May 21
Nigeria: Atiku, Obi United By Mutual Desperation - APC
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has said the presidential candidate of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, and that of the Labour… Read more »
Nigeria: Minimum Wage - Govt, Labour's Meeting Ends in Deadlock
The National Minimum Wage Committee meeting which was held between members of the organised labour and the federal government in Abuja on Tuesday, ended in a stalemate, Daily Trust… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigerian Embassy Incurs £8.4m Congestion Charges in London
The Nigerian High Commission in London, United Kingdom, has amassed about £8.4 million in congestion charges. Read more »
Nigeria: Sacked Workers Picket Dana Air Over Unpaid Salaries, Gratuities, Others
No fewer than 100 sacked employees of Dana Air, on Tuesday in Lagos, picketed the head office of the airline over alleged unpaid salaries and outstanding pensions, among others. Read more »
Nigeria: One Year After, No Sign Tinubu Will Achieve Lagos Feat - Salihu Lukman
A former National Vice Chairman (North-West) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Mohammed Lukman, has said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has failed to make Nigerians… Read more »
May 17
Nigeria: Reps Wade Into Eko Disco's Lingering Crisis
The House of Representatives has mandated its Committee on Power to investigate the lingering board room crisis in Eko Distribution Company to protect the federal government's… Read more »
May 19
Nigeria: Wet-Season - Farmers Presented With Options At Seed, Input Fair
The International Crops Research for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) under the state's Agro Pastoral Development Project (KSADP) funded by the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) with… Read more »
Nigeria: Farmers to Receive Insurance Claims for 2023 Wet Season Harvest Losses
PULA Advisors AG in partnership with Leadway Assurance Company LTD, Heifer International, and AFEX have commenced the 2023 wet season insurance claims payment under the "Naija… Read more »
Nigeria: Insight Into the Life of Aminu Dantata As a Family Man, Sportsman and Silent Philanthropist
Refusing to take a "no" for an answer, the Daily Trust Team worked round the clock on how to get greater insights into the life of Alhaji Aminu Dantata. The Team reached out to Dr.… Read more »
Nigeria: The Matawalle Metaphor
As a young journalist at The Punch in 1980, I appeared one morning at Eko Hotel, as it was then known, to interview newly-elected Senator Joseph Tarka. Read more »
Nigeria: Will Players' Status Committee Last the Distance?
It is now an open secret that one of the major problems confronting players and coaches in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) is the lack of respect for contractual… Read more »
Nigeria: Unbridled Creativity Unleashed At the Stories
The stories, an exhibition which reflects poetry and innovation in the arts and creativity industry, has again reflected the need for Nigeria to invest in the creative industry. Read more »
Nigeria: Why Yobe Wheat Farmers Are Smiling
Despite low harvest recorded by several wheat farmers as a result of climate change, which reduced the productivity of most food grain crops, some Yobe wheat farmers have witnessed… Read more »
Nigeria: Stolen Paddy - Farmers in Pain, Seek Spiritual Help
Some farmers whose paddy rice was stolen in Taraba State have engaged the services of clerics in a bid to recover what was stolen from their farms and put a permanent stop of theft… Read more »
Nigeria: Mrs Tinubu and the Blood-Stained Hands of Israeli Envoys
A few days ago, a major national daily published on its front cover a photograph of two Israeli envoys - Ambassador Michael Freeman and Deputy Ambassador, Mrs Anbar Lipman Garden,… Read more »
West Africa: Nigeria Makes N356.1bn From Cocoa As Minister Meets Committee for Options
Nigeria seeks ways to boost domestic production of cocoa beans after the product and it value chain generated about N356.16 billion in 2023. Read more »
Nigeria: Northern Nigeria Writers' Workshop Opens for Emerging Authors
Flame Tree Writers' Project, in collaboration with the Heinrich Böll Foundation, Abuja Office, has opened applications for a Writers' Workshop targeting emerging writers from… Read more »
Nigeria/Burkina Faso: 6-Star Flamingos Maul Burkina Faso in FIFA U-17 Qualifiers in Abuja
Nigeria's U17 Girls team, the Flamingos put on an incredible performance against Burkina Faso U17 Girls to reach the final round of the African qualification series for this year's… Read more »
Nigeria: Crayfish Consumption Declines in Cross River Over Scarcity, High Cost
now sells for N200,000 as against N120,000 and N150,000. As a result, many dealers cannot afford to buy in large quantities as usual. Read more »
Nigeria: As Echoes of Truce, Probe Re-Align Rivers Crisis
Against the backdrop of the hardening positions of the various parties in the running political crisis in Rivers State - namely the face-off between the incumbent governor… Read more »
Nigeria: Profile of the North's Century-Long Legendary Entrepreneur, Philanthropist
Today, Sunday, the 19th of May, 2024 marks the 93rd year of the birth of Alhaji Aminu Dantata, a Kano-based businessman and philanthropist who is a scion of the late Alhaji… Read more »
Nigeria: North East States Groan Over Acute Water Shortage
From Hamisu Kabir Matazu (Maiduguri); Habibu Idris Gimba (Damaturu); Hassan Ibrahim (Bauchi); Magaji Isa Hunkuyi (Taraba); Kabiru R. Anwar (Yola) & Haruna Gimba Yaya (Gombe) Read more »
Nigeria: Hands Off Pension Funds
The move by the federal government to invest part of the N20 trillion pension fund for infrastructural project is a hazardous journey that should not be allowed to proceed. Read more »
May 21
Nigeria: Reps Meet NSA, Commander Over State of Presidential Air Fleet
The House of Representatives Committee on National Security and Intelligence on Monday met with the National Security Adviser, Malam Nuhu Ribadu, and the Commander, Presidential… Read more »
West Africa: Ecowas Parliament to Elect New Speaker At Extraordinary Session in Kano
The Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will elect a new speaker at its 2024 second extraordinary session starting in Kano State today. Read more »