Nigeria: CSOs Hail Tinubu, APC for Reconsidering Zoning in Favour of North Central

A Coalition of Civil Society Organisations under the aegis of Conference of Nigeria Civil Rights Activists (CNCRA), has described as a welcome development, media reports that the… Read more »

Nigeria: 28 Years After Pulling Out, NNPC Resumes Crude Oil Drilling Campaign in Chad Basin

Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) formally resumed its drilling campaign in the Chad Basin, Borno State, yesterday, almost three decades after it withdrew from the… Read more »

Nigeria: My Govt Invested in Infrastructure for Economic Growth, Prosperity - Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that making infrastructure development the focus of his administration was a deliberate policy to create wealth and make poverty alleviation… Read more »

Nigeria: Lawmakers Express Displeasure Over Oil Companies' CEOs Evasion of Alleged $2.4bn Missing Crude Probe

The House of Representatives Adhoc Committee investigating all crude oil exports from 2014 till date and the alleged illegal sale of 48 million barrels of crude oil resulting in… Read more »

Nigeria: Like Senate, House Passes Independent Candidacy Bill

The House of Representatives at plenary Tuesday passed a bill seeking to provide for independent candidacy in presidential, governorship, national and state assembly, as well as… Read more »

Nigeria: Dolapo Osinbajo Tells Women to Live Lives of Impact

The wife of the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, Mrs. Dolapo Osinbajo has called on women to use their talents, resources, education and exposure to create impact that will stand the… Read more »

Nigeria: Africa's Refining Industry On Path to Recovery in 2023 - Report

The reopening of some refineries in Africa and the gradual commissioning of new facilities will mark the recovery of the continent's downstream industry in 2023, according to… Read more »

Nigeria: Govt, Global Alliance Sign MOU On Nutrition

The Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, and Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) have signed a Memorandum of… Read more »

Nigeria: With Dangote Refinery, Nigeria Would Have Excess Refined Petroleum for Export - Buhari

History was made yesterday as President Muhammadu Buhari inaugurated the first indigenous refinery in Nigeria, the $18.5 billion Dangote Petroleum Refinery, in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos.… Read more »

Nigeria: Presidency Releases List of Buhari's Key Achievements in Eight Years

The presidency through the Presidential Communications Team(PCT) has released a list of President Muhammadu Buhari's major achievements in key sectors , including on security and… Read more »

Nigeria: Buhari Inaugurates 2nd Niger Bridge, Six Other Legacy Projects Today

President Muhammadu Buhari will today inaugurate seven legacy projects completed by the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing across the country as part of his administration's… Read more »

Nigeria: Petrol Prices Jump By 47 Percent, Diesel 28.6 Percent in One Year

The price of petrol, arguably Nigeria's most consumed fuel, increased by a whopping 47.18 per cent on a year-on-year basis between April 2022 and April 2023, new data from the… Read more »

Nigeria: U.S.-Based Nigerian Doctor Asks Supreme Court to Delay Tinubu's Inauguration

A United State based medical doctor and presidential aspirant of African Renaissance Party (ARP) in the 2011 presidential election, Dr Adah Obekpa has approached the Supreme Court… Read more »

Nigeria: Over 89,000 Improved Seed Varieties Available for Planting in 2023 Cropping Season - Abubakar

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Mohammad Abubakar has announced that the Revised National Agricultural Seed Policy (RNASP) 2022 has enabled the availability… Read more »

Nigeria: AfDB Earmarks $28m for Fertilizer Financing to Small Holder Farmers in 2023

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved $11.7 million budgetary allocation to the African Fertilizer Financing Mechanism (AFFM) for its 2023… Read more »

Nigeria: Seven African Presidents Join Buhari to Open Dangote Refinery, Continent's Game Changer

Lagos, Nigeria's commercial nerve centre, will today play host to many oil and gas industry heavyweights who would be arriving the city from different parts of the world to witness… Read more »

Nigeria: Court Declines Atiku's Request for Live Broadcast of Proceedings

The Presidential Election Petition Court (PREPEC) on Monday declined to grant the request of the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, for live… Read more »

Nigeria: Govt's Support Helped in Tackling Oil Theft, Other Maritime Crimes in Niger Delta, Says Admiral Shettima

The Flag Officer Commanding (FOC), Central Naval Command (CNC), Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Rear Admiral Ibrahim Aliu Shettima, has attributed the successes recorded in the fight… Read more »

Nigeria: Seplat Drags Justice Ekwo Before NJC for Unethical, Abuse of Judicial Power

Two weeks after Seplat Energy Plc accused Justice Inyang Ekwo of Federal High Court in Abuja of bias and asked the Chief Judge of the court, Justice John Tsoho, to transfer all… Read more »

Nigeria: Lagos, Kebbi Records Highest, Lowest Entrants As 11,350 Write Teachers' Qualifying Exams

Over 11,350 candidates at the weekend participated in the first batch of Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) Professional Qualifying Examination, (PQE)across the… Read more »

Nigeria: Despite #EndSARS Protest, Police Brutality Persists

Sunday Ehigiator writes that even as the ghost of the 2020 #EndSARS protest, that rocked the fabric of the nation, still hovers, police brutality still persists and has even… Read more »

Nigeria: CSOs Urge Media to Insist On Rescue of Leah Sharibu, Other Chibok Girls

Seven days to the end of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have stated that the administration did not live up to its promise… Read more »

Nigeria: Plateau Church Leaders Condemn Resurgence of Attacks, Killings

Plateau State church denominational leaders and spiritual fathers have lent their voice in condemnation of the recent resurgence of attacks and killings in the state, describing it… Read more »

Nigeria: Army 38 - Court Requested to Commit Defence Minister, COAS to Prison for Contempt

The National Industrial Court (NIC) in Abuja has been requested by a lawyer acting on behalf of Colonel Danladi Ribah Hassan to commit three high-ranking officials of the federal… Read more »

Nigeria: World Bank Advises Govt, States to Stop Payment of Petrol Subsidy

The Country Director of the World Bank, Shubham Chaudhuri, has asked the federal and state governments to consider the financial implications that a continuous fuel subsidy regime… Read more »