March 13
Nigeria: Mother Allegedly Poisons Baby Over Epilepsy in Lagos - Police
The Lagos state police command has concluded plans to arraign a woman who allegedly poisoned her one year, seven months old daughter over epilepsy. Read more »
Nigeria: African Games - Nigeria Secures 2nd Position With 6 More Gold Medals
Team Nigeria at the ongoing African Games in Accra, Ghana, has scooped six additional gold medals in weightlifting to swell the country's medal haul to 22 gold, 10 silver and 17… Read more »
Nigeria: Firm Launches Solar Inverters to Tackle Power Issues
Su-Kam, a renowned global player in the uninterrupted power supply industry, has announced its return to the Nigerian market. Read more »
Nigeria: How Do They Get Away With It?
It's almost 10 years since we woke up to the very upsetting news that gunmen had invaded a girls' school in rural Borno, and gone away with almost 300 students there. The Chibok… Read more »
West Africa: Ecowas' Lift of Sanctions Must Lead to Return of Democratic Rule
At the end of the extraordinary session of the Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), which took place on Saturday, February 24,… Read more »
Nigeria: Troops Raid Bandits' Den, Rescue 5 Victims in FCT
Troops have rescued five of the six remaining abducted victims at Kawu in Bwari Area Council of the FCT who were held captive by bandits. Read more »
Nigeria: Palliatives - Gov. Namadi Should Watch the Distribution
Recently the Jigawa State government under the leadership of H.E. Malam Umar Namadi released 27,000 bags of rice and 10,000 cartons of spaghetti, worth N1.9 billion as a… Read more »
Nigeria: Benue to Establish Own Electricity Company
The Benue state government has concluded arrangements to establish its own electricity company to boost socio-economic development in the state. Read more »
Nigeria: Ramadan Cup - Company Hosts Maiden Football Tourney in Kano
As the holy month of Ramadan sets in, Nigeria's popular custard brand, Checkers Custard has hosted a maiden football tournament in the ancient city of Kano. Read more »
Nigeria: Senate Leader Alleges Plot to Impeach Akpabio
Says budget padding allegation a civilian coup Read more »
Nigeria: Atiku Denies Quitting PDP
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has denied reports that he was planning to dump the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and form a new political party ahead of the… Read more »
March 11
Nigeria: Adebayo Lauds FG's Sanction On Binance
The candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the 2023 presidential election, Prince Adewale Adebayo, has thrown his weight behind the Federal Government for sanctioning… Read more »
Nigeria: Outrage As Driver Kills Siblings in Ogun
There was outrage on Monday as two siblings were reportedly killed in an accident at Irewon junction along Imowo-Ibadan garage road, Ijebu Ode in Ogun State. Read more »
West Africa: Nigeria Among Countries With Lowest Vat - EU/Ecowas
The European Union and Economic Community of West African States' delegation to Nigeria have revealed that the Value Added Tax system in Nigeria is low compared to other countries… Read more »
Nigeria: Arteta Targets Champions League Win Against Porto
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said a thrilling contest between Liverpool and Manchester City lends even more credit to the fact his side sit top of the Premier League with 10 games… Read more »
March 12
Africa: Region Not Producing Enough Palm Oil to Meet Demand - Official
ECOWAS Commission's Director of Customs, Union and Taxation, Salifou Tiemtore, has lamented that West African countries are not producing enough palm oil to meet members' needs. Read more »
Nigeria: Senate Slams Three-Month Suspension On Ningi
The Senate has suspended Senator Abdul Ningi for three months over the controversy on the 2023 budget. Read more »
Nigeria: Senate in Rowdy Session Over N500 Million 'Palliative' for Lawmakers
The Senate has been thrown into a rowdy session following revelation of uneven distribution of federal government's palliatives to senators for onward disbursement to their… Read more »
March 11
Nigeria: Protesters Ask Edo Assembly to Halt Impeachment Move Against Dep. Gov
Members of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo North have staged a peaceful protest calling on the state House of Assembly speaker, Hon. Blessing Agbebaku, to withdraw the… Read more »
Nigeria: Kidnapping - Concerns Mount Over Poor Kyc By Fintechs Issuing Pos
There are growing concerns over the poor Know Your Customer (KYC) policy by some financial technology companies (Fintechs) while issuing Point of Sales Terminals (PoS) to… Read more »
Nigeria: Passengers' Turnout Dips As Air Fares Skyrocket
Lagos-Abuja return ticket N.4m Read more »
Nigeria: How E-Portal Will Drive FCT-Irs' Target of N250bn Revenue
The declining oil receipt by the federation has seen a gradual decline in federally allocated revenue to sub-nationals, forcing the federating units to put on their thinking caps,… Read more »
West Africa: Addressing Food Crisis in Nigeria
One of the primary drivers of the current food scarcity in Nigeria is the country's struggling economy. The depreciation of the Nigerian currency, the naira, against major foreign… Read more »
Nigeria: Women Got 60 Percent of Dbn's N700bn Disbursements to SMEs
The Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) has revealed that women entrepreneurs took the largest part of its disbursement to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) which amounted to N700… Read more »
Nigeria: Addressing Housing Deficit, Other Tasks Before New Fmbn, Fha Leadership
On February 15, 2024, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu approved the reconstitution of the executive management teams of two parastatals under the Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban… Read more »