September 15, 2022
Nigeria: Nigeria's Rising Profile in Athletics Unsettles Jamaicans, Britons, Kenyans - Minister
Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, says a lot of countries including Jamaica, the United Kingdom and Kenya want to beat Nigeria in the fields of Athletics,… Read more »
September 16, 2022
Nigeria: ASUU Strike - Motorists Lament As Students Barricade Gbongan-Ibadan Express Road
FOLLOWING the prolonged industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, students, under the aegis of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS,… Read more »
September 13, 2022
Nigeria: Govt Frustrating Access to Funds to Clear Backlog of Salaries, Pensions - Benue Govt
Makurdi--Special Adviser to Benue State Governor on Media and Publicity, Mr. Terver Akase, has decried the punitive actions of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government… Read more »
Nigeria: Lagos Tragedy - 'My Daughter Was to Resume JSS I When School Fence Killed Her'
The mother of one of the children killed by a school's fence in Amukoko area of Lagos on Saturday, told Vanguard that her 10-year-old daughter, Judith Ndujie, was supposed to… Read more »
September 12, 2022
Nigeria: Govt Punitively Frustrating Ortom's Effort to Clear Backlog of Salaries, Pensions - Akase
Special Adviser to the Benue State Governor on Media and Publicity, Mr. Terver Akase has decried the punitive actions of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria Modernizing IP Law in Line With Current Realities - Malami
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, says the Federal Government is working to ensure that the country's Intellectual Property (IP) law… Read more »
September 13, 2022
Nigeria: NAPTIP Orders Manhunt of Trans-Border Trafficking Suspect
The Director-General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Dr Fatima Waziri-Azi, has ordered a manhunt of a trafficking suspect identified… Read more »
Nigeria: Aviation Crisis - Domestic Flight Movement Dips 215% in Q1'22
Reflecting the crisis rocking the aviation sector, the domestic flight movement witnessed a significant declined 215 per cent in the first quarter of 2022, (Q1'22) to 23,599 from… Read more »
Nigeria: Insecurity Reaching Boiling Point, Fulani Professionals Tell Buhari
SOME concerned Fulanis have raised the alarm over growing insecurity across the country, saying the situation was capable of undermining the sovereignty of the Nigerian State, if… Read more »
Nigeria: JAMB Scraps Mop-Up UTME, Insists On No Biometrics, No Examinations
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has said it will no longer conduct mop-up examination for candidates of Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, who… Read more »
Nigeria: Again, Senate Meets Security Chiefs, Seeks Prosecution of Arrested Terrorists, Oil Thieves
THE Senate has again engaged service chiefs to find lasting solution to the problem of insecurity in the country. Read more »
Nigeria: We're Ready, Nnamdi Kanu's Lawyers Boast Ahead of Today's Court Appearance
Leader of the Indigenous People of BIAFRA (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu's Lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor has said the separatist agitator's legal team was ready for today legal battle. Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria Unlikely to Graduate New Doctors As ASUU Strike Lingers - Osibogun
... NPMCN says issues around shortage of medical personnel must be addressed Read more »
September 12, 2022
Nigeria: Okada Ban Reduced Crime By 83 Percent, Says Ex-Lagos Commissioner Orekoya
The candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC for Lagos State House of Assembly in Somolu Constituency 1, Hon. Abiodun Orekoya has described the ban on Okada in Lagos state as… Read more »
Nigeria: Passengers Stranded, As Aviation Union Protest Against Anti-Labour Clauses
The crisis ongoing in the aviation industry may linger, with a coalition of aviation workers' unions protesting at airports nationwide against the anti-labour clauses in the new… Read more »
Nigeria: Police Arrest Two PDP Leaders in Kano for Perjury, Conspiracy Against Abacha
The Criminal Investigation Department of the Nigeria Police AIG Zone One Kano, has charged the Fagge Local Government Chairman and Secretary of the People's Democratic Party PDP,… Read more »
Nigeria: World Medical Association to Inaugurate Enabulele As President October 7
Former President Nigeria Medical Association, Dr Osahon Enabulele will be inaugurated on October 7, 2022, in Berlin, Germany, as first Nigeria and Wes Africa President of the World… Read more »
Nigeria: Insecurity Worsening Nigeria's Precarious Health Indices, Nma Warns
*Tasks FG to institute rigorous surveillance as Monkeypox, others rage Read more »
Nigeria: Remain Focused, Finish Strong As Much As State's Resources Can Afford You, Ugwuanyi Told
... We are solidly behind you, Mbah, PDP Read more »
Nigeria: Agribusiness - Nasarawa Farmers Hail Govt, IFAD Over Improved Livelihood
SMALLHOLDER farmers, weekend, hailed the Federal Government and International Fund for Agricultural Development, IFAD, for using the Value Chain Development Programme, VCDP, to… Read more »
Nigeria: Tompolo - Why We Demanded Govt for Details of Contractual Terms, Documents - OLF
AS several groups show interest on the recent award of pipeline surveillance contract to Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo, a non-profit making organisation, One Love Foundation,… Read more »
Nigeria: 14,116 Beneficiaries Get Death, Disability, Retirement Benefits
... As NSITF pays N1.1bn claims, compensation in 365 days Read more »
Nigeria: 50 Million People Now Live in Modern Slavery Globally - ILO
No fewer than 50 million people now live in modern slavery globally including Nigeria, the International Labour Organization, ILO, has announced. Read more »
Nigeria: APGA National Leadership Opens Up On Abia Chairmanship Tussle, Disowns Ukaegbu
The national leadership of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, has opened up on the chairmanship tussle rocking the Abia State chapter of the party. Read more »
Nigeria: 20 Yrs Unpaid Gratuities - We 'Re Happy With Soludo's Plans - Pensioners
Pensioners in Anambra State have expressed happiness with the plans by Governor Chukwuma Soludo administration to defray the gratuity arrears owed them since the regime of former… Read more »