June 28, 2023
Africa: Rugby - Nigeria Move Up to 11th in Africa Ranking
The Nigeria rugby sevens team has been ranked eleventh in Africa after their games on Sunday at the pre-Olympic qualifier in Mauritius. Read more »
Nigeria: Tension Over Whereabouts of Eight Kidnapped Oil Workers in Lagos
There was tension yesterday at the MRS Oil Nigeria Plc, over the whereabouts of eight of its employees who were kidnapped on Monday, June 26, 2023, at the Lagos Island backwater. Read more »
Nigeria: Gunmen Rob Stranded Travellers On Benin-Akure Highway
Suspected armed robbers have reportedly attacked several travellers stranded on the Benin-Akure highway and the Ipele/Idoani/Isua/Kabba highway both in the Ose council area of Ondo… Read more »
Nigeria: Tinubu's Govt Lives in Opulence While Nigerians Groan - Labour Party
The Labour Party has slammed the President Ahmed Tinubu-led All Progressives Congress (APC) administration for showing early signs of continuing "the wasteful lifestyle" of its… Read more »
Nigeria: Japa - Germany's Immigration Law Creates New Job Opportunities for Nigerians
The German parliament passed an immigration law on Friday designed to encourage more people from outside the European Union, including Nigeria, to come to Germany for work. Read more »
Nigeria: Japa - Canada Announces Tech Job Opportunities for Nigerians, Others
Canada has unveiled its first-ever immigration tech talent mechanism that will establish new job opportunities for Nigerian citizens and others. Read more »
Nigeria: Eid-El-Kabir - NSCDC Deploys 832 Personnel to Enhance Security in Enugu
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says it has deployed no fewer than 832 personnel to enhance security in Enugu State during the Eid-El-Kabir holiday. Read more »
Nigeria: I'm a Fornicator, Not Adulterer, Says U.S. Lady Accusing Davido of Impregnating Her
Singer Davido is caught up in another baby-mama drama, as a US-based lady who goes by the name, Anita Brown has accused him of impregnating her and asking her to get rid of it. She… Read more »
Nigeria: Asari Dokubo Enemy, Major Persecutors of Igbo, Causing Havoc in Imo - IPOB Alleges
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has berated Asari Dokubo over recent comments against its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, currently held in the Department of State Service, DSS,… Read more »
Nigeria: I'm Working Day and Night to Solve Nigeria's Challenges - Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu yesterday said he was working day and night with his team to find solutions to the country's problems. Read more »
Nigeria: Afenifere Writes Ogun APC, Denies Issuing Any Statement to Support Gbenga Daniel
The Yoruba Socio-cultural group, Afenifere, has written the Ogun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), denying an earlier statement reportedly issued by the… Read more »
Nigeria: Cooking Gas Price Dips 7.61 Percent - NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has disclosed that the average price of 12.5kg of cooking gas dropped Month-on-Month (MoM) by 7.61 per cent to N9, 537.89 in May 2023, from… Read more »
Nigeria: Boat Mishap - No Call, Visit to Victims By CRSG After 96 Hours, NIMSA Bemoans
The leadership of the Nigerian Medical Students Association, NIMSA, yesterday, decried what it described as a lack of empathy by the Cross River State government, lamenting that no… Read more »
Nigeria: World Bank to Govt - Distribute Subsidy Savings As Palliatives to Nigerians
The World Bank yesterday called on the Federal Government to reallocate part of the savings from fuel subsidy removal to reduce the suffering of Nigerians worsened by the negative… Read more »
June 27, 2023
Nigeria: One Million Anambra Children to Receive Vitamin a Supplements From Unicef
NO fewer than 1.1 million children in Anambra State have been targeted to receive Vitamin A supplements from the United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, in the next one week. Read more »
Nigeria: World Bank Plans Additional $750m Grant to Support Nigeria Electrification Project
The World Bank has disclosed that it was considering supporting the Nigeria Electrification Project, NEP, with another $750 million grant. Read more »
Nigeria: Governing Nigeria One of the Hardest Challenges in Life - Buhari
Former President Muhammadu Buhari has said that leading a country like Nigeria is one of the hardest challenges in life. Read more »
Nigeria: Boko Haram Eliminates Own Top Leader, Others Over Attempt to Form Faction
Members of the Boko Haram sect, popularly known as 'Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād', terrorists group have eliminated one of its Amir Jaysh (Leader), Abou Hassana,… Read more »
Nigeria: Election Tribunal - Sanwo-Olu, Wife Voted With Invalid Voters Card - Witness
A witness, has told the Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal headed by Justice Arum Ashom, that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his wife, Ibijoke were allowed to… Read more »
Cameroon: Cameroonian Singer Libianca Beats Asake to Best International Act BET Award
Cameroonian-American Afro-beat singer Libianca Kenzonkinboum Fonji, popularly known as Libianca, won her very first BET Award for her break-out single People. Read more »
Nigeria: Burna Boy Drops Music Video for 'Sittin' On Top of the World'
GRAMMY award-winning global superstar Burna Boy joins forces with multi-platinum artist 21 Savage in the official music video for "Sittin' On Top Of The World." Read more »
Nigeria: Nigerian Seafarers Push for a Ban On Vessels Importation
·Seek extension of Tinubu's student loan to seafarers Read more »
Nigeria: Govt Raises Concern Over Drug Abuse As It Reaches Epidemic Proportions
The Federal Government says it is concerned that in spite of efforts to curb drug abuse, the menace has reached an epidemic proportion and thus requires concerted efforts by all to… Read more »
Nigeria: Lagos-Ibadan Expressway - Govt Suspends Further Work Till July 3
Following public outcry over the chaotic traffic situation on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, the Federal Government, yesterday, suspended further work on the ongoing… Read more »
June 26, 2023
Nigeria: Tinubu Renames Airports After Buhari, Awolowo, Others
President Bola Tinubu, has renamed some federal airports after several prominent Nigerians. Read more »