October 10, 2023
Nigeria: Court-Martial Sentences General to 7 Years Imprisonment, to Refund $2.1m, N1.65bn to Nigerian Army Properties Limited
The Special Army Court-martial sitting in Abuja, Tuesday, sentenced former Group Managing Director, Nigerian Army Properties Limited, Maj. Gen. Umaru Mohammed, to seven years… Read more »
October 09, 2023
Nigeria: Tinubu Unveils Ambitious Plan to Create 500,000 Jobs As Ajaokuta Rolling Mill Nears Completion
President Bola Tinubu has declared that with the hitherto abandoned Ajaokuta Steel Complex now nearing completion, the project would have the capacity to employ 500,000 Nigerians… Read more »
Nigeria: Huriwa, Amnesty International Condemn Govt's Plan to Gag Arise TV
Foremost rights groups, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) and Amnesty International (AI), yesterday, condemned attempts by the federal government through the… Read more »
Nigeria: Corporate Icon, Chris Ogunbanjo, Is Dead, Tinubu Mourns
President Bola Tinubu has expressed condolences to the Ogunbanjo family and the entire Ijebu-Ode community over the passing of their patriarch, elder statesman and corporate icon,… Read more »
Nigeria: No Matter New Attempts to Twist Facts, Tinubu's INEC Certificate Is Forgery - Atiku
Former Vice President and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the February 25 elections, Atiku Abubakar, has said, no matter how hard President Bola Tinubu and… Read more »
Nigeria: Abuse of Nigerian Workers By Foreigners
Labour laws must be respected at all times Read more »
October 08, 2023
Nigeria: Floods Loom in Adamawa, Bayelsa, Kogi, Six Others as Cameroonian Dam Releases Water
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has alerted Nigerians to expect floods as Cameroonian authorities release water from the Lagdo Dam. Read more »
Nigeria: At Supreme Court, Atiku Files Fresh Evidence, Seeks Tinubu's Disqualification
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has filed what he termed as fresh evidence against President Bola Tinubu at the Supreme Court. Read more »
October 07, 2023
Nigeria: Opposition's Atiku Heads to Supreme Court
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 presidential elections, Atiku Abubakar, yesterday filed new documents against President Bola Tinubu before the… Read more »
October 05, 2023
Nigeria: Alleged Treason - Supreme Court to Decide Nnamdi Kanu's Fate Dec 15
The Supreme Court will on December 15 deliver its judgment in the appeal filed by the federal government against the discharge and release of detained leader of the Indigenous… Read more »
Nigeria: Reputation of Our Country Is At Stake - Atiku
Former Vice President and Presidential Candidate of the PDP in the February 25 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, Thursday, said President Bola Tinubu had violated Nigeria's… Read more »
October 06, 2023
Nigeria: Nigeria's Yellow Greens Brush Aside Rwanda, S'leone, Take On Ghana Next
Nigeria's national men's cricket team, the Yellow-Greens have won their opening two matches against Rwanda and Sierra Leone, at the ongoing West Africa Trophy at the Tafawa Balewa… Read more »
Nigeria: The New Malaria Vaccines
The new vaccine is a welcome relief Read more »
October 05, 2023
Nigeria: Nigeria Must Break Shackles of Over-Reliance On Oil, Harness Non-Oil Potential for Export - Shettima
Vice President Kashim Shettima, yesterday said the country must take urgent steps to drastically reduce its over-dependence on oil and focus more on harnessing the untapped… Read more »
Nigeria: World Bank Cuts Nigeria's 2023 Economic Growth Projection to 2.9%
Citing currency pressure, insecurity, and other challenges, the World Bank Group yesterday, revised its economic growth outlook for Nigeria in 2023, to 2.9 percent, lower than its… Read more »
Nigeria: Niger Bans Export of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, Nigeria Impacted
Niger has banned all exports of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) until further notice, the government said in a statement on Tuesday, a decision that will impact Nigeria which gets… Read more »
October 04, 2023
Nigeria: Information Minister Speaks On Tinubu's Certificate Controversy, Says It's 'Trivial Matter'
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, has said government would not be distracted by the controversy over President Bola Tinubu's certificate from Chicago State University… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigerian Passports to Be Issued Within Two Weeks From Dec, Says Minister
The Minister of Interior, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has said that from December, passports would be made available in two weeks to applicants. Read more »
Nigeria: UNN Don Bemoans Inequity, Inequality in Malnutrition Cycle
A professor of Pediatrics at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Agozie Ubesie, has expressed concern that while the country has grappled with the cycle of undernutrition for a long… Read more »
Nigeria: Between Governors and Their Deputies
There is need to define the roles of a deputy governor Read more »
Nigeria: Optimising Nigeria's Blue Economy Potentials Through Hydrography
Given that the Blue Economy is centered on trade and actions around large bodies of water ranging from rivers to oceans, Chiemelie Ezeobi writes on the import of hydrography in… Read more »
Nigeria: Boosting Scholarship, Bursary Administration Process to Ensure Education of Indigent Students
Abdul Rahaman Lekki is the Executive Secretary of the Lagos State Scholarship Board. In this interview with select journalists, including Funmi Ogundare, he explained the efforts… Read more »
October 03, 2023
Nigeria: Senate Presidency - New Rules Bar First-Time Senators
The Senate on Tuesday amended its standing orders to stop first time senators from contesting the position of either the Senate President or the Deputy Senate President. Read more »
Nigeria: Chicago University Releases Tinubu's Academic Records
In compliance with the order of US District Court Judge Nancy Maldonado, the Chicago State University has released the academic records of President Bola Tinubu, which was… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria's First Privately-Owned 100mw Solar PV Module Assembly Factory Takes Off in Lagos
All On, a Shell-funded impact investment company, and Auxano Solar Nigeria Limited have brought to operation Nigeria's biggest fully-automated 100 Megawatts (MW) Solar Photovoltaic… Read more »