April 18, 2023
Nigeria: Buhari Recounts Achievements in Oil, Gas Sector, Lists PIA As Biggest Accomplishment
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday attended the Nigeria International Energy Summit (NIES), his last as the country's leader, seizing the opportunity to highlight his… Read more »
Nigeria: Governorship Election - Tribunal Orders Substituted Service On Sanwo-Olu
The Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting at the Special Offences Court premises in Ikeja, has granted the motion ex-parte brought before it by the Labour… Read more »
Nigeria: Leaders Toying With Prejudice in Contest for Power Threat to Democracy - VP Osinbajo
The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has warned that in the contest for power, leadership elites must not toy with prejudices that alienate or divide any section of the country. Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria, Other African Countries to Benefit From AfDB's Six-Year Fertilizer Strategic Plan
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has stated that its Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism (AFFM) strategic plan 2022-2028 is committed to mobilising funds to support the… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria Produces 115m Barrels, 75 Percent of Budget Benchmark in Q1 Amid Struggling Oil Output
Amid Nigeria's crude oil production struggle, the country managed to drill 115 million barrels of the commodity in the first quarter of 2023, a THISDAY review of industry data has… Read more »
Nigeria: S&P Survey - OPEC Crude Oil Production Dropped By 300,000 Bpd in March Amid Russian Sanctions
Crude oil production from the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and allies fell by 300,000 barrels per day in March as sanctions hit Russian output, the latest… Read more »
April 17, 2023
Nigeria: Nigeria Approves Malaria Vaccine
National Agency For Food And Drug Administration And Control (NAFDAC) has granted registration approval for R21 Malaria Vaccine (Recombinant, Adjuvanted). Read more »
Nigeria: 10th Assembly - South-South Christian Should Be Senate President, Says Lawmaker
Ahead of the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly on June 13th, the lawmaker representing Etinan/Nsit Ibom/Nsit Ubium Federal Constituency, Hon. Luke Onofiok (PDP, Akwa Ibom)… Read more »
Nigeria: Scores Feared Killed As Gunmen Invade Plateau Community
Unconfirmed number of persons were on Sunday night killed, when armed men invaded a community in Mangu Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau State. Read more »
Nigeria: More Proactive Measures Needed to Combat Ilegal Fishing in Nigeria
Experts in the maritime sector have called for more proactive measures to combat the negative effect of Illegal Unreported Unregulated (IUU) fishing activities affecting the… Read more »
Nigeria: Army Holds Rivers Community Hostage, Burn Houses As Residents Flee for Safety
Some indigenes and residents of Rundele in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State have fled the community following the invasion of soldiers over attack on their men deployed… Read more »
Nigeria: United Nigeria Airline Gets IOSA Certification
United Nigeria Airlines has been successfully registered as an IOSA Operator under the IATA Operational Safety Audit program (IOSA) for initial IOSA Audit, which commenced last… Read more »
Nigeria: Right of Reply - Chidi Amuta, Peter Obi and the 'Obidient's' Thriving Tyranny
Nothing captures and portrays the crisis of credibility and integrity of the vast majority of a sectional intelligentsia than a recent piece by Dr Chidi Amuta titled 'Peter Obi and… Read more »
Nigeria: Edo Supplementary Elections - PDP Candidates Win Three State Assembly
Candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (√) have been declared winners of the supplementary elections held on Saturday to beat their closest rival of the All Progressives… Read more »
Nigeria: 10th Senate Presidency - Aspirants Move Battle to Opposition Senators' Camp
The leadership and members of a strong coalition made up of the 43 opposition Senators-elect, are now the beautiful brides of the aspirants for the position of the Senate… Read more »
Nigeria: Sanwo-Olu Woos Investors in America, Says Lagos Right Place for Investments
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has urged existing and potential investors to continuously see Lagos, "the crown sub-national jewel of the African economy," as a… Read more »
Nigeria: Senate Spokesperson Says Nigeria Ripe to Operate Digitalised Economy
The Spokesperson of the 9th Senate, Senator Surajudeen Basiru, has said the Nigerian economy is ripe enough to be digitalised. Read more »
Nigeria: Change of Baton in Western Naval Command and Need to Amplify Successes
After holding sway for 14 months as the Flag Officer Commanding, Western Naval Command, Chiemelie Ezeobi reports that Rear Admiral Yakubu Wambia recently handed over the baton and… Read more »
Nigeria: Adopt Multilateral Action to Achieve Sustainable Development, Economic Growth, ILO Tells World Bank, IMF
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Nigeria: Lalong, Yahaya, Amao Pour Encomiums As Military Buries Ex-Spokesmen, Chukwu, Meigida in Abuja, Plateau
Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Faruk Yahaya and the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, poured encomiums on late military… Read more »
Nigeria: Tinubu's Alleged Controversial Past Has Been Ventilated Sufficiently - Fashola
The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) yesterday argued that Nigeria does not need saints at the top echelon of government, but people who can deliver on… Read more »
Nigeria: Oil Marketer Blames High Cost of Cooking Gas On Inadequate Infrastructure, Fx Scarcity
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Hyde Energy Limited, a downstream oil and gas company, Mr. Oladimejj Edwards, has attributed the high cost of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG),… Read more »
Nigeria: Omo-Agege, Gbajabiamila, 18 Others Shortlisted for Hall of Fame Awards
A Civil Society Organisation, OrderPaper Nigeria and its partners have announced the Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi… Read more »
Nigeria: Govt's N5bn Gas Fund Dormant At GACN As Shortages Cripple Power Generation, Supply
About N5 billion federal government's gas-to-power fund meant to settle gas suppliers is currently lying idle at the Gas Aggregation Company of Nigeria Limited (GACN) despite the… Read more »
Nigeria: Chimamanda and the Spikes of Facile Criticisms
In these days of social unrest and political tension, when the problems of Nigeria has become gigantic in extent and chaotic in detail, Chimamanda Ngozi-Adichie's open letter to… Read more »