August 09, 2022
Nigeria: Count Me Out of Pyrates' Video Mocking Tinubu - Soyinka
Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has distanced himself from a video showing members of the Pyrates Confraternity mocking the presidential candidate of the All Progressives… Read more »
Nigeria: Lawyers Examine Impediments to Execution of Judgments
For 23 years, a Lagos-based lawyer has been frustrating the enforcement of a Supreme Court judgment delivered since April 1999 on a disputed land. Read more »
Nigeria: 2 Vigilantes Arraigned for Stealing Alcoholic Drinks
Two vigilance group members were on Monday docked in a magistrates' court in Ile-Ife, Osun for allegedly stealing alcoholic drinks. Read more »
Nigeria: Okada Ban Will Not Resolve Security Challenges
On July 21, 2022, Nigeria's National Security Council (NSC) presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, rose from its meeting with a plan to ban the use of motorcycles, popularly… Read more »
Nigeria: Religion Shouldn't Be Deciding Factor in Choosing Buhari's Successor - Borno Can
The Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Borno State chapter, Bishop Mohammed Naga, has said that religion should not be the determining factor in choosing… Read more »
Nigeria: Troops Kill Scores of Terrorists in Borno, 20 Others Surrender
The Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation Hadin Kai has killed scores of Boko Haram and Islamic State of West African (ISWAP) terrorists in an air raid in Bama Local Government Area of… Read more »
Nigeria: Gunmen Kill Security Operative, Abduct Ogun Woman At Bar
Gunmen have reportedly killed an officer of the Ogun State owned security outfit, So-Safe Corps, Sofolahan Olanrewaju, at Soyoye in Abeokuta North Local Government Area of the… Read more »
Nigeria: Man Who Raped Neighbour's 7-Year-Old Daughter Arraigned
The Lagos State Police Command has arraigned a 27-year-old man before an Ebute-Metta magistrates' court for defiling his neighbour's seven-year-old daughter. Read more »
August 08, 2022
Nigeria: Naira Loses Against Dollar Monday
The Naira on Monday depreciated against the dollar at the Investors and Exporters window, exchanging at N431. Read more »
August 09, 2022
Nigeria: How FG Injected N247 Billion Subsidy to Salvage Low Electricity Generation
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Nigeria: Only Local Bread Making Ingredients Can Force Down Price By 50 Percent - Expert
A renowned food technologist, Duro Kuteyi, has called on bakers to embrace locally made bread making ingredients, as a way to force down the price of bread by about 50 per cent. Read more »
Nigeria: FG Targets 1.7 Million Diaspora Nigerians With Housing Scheme
The federal government, through the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN), says it is working in collaboration with the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) to assist… Read more »
August 08, 2022
Nigeria: Bbnaija - Adekunle Emerges Head of House for Week 3
Adekunle, one of the Level 1 housemates of the ongoing television reality show, Big Brother Naija, on Monday, emerged winner of the Week 3 Head of House challenge. Read more »
August 09, 2022
Nigeria: The Fight Against Malaria, What More Should We Do?
Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects humans, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. Malaria causes symptoms that typically include fever, tiredness, vomiting and… Read more »
Nigeria: Merrybet 5stars Premier League Debut in Lagos
The 2022 Merrybet 5Stars Premier League has berthed in Lagos as the organisers seek to discover more grassroots talents in a bid to develop Nigeria's football. Read more »
Nigeria: Katsina, Zamfara, Sokoto - Once Peaceful Cities Now Plagued By Banditry
Peace used to be the sweetest ingredient enjoyed by both the young and old in the cities of Katsina, Zamfara and Sokoto. People carried out their activities without any fear, but… Read more »
Nigeria: As Buhari's Charity Begins in Niger
What is wrong in being a magnanimous president? Or put another way, what is wrong in using your executive powers as president to grant favours to a country that is home to a… Read more »
Nigeria: Reps Summon NPA, Terminal Operator Over N44 Billion Debt 'Owed' FG
The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is investigating a $68.473 million (N44 billion) owed to the federal government by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA)… Read more »
Nigeria: Police Restore Normalcy After FCT Task Force, Motorcycle Operators Clash
The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) said it has restored normalcy in Gosa Market area after a clash between Task Force and motorcycle operators in the area. Read more »
Nigeria: Get Vaccinated Against COVID-19, Not Procure Fake Cards - Experts
In spite of the many benefits of COVID-19 vaccination, to date, many Nigerians are reluctant to get vaccinated. Read more »
Nigeria: LCCI Asks FG to Borrow From Cheaper Sources, Consider Deficit Financing
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has decried the rising debt stock incurred by the government, saying it is becoming increasingly problematic in the face of… Read more »
Nigeria: Buhari Approves U.S.$1.3 Billion Exxonmobil's Oil Assets Acquisition By Seplat
President Muhammadu Buhari has consented to the acquisition of Exxon Mobil shares registered in United States of America by Seplat Energy Offshore Limited. Read more »
Nigeria: Police Re-Arrest Jos Prison Escapee
The police in Plateau State have re-arrested Mohammed Ibrahim, one of the inmates who escaped from the Jos Custodial Centre. Read more »
Nigeria: Elections May Not Hold in Some Northwestern States, Don Warns
The Director of the Centre for Democratic Development Research and Training (CEDDERT), Zaria, Professor Abubakar Siddique Mohammed, has warned that elections may not hold in some… Read more »
Nigeria: Show Promoter - Why Kizz Daniel Refused to Perform After Collecting U.S.$60,000
Stephen Uwa, promoter of the Tanzanian show that was disrupted over the absence of Nigerian singer, Oluwatobiloba Daniel, popularly known as Kizz Daniel, has broken his silence on… Read more »