August 13, 2023
Nigeria: Nigeria's Oil Output Slumps to 3-Month Low On Forcados Leak, Crude Theft
There appears to be no relief for Nigeria's struggling oil and gas industry as the country's crude production shrank to a three-month low of 1.081 million barrels per day in July,… Read more »
August 11, 2023
Nigeria: Revamping the National Parks (11)
The parks should be repositioned as tourists' destinations Read more »
August 10, 2023
West Africa: At Ecowas Leaders' Summit, Tinubu Canvasses Dialogue to Resolve Niger's Political Impasse
.Says initial ultimatum issued to military junta to restore democracy didn't yield desired result Read more »
August 08, 2023
Nigeria: The Menace of Prophets and Our Future
It seems to me, with due respect, to every party concerned, that while we are all obsessed with the contemporary, topical issues of Ministerial nominations, the likely conflict… Read more »
Nigeria: The High Cost of Floods
Major stakeholders should do more to minimise the impact of floods Read more »
August 07, 2023
Nigeria: Atiku Files Fresh Case in U.S. Court Seeking Release of Tinubu's Academic Records After Withdrawing Suit From Lower Court
Presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 25 election, Atiku Abubakar, has filed a separate case at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District… Read more »
Nigeria: Appeal Court - Govt, LG Have Authority to Celebrate, Contract, Register Marriages
The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, has set aside the judgement of Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court, which restrained the federal government from further… Read more »
West Africa: As ECOWAS Ultimatum Expires, Tinubu Mulls Options, Meets Governors of States Bordering Niger
President Bola Tinubu, last night, met with governors of five Nigerian states sharing boundary with Niger Republic at State House, Abuja, to consider options in the bid to restore… Read more »
August 04, 2023
Nigeria: Niger Crisis - in Search of Resolution, Tinubu Dispatches 3-Man Team to Niamey
*Abdulsalami Abubakar leads delegation Read more »
Nigeria: NLC Threatens Nationwide Strike From August 14 Over Govt's Contempt Charge
Barely 24 hours after its decision to suspend its nationwide protest, the organised labour has issued fresh warning that it may declare nationwide strike if it's leaders are… Read more »
Nigeria: Tinubu's Ascension to the Presidency (I)
Fellow Nigerians, let me tell you from the outset and without equivocation that I voted "against" the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the… Read more »
August 01, 2023
Nigeria: Court Grants Emefiele's Request to Serve Bail Order On DSS
Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High in Lagos Tuesday granted the suspended Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, leave to serve the Director General,… Read more »
Nigeria: Tribunal Reserves Judgment in Atiku's Petition Against Tinubu's Election
The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) has reserved judgment in the petition filed by Alhaji Atiku Abubakar challenging the declaration of Bola Tinubu as President. Read more »
Nigeria: Allen Onyema, Niia and the Sports Wall of Fame
One of the major sore points in the Nigerian story has been the negative role played by non-state actors in the making and the unmaking of Nigeria - those characters who drag the… Read more »
Nigeria: DSS - Stamping On the Rule of Law
Coup d'État Read more »
Nigeria: A Plea to Resident Doctors
The strike is bringing untold hardship to many Nigerians Read more »
July 31, 2023
Nigeria: Defects in Our Economy Immensely Profited 'Tiny Elite of the Elite' - Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu has said the defects in Nigerian economy immensely profited a tiny elite, which he further described as the elite of the elite. Read more »
Nigeria: Tinubu Announces Measures to Make Food Prices Affordable, Discloses How N500bn Approved By National Assembly Will Be Spent
President Bola Tinubu has announced measures targeted at ensuring that prices of food items remain affordable, adding that his government have had a multi-stakeholder engagement… Read more »
Nigeria: Super Falcons Qualify for Last 16, Play Goalless With Ireland
Nigeria's Super Falcons Monday booked their place in the last 16 round of the ongoing FIFA World Cup in Brisbane, Australia with a goalless draw with the Republic of Ireland. Read more »
Nigeria: Niger - Trouble in the Neighbourhood
Niger Republic is Nigeria's next-door neighbour. She is not the best neighbour Nigeria would desire but, as a sovereign nation, we have no control over her. Her economic… Read more »
July 30, 2023
Nigeria: Tinubu Appoints Obazee As Special Investigator of CBN and Related Entities
President Bola Tinubu has appointed the Chief Executive Officer of Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria, Mr Jim Osayande Obazee, as the Special Investigator of the Central Bank… Read more »
July 28, 2023
Nigeria: Court Throws Out DSS' Application for Extension of Emefiele's Incarceration By Another 14 Days
Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Maitama, Abuja, yesterday, struck out an application secretly filed by the Department of State Services… Read more »
Nigeria: After Two Months Wait, Tinubu Sends 28 Ministerial Nominees to Senate
After a two-month wait, culminating in the legal deadline, President Bola Tinubu, yesterday, forwarded the much-anticipated ministerial list to the Senate for consideration and… Read more »
July 27, 2023
Nigeria: Abbass Unveils 134 Standing Committee Chairmen, Deputies
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, has inaugurated 134 standing committees, increasing the number by 25 from the 109 in the 9th Assembly. Read more »
Nigeria: Anxiety Over Ministerial List, As Senate Goes Into Closed-Door Session
The Senate has gone into closed-door session even as the nation eagerly awaits the announcement of the ministerial list which is believed to have been submitted to the President of… Read more »