Nigeria: Musician Seun Kuti Faces Charges Over Alleged Assault on Police Officer

The arraignment of the Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti, over alleged assault on a police officer, has been fixed for September 27 before a Yaba Chief Magistrate's Court in Lagos… Read more »

Nigeria: Parties Optimistic As Tribunal Rules On Atiku, Obi's Petitions Tomorrow

Interested parties in the February 25 presidential election have said they are optimistic of getting a favourable judgement as the Presidential Election Petitions Court fixed… Read more »

Nigeria: South African Arrested With Drugs At Abuja Airport

A 29-year-old South African, Erasmus Jean-Pierre, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), while trying to export 2.6kgs of… Read more »

Nigeria: Brics - Nigeria's Potential Pursuit or Prudent Pause?

The 21st Century bore witness to the emergence of the BRICS alliance, comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, as a formidable economic powerhouse. On August 22,… Read more »

Nigeria: Gusau Calls for Calm Over Peseiro's Future As Super Eagles Coach

The president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Alhaji Ibrahim Gusau, has called for calm and said all reports concerning the future of Jose Peseiro as Super Eagles coach… Read more »

Nigeria: Governors to Blame for Palliative Inequality

In the spirit of fairness, imagine a kind-hearted individual giving out N10 to 10 people. If each person is seen as equal, they would all get N1 each, right? Similarly, if that… Read more »

Nigeria: On Nigeria and Brics

The 15th summit of the BRICS group of countries took place amidst great expectations regarding the place of the group in the emerging world order. Read more »

Nigeria: Another Look At Unemployment Figures From NBS

The latest unemployment figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics will not do much good to the government as a tool for national planning. So the government must take a… Read more »

Nigeria: Why Tinubu Should Implement Uwais Report - Ex-INEC Commissioner

A former National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Adele Jinadu, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to implement the Justice Uwais… Read more »

Nigeria: Lafarge Restates Commitment to Environment

Lafarge Africa Plc has restated its commitment to the promotion of environmentally sustainable operations across its operations. Read more »

Nigeria: Importation of Chinese Fabrics Killing Our Business - Ogun Traders

Traders of indigenous adire fabrics in Ogun State on Tuesday sought an end to what they called incursion of adulterated Chinese adire in the Nigerian market. Read more »

Algeria: Algeria Proposes Six-Month Transition Period in Niger

Algerian Foreign Minister, Ahmed Attaf, has said that many countries are not in support of the planned military intervention against Niger Republic. Read more »

Nigeria: Outages - Non-Electric Ventilator Offers Relief in Respiratory Failure Treatment

The COVID-19 pandemic stretched health facilities globally. Many hospitals ran out of bed spaces and medical supplies, essentially mechanical ventilators and medical oxygen. Read more »

Nigeria: We Are Suffering, Abuja Workers Tell Govt

Some civil servants working in Abuja have appealed to the Federal Government to take immediate actions to ameliorate their sufferings, saying that life has not been easy since the… Read more »

Nigeria: Motorists Decry U.S.$32 Sanction On Faded Number Plates

Motorists have condemned the N25,000 sanctions on faded vehicle number plates and the high cost of renewing vehicle particulars by the government. Read more »

Nigeria: Govt Seeks Stakeholders' Collaboration On Energy Stability

The Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN) has called for collaboration among stakeholders and government officials in policy-making bodies to enhance national energy efficiency and… Read more »

Nigeria: We Expect You to End Challenges in Our Region, Northern Elders Tell New Ministers

Some elders in the North led by Senator Ahmad Abubakar MoAllahyidi yesterday asked the newly sworn in ministers of northern extraction to work with their counterparts in the south… Read more »

Nigeria: Boat Mishap - Kwara Hands Over 1,000 Life Jackets to Patigi Community

Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State, on Thursday, handed over 1,000 life jackets to the people of Patigi local government area. Read more »

Nigeria: We've Settled Super Falcons' Bonuses - NFF

The President, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Ibrahim Gusau, has said the federation has settled all bonuses and allowances of the women's national football team, Super… Read more »

Nigeria: Reps, FMBN Draw Battle Line Over Multi-Billion Naira Housing Funds

The alleged non-remittance of billions of naira, which Nigerian workers contributed to the National Housing Fund (NHF) generated ripples yesterday at a hearing by the House of… Read more »

Nigeria: NDDC, KPMG Sign Agreement On Corporate Governance

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) on Wednesday signed an agreement with KPMG on corporate governance. Read more »

Nigeria: Implementation of New Varsity Curriculum Begins September - Govt

Acting Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), Chris Maiyaki, has said the implementation of the Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards CCMAS (CCMAS)… Read more »

Nigeria: Tinubu's Cabinet - Battle for Youth Ministerial Slot Hots Up in APC

Stakeholders and the youth wing of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) are campaigning vigorously for their preferred candidates to fill the existing vacancy in President… Read more »

Nigeria: Many Trapped As Building Collapses in Abuja

Some residents of Abuja are currently trapped in the rubble of a two-storey building that collapsed in the nation's capital. Read more »

Nigeria: Donkeying or Monkeying Around - What Kind of Senate Is Akpabio's Running?

In Aesop's Fables, we read of a donkey that climbed the roof of a building, hopping and prancing about playfully until the owner climbed up after it and whacked the donkey to stop… Read more »