Nigeria: We 'Re Doing Our Best to Mitigate Hardship Facing Masses - Makinde

Gov Seyi Makinde has said that his administration is doing its best to mitigate the hardship caused by fuel subsidy removal on residents of Oyo State. Read more »

Nigeria: Senate Dumps FIRS On Tax Credit Controversy

THE Senate yesterday dumped stay of action position proposed to it by the Federal Inland Revenue Service ( FIRS) on N2.7trillion Tax Credit Fund required for specific road… Read more »

Nigeria: Be Patient, CBN Working to Strengthen Naira - Cardoso Begs Nigerians

CSOs protest hardship in Osun·Sanwo-Olu unveils intervention measures in Lagos·Approves 25% discount on food purchase·Ogun to sell 100 truck load of rice… Read more »

Nigeria: Customs Begins Distribution of Seized Rice, Other Food Items to Nigerians

The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) has begun distribution of seized food items to Nigerians to help mitigate the current hardship in the country. Read more »

Nigeria: Economic Council Takes Measures to Ease Cost of Living

The National Economic Council (NEC) has taken bold steps to ensure food security and put an end to the economic challenges confronting the nation. Read more »

Nigeria: FG Committed to Implementing Agreement With Labour

The Federal Government says it is committed to implementing the agreements it entered with organised labour on the general welfare of workers and other issues. Read more »

Nigeria: Senate to Investigate Cement Coys On Hike in Price

The Senate has resolved to investigate the sudden hike in the price of cement by its producers in Nigeria. Read more »

Nigeria: Breaking - Emefiele Demands Apology, N25bn From Akpabio Over Alleged Defamation

The accusations stem from comments purportedly made by the Senate President at an event, which Emefiele claims have unjustly maligned his character and portrayed him as the root… Read more »

Nigeria: Attacks - Benue Security Council Issues Two Weeks Ultimatum to Herdsmen

The Benue State Security Council has issued a14-day ultimatum to all those engaged in open grazing in the state to desist. Read more »

Nigeria: Food Security - Customs Pledges to Accelerate War Against Smuggling of Nigeria's Grains

Nigeria Nigeria Customs Service says it is determined to intensify efforts to curtail the menace of illegal exportation of Nigeria's grains to other African countries to ensure… Read more »

Nigeria: Workers Begin Indefinite Strike in Niger State Today

The organised labour in Niger State has announced an indefinite industrial action, scheduled to begin today, Wednesday. Read more »

Nigeria: New Enugu City - No Homes Demolished, Says Govt

... Orders contractors to work 24/7 Read more »

Nigeria: Tinubu and the Troubled House of Lugard

Football tournaments should be held every day, continuously, ad infinitum; it is one surest opium by which the poor and needy are sweetly distracted from their life's agony and… Read more »

Nigeria: Fcta Seals Orphanage Over Alleged Trafficking of 23 Children in Abuja

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has sealed the Priesthood Orphanage in Karon Majigi Village, Abuja, after 23 children between the ages of one and 14 were… Read more »

Nigeria: Kidnappers Abduct 9 Jehovah Witnesses in Kogi, Demand N30m Ransom

Nine travellers on Kabba-Lokoja Road in Kogi State have been kidnapped. Read more »

Nigeria: ASUU Says 46 Members Lost Their Lives to Economic Hardship

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Abuja zone, has disclosed the death of some of its members due to economic hardship alongside poor remuneration of academics and… Read more »

Nigeria: Court Sentences Man to Death By Hanging for Killing 11-Yr-Old Girl in Ogun

An Ogun State High Court, sitting in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, on Monday sentenced a 23-year-old man, Azeez Akinpelu to death by hanging for killing an eleven-year-old girl,… Read more »

Nigeria: Osimhen Gets New Coach As Napoli Hire Calzona to Replace Sacked Mazzarri

Struggling Napoli sacked Walter Mazzarri on Monday and brought in Slovakia coach Francesco Calzona just two days before hosting Barcelona in the Champions League. Read more »

Nigeria: Tinubu's Renewed Hope Cities - It's Housing and More

RECENTLY, at Karsana, a suburban of Abuja, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu performed the groundbreaking ceremony of the pilot phase of his ambitious housing project tagged Renewed Hope… Read more »

Nigeria: The Argument for State Police

THE chicken is coming home to roost at last. For the first time ever, the political leadership of this country has flashed the green light over the idea of decentralising the… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerians Groan As Cement Price Hits New High in Days

Cement price across the country has risen to a new high of N10,500 for a 50kg bag in a question one week. Read more »

West Africa: West Africa's Troublesome Trio

THE decision by Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger Republic, three landlocked sub-Saharan African countries, to pull out of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, has… Read more »

Nigeria: Electricity - Forex Crisis, Inflation Drive Up Meter Prices By 80 Percent - -Investigation

NIGERIA'S foreign exchange and inflation have combined to push the prices of prepaid meters year-on-year, YoY by 80 percent to N147, 610.43 (Single phase) in February 2024, from… Read more »

Nigeria: Suspected Herders Invade 3 Benue Lgas, Kill 10, Injure Others

Suspected armed herdsmen have reportedly gone beserk in Apa, Kwande and Guma Local Government Areas of Benue State, killing 10 persons and injuring several others. Read more »

Nigeria: Forex Crises - 2024 Budget Suffers Major Dislocations

THERE are indications that the Federal Government may be forced to review the 2024 Appropriation Act as recent developments in the foreign exchange market may have put the… Read more »