May 24, 2023
Nigeria: Lake Chad Oil Well to Yield 943m Barrels As Buhari Flags Off Exploration
The Wadi-B Well in the Lake Chad Basin area of Borno State is expected to produce 943 million barrels of oil. Read more »
Nigeria: Presidential Candidate Urges Coalition Against Old Politicians
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party SDP, Prince Adewole Adebayo, has warned that old politicians will continue to dominate Nigerians political landscape… Read more »
May 23, 2023
Nigeria: Dangote's $18.5bn Refinery Sparks Fresh Controversy in Ogun
Inauguration of the multi-billion dollar Dangote Refinery ]has sparked fresh controversy in Ogun State, Daily Trust reports. Read more »
Nigeria: Real Reason I Abandoned My Father's $60m Mansion - Davido
Nigerian music star, David Adeleke, fondly known as Davido, has narrated why he once ran away from his family's $60million house to sleep in a friend's studio. Read more »
Nigeria: How UK Special Forces Have Been Operating Secretly in Nigeria - Report
A report has revealed that the British Special Air Service and the European country's other special forces have carried out operations clandestinely in Nigeria and 18 other nations… Read more »
Nigeria: World Bank, World Economic Forum Support Nigeria's Action Against Plastic Pollution
The World Bank, the World Economic Forum (WEF), the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and other organizations have pledged their support Nigeria's efforts… Read more »
Nigeria: NNPC Resumes Oil Exploration in Borno After 6 Years
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) has resumed oil exploration in the Lake Chad Basin in Borno state. Read more »
Nigeria: Avoid Rivalry With Military, Others - Minister Tells NSCDC
The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has warned men of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to avoid being in confrontation and showing unnecessary… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria Accounts for 14% of World's Maternal Deaths - Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says Nigeria accounts for 14 percent of the world's maternal death burden due to largely preventable causes, including lack of services that skilled… Read more »
Nigeria: Govt Replaces NAMA MD As Minister Defends Reorganisation in Aviation
The sack fever in the Aviation industry deepened yesterday as the federal government relieved the acting Managing Director of the Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Mr… Read more »
May 22, 2023
Nigeria: Hilda Baci - Real Reason I Broke Longest Cooking Time Record
Nigerian chef, Hilda Effiong Bassey, popularly known as Hilda Baci, has gone to church to share testimony of her cooking milestone. Read more »
Nigeria: How Policy Reversal Prevented Me From Acquiring Refinery in 2006 - Dangote
Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, has narrated how he couldn't acquired Brownfield Refineries under the Federal Government's Privatization Programme in 2006. Read more »
Nigeria: What Buhari Told Me When I Wanted to Quit - Dangote
President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, on Monday said President Muhammadu Buhari stopped him from quitting the establishment of Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals, the world's… Read more »
May 21, 2023
Nigeria: Govt, Doctors Reach Truce to End Strike
The federal government and striking doctors have reached a truce over the ongoing industrial action. Read more »
Nigeria: Kebbi With Least Enrolment As 11,350 Teachers Write Qualifying Exams
Registrar of Teachers Registration Council (TRCN), Prof Josiah Ajiboye, said 11,350 candidates on Saturday participated in the first batch of the Professional Qualifying… Read more »
May 20, 2023
Nigeria: In Farewell Broadcast, El-Rufai Knocks 'Corrupt' Voters
Governor Nasiru El-Rufai has expressed concern over how some Nigerians exchanged their votes for pecuniary gains during the 2023 general elections. Read more »
Nigeria: Presidential Tribunal - Atiku to Call 100 Witnesses for His Petition
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has proposed to call 100 witnesses for his petition at the Presidential Election Petitions Court. Read more »
May 18, 2023
Nigeria: UN Raises Alarm Over Hunger, Malnutrition Crisis in Borno, Yobe, Adamawa
The United Nations has raised the alarm over a widespread hunger and malnutrition crisis in north-east Nigeria. Read more »
Nigeria: Jonathan Conceding Defeat in 2015 UN-Nigeran - Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, described as "un-Nigerian" the call made by former President Goodluck Jonathan to concede defeat in the 2015 presidential election. Read more »
Nigeria: Govt Renames Aviation Ministry
The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday renamed the Ministry of Aviation as Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace. Read more »
Nigeria: Govt Moves to Replace Striking Doctors With Ad-Hoc Staff
The federal government has threatened to hire ad-hoc doctors with salaries of the striking resident doctors. Read more »
Nigeria: 89,512 Tons of Improved Seeds Available for Planting This Year - Govt
The federal government has said that the country currently has 89,512.10 metric tons of assorted improved seed varieties for planting by farmers in the 2023 cropping season. Read more »
Nigeria: Atiku, Tinubu Rekindle Rivalry Over Blinken's Phone Call
Former vice president and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last elections, Atiku Abubakar, yesterday took to his Twitter handle to express… Read more »
May 17, 2023
Nigeria: PDP Will Take Over From Tinubu in 6 Months - Atiku's Aide
A leading member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and spokesperson of the Atiku Abubakar presidential campaign, Daniel Bwala, has said that the PDP will take over power from… Read more »
Nigeria: Tinubu Rejects Live Broadcast of Election Tribunal, Says Court Not Stadium
President-elect Bola Tinubu and the Vice President-elect, Kashim Shettima, have described the application by Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party for a live broadcast of… Read more »