September 16, 2022
Nigeria: ICPC Uncovers N400bn Budget Padding, N50bn Ghost Workers' Salaries
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission on Thursday said the 2021 and 2022 budgets were padded with duplicated projects worth N400bn by ministries,… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline to Create Wealth - NNPCL Boss
The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd, Mele Kyari, has said that the Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline Project will create wealth, and improve… Read more »
Nigeria: Tinubu, Atiku Kick As Obi Leads in Opinion Polls - Presidency
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) counterpart, Atiku Abubakar, have reacted to an opinion… Read more »
Nigeria: Azura Power Generates 452MW Daily As 40% Payment for Gas, CBN Loan - MD
The Azura Power Plant in Edo State consistently generates 452 megawatts (MW) daily to the national grid and pays over 40 per cent of its energy invoice receipt to the government… Read more »
Nigeria: Obaship Crisis - Abiodun Vows to Hunt Sponsors, Perpetrators of Killings
The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has vowed to go after the sponsors and perpetrators of the mayhem over the obaship in Agosasa town of Ipoka LGA. Read more »
Nigeria: FCT Rural Schools Still Shut Despite Resumption - PTA Chair
The Chairman of the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Alhaji Usman Abubakar, has said many schools in rural communities which share borders… Read more »
September 02, 2022
Nigeria: Sanwo-Olu Floats Autonomous Financing Channel for Lagos Tertiary Institutions
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday floated an autonomous funding mechanism that will keep all its tertiary institutions including Lagos State University (LASU), Lagos State… Read more »
Nigeria: Govt's Poor Planning Responsible for Incessant Building Collapse - Institute President
The President of the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners, Olutoyin Ayinde Thursday blamed the incessant building collapse on the federal government's poor planning. Read more »
Nigeria: Concerns As Kenya's Court Freezes Flutterwave Accounts Again
Information and Technology experts and other Nigerians have expressed concerns over the$3.3million frozen from a Nigerian financial technology company, Flutterwave's accounts by a… Read more »
Nigeria: Emirates Returns to Nigeria With Reduced Flights
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) airline, Emirates, yesterday officially suspended flight to Nigeria as earlier announced over the difficulty in repatriating funds from ticket sales. Read more »
Nigeria: 2023 - Nigeria Enters Critical Stages This Month - INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said the nation is entering the critical stages ahead of the 2023 general elections and that all hands must be on deck to… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria Losing N14trn to Crude Oil Theft Yearly As NNPC Heightens Surveillance
At least crude oil worth $20 billion (estimated N14 trillion at N700/$1) may be lost to theft in Nigeria in one year just as the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd said… Read more »
September 01, 2022
Nigeria: 2023 Elections Will Be Toughest in Nigeria's History - APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said the 2023 general elections will be the toughest since Nigeria's independence in 1960. Read more »
Nigeria: 49 Killed As Super Tucano Bombs Boko Haram Terrorists in Sambisa
Not fewer than 49 Boko Haram insurgents were reportedly killed when a Super Tucano warplane bombed three terrorists hideout in Sambisa forest in Borno State during multiple raids. Read more »
Nigeria: Fact Check - Has Govt Met 80% of ASUU's Demands As Education Ministry Claimed?
The Federal Government of Nigeria has claimed that it has so far met about 80 per cent of the demands made by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Read more »
Nigeria: How High Cost of Diesel Grounded Our Businesses - Owners
Business owners in Nigeria have narrated how high cost of diesel has kicked them out of business, thereby causing more hardship for them and their staff. Read more »
Nigeria: Boosting Intra-African Trade Will Power Post-Covid-19 Recovery and Foster Food Security
The COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting Africa's development trajectory. It is exacting a substantial socio-economic toll and putting the survival of half of the continent's micro,… Read more »
Nigeria: Students' Access to Archives, Records Will Encourage Learning - Govt
The Permanent Secretary, State House, Mr. Tijani Umar, has said giving students opportunity to access archives and records will help preserve the history and culture of Nigeria as… Read more »
Nigeria: 2023 Borrowing Plan - Govt May Drive Nigeria's Debt to Highest Ever
In confirmation of the provisions of the Medium-Term Economic Framework (MTEF) recently passed by the National Assembly, the Minister of Finance, on Monday, August 29, 2022, reeled… Read more »
August 31, 2022
Nigeria: How I Tackled ASUU Strike in One Day - Jonathan
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has stated how his administration resolved a four-month old strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in one day. Read more »
Nigeria: Aid Worker Regains Freedom After 174 Days in Boko Haram Den
Mohammed Alkali Imam, a staff member of International Rescue Committee (IRC) who was abducted by Boko Haram on March 10, 2022, has been freed by his captors. Read more »
August 30, 2022
Nigeria: Despite Boost in Rates, Savings Volume Unlikely to Rise - Analysts
The recent hike in the savings rate by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is not likely to spur savings in the country given the current high inflation rate and other prevailing… Read more »
August 31, 2022
Nigeria: Govt Clamps Down On Vandals, Oil Thieves
The federal government yesterday said it would clamp down on vandals and oil thieves sabotaging the economy. Read more »
Nigeria: Insecurity - Buhari's Directives to Service Chiefs Now Yielding Results - Lai
The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, has said the marching order given by President Muhammadu Buhari to service chiefs to hunt, pursue, and speak to terrorists in the… Read more »
Nigeria: Borno, UNICEF Train Journalists in Reintegration of Repentant Boko Haram
Borno State government in collaboration with the United Nations Children's Education Fund (UNICEF) has trained journalists to support the process of social reconciliation,… Read more »