April 07, 2023
Nigeria: How Foreign Airlines Partly Repatriated $802m 'Trapped Funds' From Nigeria
Despite claims in some quarters that foreign airlines may soon shutdown operation in Nigeria as a result of 'trapped funds,' it has emerged that that many of the airlines have… Read more »
Nigeria: Govt Laments Only 30% of Women in Technology Industries
The federal government has expressed dissatisfaction over the poor number of women in innovation and technology, lamenting that only 30 per cent of the technological space are… Read more »
Nigeria: Only Investment in Human Capital Can Bring Development to Nigeria - Obi
*Says his commitment to societal development remains unchanged Read more »
Nigeria: Next Govt Must Strive to End Nation's Ethnic Division - Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, assumed that the work of the next administration in the country was already cut out as it must ensure that it closed the division… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria's Growth Recovery Still Fragile As Oil Production Remains Subdued - World Bank
The World Bank yesterday declared that Nigeria's 2.8 per cent projected growth recovery for 2023 was still fragile as oil production remains subdued, despite rallying to over 1.6… Read more »
Nigeria: 66.6% Eligible Population Vaccinated With Covid-19 Vaccines - Govt
The federal government has said a total of 71,477,351 Nigeria residents have been fully vaccinated with COVID-19 vaccines as at April 1, 2023, representing 61.6 percent of the… Read more »
Nigeria: Kyari to IOCs - If You Walk Away, We Will Stay to Explore Our Resources
The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, yesterday told International Oil Companies (IOCs) that Nigeria would… Read more »
Nigeria: Emefiele-Led CBN As Pillar of Nigeria's Economic Diversification Drive
Mohamed El-Erian, who served as chair of President Barrack Obama's Global Development Council, highlighted challenges that confront central banks globally in his book titled "The… Read more »
Nigeria: No More Easy Route to Power Than Electorate - Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, declared that with the outcome of the 2023 national elections, there would be no more easy route to power than through the electorate. Read more »
Nigeria: $800m World Bank Support - NECA Urges Govt to Prioritise Fixing Refineries Above Sharing Palliatives
The Nigeria Employers' Consultative Association (NECA) has called on the federal government to prioritise fixing the country's comatose refineries instead of the proposed sharing… Read more »
Nigeria: Doomsday Prophets of Nigerian Politics
Opposition politicians need utmost restraint in their reactions to the outcome of the recent presidential poll in the country. Read more »
Nigeria: The Aberrance of Interim Government
Last year, some leaders of thought advocated for military rule in Nigeria, apparently due to a sense of frustration with the seeming collapse of civilian authority. Nigerians… Read more »
Nigeria: NBC - the Regulator or Tormentor of the Broadcast Industry
Anybody who appreciates the importance of press freedom as a key indicator of a truly democratic political system, must be disturbed by the news of the N5 million fine slammed by… Read more »
April 06, 2023
Nigeria: Call for Interim Govt Illegal, Unconstitutional - DHQ
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has described the alleged plot by some misguided politicians to install an interim national government in the country as "illegal and… Read more »
Nigeria: 2023 Poll Has Changed Nigeria's Political Landscape - Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that the 2023 polls have proved the growing strength of the nation's democracy and more especially, the sophistication of the Nigerian voter… Read more »
Nigeria: Govt Receives Report of Presidential Committee On Review of Nigerian Missions Worldwide
The presidential committee instituted to review the number and strategy of resourcing the country's diplomatic missions worldwide has submitted its final report to the federal… Read more »
Nigeria: Dangote, Rabiu, Adenuga, Make Forbes Billionaires' List
Forbes has listed three Nigerians, Aliko Dangote, Abdul Samad Rabiu, and Mike Adenuga among the billionaire businessman and philanthropists rating in the Forbes billionaires list… Read more »
Nigeria: Niger Governor-Elect Sets Up 62-Man Transition Council
Former Director-General of the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mallam Sulaiman Ndanusa, has been named as the head of a 62-man transition council by the Niger State… Read more »
April 07, 2023
Nigeria: Peter Obi, Lai's Treason Card and Nigeria
Chido Nwangwu writes that the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has faulted the recent treason allegation levelled against him by… Read more »
April 06, 2023
Nigeria: Anambra Govt Excited As UNICEF Rehabilitates Health Centres Damaged By 2022 Flood
Anambra State government has expressed gratitude to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) over the renovation of some Primary Healthcare Centres(PHCs) in the flood-ravaged… Read more »
Nigeria: Senate Considers Buhari's Request for N9.6bn Refund to Plateau, Borno
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, yesterday asked the Senate Committee on Foreign and Local Loans to consider a request by President Muhammadu Buhari seeking parliamentary… Read more »
Nigeria: Peter Obi Under Pressure to Leave Nigeria, Says Labour Party
Labour Party, yesterday, raised the alarm over the continued pressure from concerned Nigerians and family members of its presidential candidate in the February 25 presidential… Read more »
April 05, 2023
Nigeria: Tems, Starr, Hansel, Ndu-Okeke, 7 Other Nigerians in Forbes Africa's '30 Under '30
Grammy award winner, Tems (Temilade Openiyi); singer, Ayra Starr (Oyinkansola Aderibigbe); Hansel and Germain Ndu-Okeke, Blessing Abeng, and two other Nigerians are among the young… Read more »
Nigeria: Govt Disburses N320.3bn to Varsities, Polytechnics, Colleges of Education
The federal government has approved the 2023 disbursement guidelines in the total sum of N320,345,040,835 as intervention to public tertiary institutions across the the country. Read more »
Nigeria: 10th Assembly - to Counter APC, Opposition Lawmakers Form Alliance
The House of Representatives members-elect during the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections on Tuesday night met ahead of the inauguration of the 10th Assembly. Read more »