November 25, 2024
Nigeria: Stock Market Up 0.11 Percent Wow As Analysts Predict Mixed Trading
The Nigerian stock market maintained its positive trend last week, with the Nigerian Exchange Limited All-Share Index (NGX ASI) edging up by 0.11 per cent week-on-week (W-O-W) as… Read more »
Nigeria: Cooking Gas Out of Reach for Nigerians As Prices Soars 58.68 Percent Yoy
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Africa: PMI Advocates Shift in Skills-Building to Boost Africa's Transformation
The Managing Director, Project Management Institute (PMI), sub-Saharan Africa, George Asamani has recommended a revolutionary shift in skills-building to enable African countries… Read more »
Nigeria: Why the First Step Is the Hardest
We have all been there--facing down the decision to start something new, a step toward a goal, or a commitment to change. You feel the pressure of its importance, but somehow,… Read more »
Nigeria: Cricket - Nigeria Maintain Clean Sheet After Day 2 of ICC WCQ in Abuja
The Nigerian Male National Cricket Team, the Yellow-Green, extended their winning streak at the ongoing International Cricket Council Men's T20 World Cup Sub-regional Africa… Read more »
Nigeria: Banks' Customers Growl As Maximum Lending Rate Hits 30.28 Percent, 22-Month High
No respite for banks customers in Nigeria as the sector's average maximum lending rate increased to 30.28 per cent as of October 2024, a record since February 2022 when it was at… Read more »
November 24, 2024
Nigeria: Nigerian Presidents Since Independence Were Accidental, Except Tinubu, Says Kukah
The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah, has said Nigeria's presidents since independence were accidental, except President Bola Tinubu Read more »
Nigeria: Amid Rising Anxiety, Govt Says No Mass Sack of Workers With Degrees From Benin, Togo
The Federal Civil Service Commission has denied the claim of the mass sack of workers who obtained their degrees from Benin Republic, and Togo. Read more »
November 22, 2024
Nigeria: Govt Strikes Deal With IOM On Revised Migration Policy, Says 6.1m Nigerians Still Displaced
The federal government has revealed that no less than 6.1 million Nigerians are still displaced due to natural disasters and insecurity. Read more »
Nigeria: Constitution Review - Governors in Support of Amendment Process, Says Benjamin Kalu
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Kalu, said he has secured the backing of Nigerian governors for the ongoing review of the 1999 Constitution (as… Read more »
Nigeria: We Built Oil Refinery When No IOC Was Willing, Says Dangote Group's Edwin
The Vice President of Oil and Gas at Dangote Industries Limited, Mr. Devakumar Edwin, has taken a swipe at Shell, ExxonMobil and Chevron as well as other international oil… Read more »
Nigeria: Tinubu to IMF - Our Reforms Now Bearing Positive Results
President Bola Tinubu has assured that his administration will continue to prioritise the welfare of the poor and most vulnerable, saying his government's economic reforms have… Read more »
Nigeria: On Reuters' Spurious Allegations Against Nigerian Military in North-East
The National Human Rights Commission's panel set up to investigate the allegations by an international news medium, Reuters, of unprofessional and inhuman war in the Northeast… Read more »
Nigeria: NNPC to Deploy Low Security Risk, High Integrity Oil Pipelines Nationwide
Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) yesterday said it was working to ensure the deployment of high integrity crude oil and gas pipeline infrastructure nationwide… Read more »
Nigeria: Ekiti Workers to Enjoy N70,000 Minimum Wage From December
Yinka Oyebode writes that workers and pensioners in Ekiti State will from December, 2024 begin to earn the N70,000 minimum wage. Read more »
November 21, 2024
Libya/Nigeria: Libyans Accuse Super Eagles of Match-Fixing Loss to Rwanda
Despite Super Eagles playing without seven regulars in the final AFCON 2025 qualifier against Rwanda in Uyo on Monday, a Libyan news outlet, Libya Akhbar has alleged that Nigeria… Read more »
Nigeria: NAFDAC Warns Katsina Water Producers Against Substandard Products
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned water producers in Katsina State against producing and the selling substandard products to… Read more »
Nigeria: UK Govt Backs Stakeholder Roundtable to Address Cybersecurity Challenges in Nigeria
Key stakeholders from government and the private sector have converged in Abuja and Lagos at the Nigeria Cybersecurity Stakeholder Roundtable organised with support from the UK's… Read more »
Nigeria: Global Revenue for 4G, 5G Infrastructure to Reach $6bn By 2027 - Report
SNS Telecom & IT, a global research and consulting company has predicted that global revenue for 4G and 5G private network infrastructure would reach $6 billion by 2027, double… Read more »
November 19, 2024
Nigeria: Golf - Olapade Completes a Treble With CIO Victory in Port Harcourt
Nigeria's Sunday Olapade won the 5th CIO Golf Championship at the Python Golf Club in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, with a brilliant score of 271, 17 under par on Sunday evening. Read more »
Nigeria: Oyebanji - Building On Fayemi's Legacy in Ekiti
Gbenga Sodeinde writes that Governor Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti State has succeeded in building on the foundation laid by his predecessor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, through the execution of… Read more »
Nigeria: In Kano, Barau Welcomes Nnpp, PDP Defectors to APC
Ismail Mudashir writes that hundreds of defecting members of the New Nigeria Peoples Party and the Peoples Democratic Party in Kano state were recently welcomed into the All… Read more »
Nigeria: Economy and CBN's Coordinated Strategies
The present economic challenges are undoubtedly harsh, but great efforts are being made by both the fiscal and monetary authorities to arrest the situation and stabilise the… Read more »
Nigeria: Seplat Canvasses Improved Energy Access for Economic Growth
Seplat Energy Plc, has said Nigeria's development will require significant improvements in access to energy to lower operating cost, drive job creation as well as achievement of… Read more »
Nigeria: AfDB Official - Food Scarcity Elevated Malnutrition Among Women, Children in Nigeria
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