July 05, 2023
Nigeria: Nigeria, Angola Now Biggest Oil Drilling Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa - Report
Nigeria has equaled Angola as the largest oil drilling market in sub-Saharan this year, according to a report by Hawilti and the Caverton Offshore Support Group Plc. Read more »
July 04, 2023
Nigeria: Investigation Launched into Abuja Building Collapse, Vows Justice for Culprits
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has set up a committee to determine the immediate and remote causes of the collapse of a three-storey building on Monday at… Read more »
Nigeria: Raise Your Voice for Kanu's Release, IPOB Lawyer Urges Nigerians
Aloy Ejimakor, the Special Counsel to the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has urged ethnic nationalities in Nigeria to join in calling for the IPOB… Read more »
Nigeria: Bamidele, Umahi, Ndume Announced As Principal Officers of 10th Senate
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has announced Senators Opeyemi Bamidele, Dave Umahi and Ali Ndume as the principal officers of the 10th Senate. Read more »
Nigeria: JAMB, Mmesoma Trade Words Over Result
·Board cancels candidate's result Read more »
Nigeria: 10th National Assembly - Tension Over Principal Officers As Lawmakers, Resume Today
As the 10th National Assembly resumes today, after its two-week break, the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has warned Senate President Godswill Akpabio against… Read more »
Nigeria: Statistics of Cancer Cases in Nigeria Mere Speculation - Institute
The existing statistics of cancer cases in Nigeria is mere speculation as there is no accurate record of cancer in the country, the newly established National Institute for Cancer… Read more »
Nigeria: NUJ Urges Rivers CP to Dismantle Checkpoint Leading to Secretariat
Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, has called on Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Nwonyi Emeka, to dismantle its checkpoint at Moscow Road in Port Harcourt to end constant… Read more »
Nigeria: Driver Bites Off Vehicle Inspection Officer's Ear in Delta
IT was drama in Warri as a Sienna driver (name withheld), bit off the ear of a Vehicle Inspection Officer, VIO, identified as Papu Prosper during an argument while they were on… Read more »
Nigeria: Fees Increase By Public Universities - Students Loan in the Mix
The gloomy reality, whose scenario, people and groups particularly the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, have been painting for a while is gradually crystallising -… Read more »
Nigeria: Bread Producers Serve Notice of Imminent Hike in Prices
Nigerians have been asked to brace up for increase in the prices of bread, a major food item on the table of almost all Nigerians. Read more »
Nigeria: Much Ado About EU-EOM Report
Last week, the leader of the European Union Election Observation Mission, EU-EOM, Barry Andrews, issued the Mission's final report on the highly-disputed 2023 general elections in… Read more »
Nigeria: Kano Govt to Invest in Irrigation Farming, Supports Farmers
The Kano state government has announced it's intention to invest in irrigation farming as a way of empowering farmers to enhance food production in the state instead of relying… Read more »
July 03, 2023
Nigeria: Senate Minority Leader - Opposition Needs Tumbuwal to Survive
It was the late Alhaji Waziri Ibrahim of blessed memory that first made the doctrine of politics without bitterness a recurring decimal in our political discourse, post-1979. That… Read more »
July 04, 2023
Nigeria: Mouth Disease - 4-Year-Old Dies, 4 Infected As FCTA Confirms Outbreak
The Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, has confirmed the outbreak of diphtheria, a deadly disease, which has now claimed the life of a four-year-old boy out of five… Read more »
Nigeria: Banks' Borrowing From CBN Intensifies, Rises 140% to N10.35trn
·As deposits rise 34% Read more »
July 03, 2023
Nigeria: Why 48 Million Nigerians Defecate Openly - UNICEF
UNICEF says over 48 million Nigerians defecate in the open. Read more »
Nigeria: 9 Rescued, 11 Trapped, As 4-Storey Hotel Under Construction Collapses in Abuja
Nine out of 20 persons who were feared trapped in the rubble of a four-storey hotel building that collapsed on Monday in Dape, Life Camp, Abuja, have been rescued. Read more »
Nigeria: Pioneer FCT Minister, Ajose-Adeogun, Dies At 96
The first Federal Capital Territory minister (FCT), Chief Mobolaji Ajose-Adeogun, has reported dead. Read more »
Nigeria: Nigerian Wins Best Director At World's Largest Black Film Festival
A United Kingdom-based Nigerian filmmaker, Ogo Okpue, has been awarded the Best Director at the 2023 American Black Film Festival Award for his film, 'A Song From The Dark.' Read more »
Nigeria: NNPC E&P, NOSL Create Awareness On Healthy Living for Children in Akwa-Ibom
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Exploration and Production (NNPC E&P) and Natural Oilfield Services Limited (NOSL) have organised a free medical intervention programmes… Read more »
Nigeria: How World Bank Sent Letter for Zainab Ahmed in October 2022
More facts have emerged on the nomination of ex-Minister of Finance, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, as World Bank Alternate Executive Director; the Bank's request for the nomination was send… Read more »
Nigeria: I Get 30 Calls Daily From Suffering Nigerians Seeking Help - Daniel Bwala
Daniel Bwala, an aide to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, during the 2023 general elections, Atiku Abubakar said he gets 30 calls daily from… Read more »
São Tomé and Príncipe: Sao Tome Fishermen Lost in Atlantic Ocean Rescued in Bayelsa
Two fishermen, identified as Antonio Sabino and Osorio Pires from Neves in SaôTomē and Principe reportedly lost in the Atlantic Ocean for five days have been rescued in… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria Air - How Sirika Deceived Buhari
Fresh facts have emerged, revealing how the former minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, deceived President Muhammadu Buhari and Nigerians to unveil the new national carrier, Nigeria… Read more »