July 29, 2022
Nigeria: NDDC Audit Report Being Implemented in Phases - Buhari
Amid agitations for the implementation of the forensic audit report of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday declared that the report… Read more »
Nigeria: We Handed Over 70 Arrested Oil Vessels to EFCC, Says Navy
The Nigerian Navy at the resumed investigative hearing of the House of Representatives adhoc committee on fuel subsidy probe disclosed that it has handed over to the Economic and… Read more »
Nigeria: Prolonged Russia-Ukraine Crisis Will Dampen Nigeria's Economic Prospect
Analysts have warned that the current economic difficulties in Nigeria could deteriorate should the Russian-Ukrainian war linger. Read more »
Nigeria: Shell Posts Record Quarterly Profit of $11.5bn, TotalEnergies $9bn
Shell has launched a $6 billion share buyback scheme after posting its best profit for a second consecutive quarter as high energy prices and refining margins generated bumper… Read more »
July 28, 2022
Nigeria: Governors Turn Down Water Resources Bill, Want It Reviewed
The controversial Water Resources Bill was yesterday turned down by the 36 states governors of the federation. Read more »
Africa: Sylva, Kyari, Komolafe, Others to Brainstorm On Future of Africa's Oil Industry Amid Energy Transition
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva and the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, Mallam Mele… Read more »
Nigeria: Oil Theft, Petrol Subsidy, Push Nigeria's Currency to N700/$1 in Parallel Market
The inability of Nigeria to take advantage of rising international oil prices due to massive oil theft, skyrocketing petrol subsidy which remains a drain on the economy as well… Read more »
Nigeria: Dealing With Sickle Cell Disease in Modern Society
Despite counseling by medical experts to intending couples not to marry partners with incompatible genotype so as to reduce cases of sickle cell anaemia, over 150, 000 children are… Read more »
Nigeria: Govt Approves N16.82 Billion for Dualisation of Kano-Katsina Road, Operational Vehicles for NDLEA
The federal government has approved N16.82 billion for the dualisation of the 78 kilometre Kano-Katsina Road project and procured 32 operational vehicles for the National Drug Law… Read more »
Nigeria: Subsidy Probe - House Committee Demands Detailed Contract Agreement Between NNPC, Oil Companies
The House of Representatives ad-hoc Committee probing the subsidy regime from 2017 to 2022 has urged all companies that signed agreement with the Nigerian National Petroleum… Read more »
Nigeria: Govt, World Bank to Build Watersheds in 2,800 Communities in North, FCT
The federal government has assured of its willingness to partner the World Bank on projects to build watersheds in 2,800 communities of the 19 northern states and the Federal… Read more »
Nigeria: Over 80 Senators, Majority House Members Move to Impeach Buhari Over Insecurity
Rising above partisan politics or personal relationships, over 80 senators across political parties and a majority of House of Representatives members, yesterday, agreed to impeach… Read more »
July 27, 2022
Nigeria: Senators Give Buhari Six Weeks to End Insecurity, Threaten to Impeach President, Walk Out On Lawan
The members of the minority caucus in the Senate staged a walk out of the chambers on Wednesday. Read more »
Nigeria: No Going Back On Strike Until Govt Accedes to ASUU's Demands - NLC
- Lawmakers promise to resolve issue soon, to meet with relevant ministers Read more »
Nigeria: 1.74m Children in North-East At Risk of Malnutrition - UN
United Nations has decried that worsening food insecurity may push 1.74 million children under the age of five in the North-eastern Nigeria into malnutrition. Read more »
Nigeria: Buhari Asks Senate to Confirm Ariwoola As Substantive CJN
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday asked the Senate to confirm the appointment Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). Read more »
Nigeria: 80% of Nigerians Sliding Into Poverty Due to Rising Healthcare Cost - WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has estimated that about 80 percent of Nigeria's population has fallen into poverty as they struggle to pay hospital bills. Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria Put in Bid to Co-Host Afcon 2025 With Benin Republic
Almost 13 years after Nigeria last hosted any major football tournament, the country yesterday notified the Confederation of African Football (CAF) her desire to stage the Africa… Read more »
July 26, 2022
Nigeria: Lessons From the NBA Election
CHIDI ANSELM ODINKALU on his five takeaways from 'NBADecides2022' Read more »
Nigeria: Gender and Access to Healthcare
The economic, social, political, and cultural characteristics and opportunities specific to being a woman or a man are referred to as gender. Different cultures have different… Read more »
Nigeria: Ngige and the ASUU Strike
The problem with Ngige is not that of hijacking the ASUU negotiation, but largely his search for perfection. Read more »
Nigeria: Ex-Gov Orji Kalu's Alleged N7.2 Billion Fraud Trial - Prosecution Lawyer Faces Disqualification
Justice Inyang Eden Ekwo of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday issued a seven-day ultimatum to a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Rotimi Jacobs, SAN, to show cause on… Read more »
Nigeria: Why Is INEC Recklessly Striving to Be Neckless? (I)
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Nigeria: How Is Tinubu Better Than Abba Kyari?
On Monday, February 14, 2022, while the rest of us were either expressing or receiving words and gifts of love, being that it was Valentine's Day, the disgraced so-called super… Read more »
Nigeria: Renewing Nigerians' Hope in New NNPC
On Tuesday last week, Nigeria's national oil firm transitioned from a corporation to a limited liability company, marking a milestone after over 44 years of its establishment. In… Read more »