Nigeria: Tinubu Needs Advice, If He Can Be Reached - Alhaji Idi Farouk (Former DG, Noa)

Alhaji Idris Muhammad Farouk, better known as Idi Farouk, is a man of many parts. He was in the Air Force as a young man before moving on his own to the private sector. He found… Read more »

West Africa: Nigeria Restores Electricity Supply to Niger As Ecowas Lifts Sanctions

Nigeria has agreed to restore electricity supply to Niger Republic as the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) yesterday lifted the sanctions on Niger, Mali,… Read more »

Nigeria: Qatar Declines Business, Investment Forum With Nigeria

The government of Qatar has rejected the request of the Nigerian government to hold a Business and Investment Forum (BIF) when President Bola Ahmed Tinubu visits the country in… Read more »

Nigeria: Tinubu Did Not Approve N126bn Day After Making Son-in-Law Head of Fha

Claim: Nigerians have posted on multiple social media platforms that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu approved the sum of N126 billion for the construction of houses across the country… Read more »

Nigeria: Presidency Explains Delay in Distribution of Food Items

The Presidency has said the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security is in the final stages of releasing 42,000 metric tonnes (MT) of assorted food commodities to support… Read more »

Nigeria: Hardship - Borno Introduces Tax Relief to Ease Doing Business

The Borno State Internal Revenue Service (BOIRS) said it has introduced tax relief to reduce hardship and ease of doing business in the state. Read more »

Nigeria: Forex - CBN's New Rule Will Curb Money Laundering - Experts

By Sunday Michael Ogwu, Philip Shimnom Clement (Abuja) & Abdullateef Aliyu (Lagos) Read more »

Nigeria: FG to Address Grievances Over Medical Lab Council Board Chair

The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare said it is working towards addressing the complaints of the Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria (AMLSN) over… Read more »

Nigeria: 7 Years After, Govs Still Violate Supreme Court Ruling On Lgas

Seven years after the Supreme Court voided the law that allowed state governors to appoint caretaker chairmen in place of democratically elected ones for local government areas, at… Read more »

Nigeria: Makinde Shuts Mining Facility, Arrests 4 Operators

The Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, yesterday shut down a facility being used by suspected illegal miners to process and package lithium out of the state. Read more »

Egypt: Did Biden Accuse Egypt's Sisi of Killing Former President Morsi?

Claim: An X user has claimed that the President of the United States of America (USA), Joe Biden, has accused his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, of killing his former… Read more »

Nigeria: PSC Promises Merit-Based Police Recruitment

The Chairman of the Police Service Commission, and former Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, has assured Nigerians of merit-based recruitment into the Nigerian Police… Read more »

Nigeria: No to Resumption of Conditional Cash Transfer Programme

The federal government, last week, announced that it was considering the resumption of its suspended cash transfer programme to vulnerable Nigerians. The Minister of Finance and… Read more »

Nigeria: Open Letter to Policymakers in Nigeria On Using Technology to Enhance Education

I write to bring your attention to the potential that technology has in enhancing education in our country. As the world moves towards a more technologically advanced era, our… Read more »

Nigeria: Female Poultry Farmers Share Survival Strategies Amidst Current Challenges

Lack of capital and the current rise in the prices of feed and layer birds are pushing many Niger State women out of poultry farming, but some are adopting many strategies to… Read more »

Nigeria: Food Scarcity - Agric Commissioners From 10 States Meet to Chart Way Forward

Commissioners of Agriculture from 10 states of the Hydro-Electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (N-HYPPADEC) on Tuesday converged in Minna to chart ways forward to… Read more »

Nigeria: Unemployment - Ex-Naseni Boss Tasks Northern Governors On Technical Education

A former Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Prof. Mohammad Sani Haruna, has advised Northern… Read more »

Nigeria: Food Security - Afan Calls for Veritable Food Banks Across Geopolitical Zones

The national president of the All-Farmers' Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Arc. Kabir Ibrahim, said there's urgent need for Nigeria to move beyond intermittent releases from… Read more »

Nigeria: How UAE Transformed Barren Desert Into Green Wheat Farm

As first harvest begins in March Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria Needs Homegrown Democratic System - Tanko Yakasai

Tanko Yakasai, 99, is an elder statesman, a non-partisan politician, human rights activist, a former liaison officer to former President Shehu Shagari during the Second Republic… Read more »