April 22
Nigeria: Massive Banking Stocks Sell-Off Persists
... As investors lose N1.57trn Read more »
Nigeria: Abducted RCCG Pastor, Passengers Regain Freedom in Oyo
Pastor Olugbenga Olawore and other passengers of a 14-seater bus, who were abducted on Friday in Oyo State have been released through combined efforts of the security agencies. Read more »
Nigeria: Okuama-Ewu Identifies 11 Persons Killed By Military, 413 Houses Destroyed
Okuama-Ewu in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State has revealed the names of 11 people that troops of the Nigerian Army purportedly shot dead when they overran the… Read more »
Nigeria: Aviation Fuel - Domestic Airlines Set to Cut Airfares
There are strong indications that domestic airlines operators may reduce ticket prices for passengers due to the imminent supply of aviation fuel, otherwise known as Jet A1, by… Read more »
Nigeria: Incessant Electricity Grid Collapse
HIS administration, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu recently told security chiefs, aspires to transform Nigeria into a trillion dollar economy. Ambitious and lofty as this aspiration… Read more »
Nigeria: SEDC As Valid Answer to the South-Eastern Question
The great performance of the economy of Eastern Nigeria which was predominantly made up of what is now known as the South-East geopolitical zone has been a personal marker for what… Read more »
Nigeria: Why Wike Was Allowed Into National Caucus Meeting - Senate Minority Leader
·Says Damagum's survival not defeat for Atiku or victory for Wike, but in interest of PDP Read more »
April 21
Nigeria: Police Probe Alleged Killing of Man By Inspector in Lagos
Police in Lagos State says it has begun investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of one Anosikwa Patrick allegedly stabbed by a police officer. Read more »
Nigeria: The Delay, the Relay, the Display - Reflections As Prof Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello Clocks 60
A starting point will be to felicitate our motherly scholar and scholarly mother, the vice chancellor of Lagos State University, LASU, as she joins the league of sexagenarians on… Read more »
Nigeria: Dia Vs Olatunji - Npan, Npo, Nge, Others Refer Dispute to Ombudsman
The Newspapers' Proprietors Association of Nigeria, NPAN; Nigerian Press Organisation, NPO; Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE; Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, and civil society… Read more »
April 23
Nigeria: Court Fixes May 17 to Rule On Detained Binance Executive's Request for Bail
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has fixed May 17 to determine whether a top official of Binance Holdings Limited, Tigran Gambaryan, who is currently in prison custody,… Read more »
Nigeria: Three Nigerian Students Float Healthcare Startup for the Elderly
Three Nigerian students, Damilola Olaopa, Hameed Abdulrahman and Isatayo Samuel have taken the initiative to protect elderly Nigerian parents whose children are ironically taking… Read more »
Nigeria: Ondo APC Primary - Set Aside Personal Ambitions for Greater Good, OCM Urges Akinfolarin, Oke
The Ondo State Conscience Movement (OCM) has called on the runners-up in the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial primary, Mayowa Akinfolarin and Olusola Oke, to put the… Read more »
Nigeria: Court Orders Service of EFCC's Charge On Ex-Gov Bello's Lawyer
Following the absence of the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, for his arraignment, the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, ordered the… Read more »
April 22
Nigeria: We've Resumed Prosecution of Boko Haram Suspects Across Nigeria - Ribadu
The National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu said the Federal Government has resumed prosecution of Boko Haram suspects across Nigeria. Read more »
Nigeria: Tinubu Advocates African Comprehensive Approach to Combating Terrorism
...wants continent to address poverty, social injustice Read more »
Nigeria: IG Wants NSCDC, FRSC Merged With Police
The Inspector General of Police, Mr Kayode Egbetokun, has advised the Federal Government to merge the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and the Federal Road Safety… Read more »
April 21
Nigeria: Gunmen Kidnap Rccg Pastor, Other Bus Passengers in Oyo
A pastor with Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, identified as Olugbenga Olawore, and other passengers of a 14-seater bus have been kidnapped in Oyo State. Read more »
Nigeria: Writing for Change
Recently, I was a guest on the exciting Worth Reading Podcast, hosted by Tobi Eyinade and Seyi Adebiyi, where we spoke about my book 'Where is your Wrapper?'. A few days later,… Read more »
Nigeria: Fx Puzzle - Nigerians Query High Food Prices Despite Dollar's Crash
With Naira appreciating to N1, 300 to the dollar thus giving a ray of hope that the economy is recovering, Nigerians, including farmers and Civil Society Organizations, CSOs, are… Read more »
Nigeria: $20bn Dangote Refinery - High Sulphur Diesel Narrative False, Mischievous - -Spokesman
The Management of Dangote Industries Limited has condemned an online report doubting the quality of its diesel. Read more »
Nigeria: Rotimi (Johnson) Sankore (1966-2024)
Rotimi Johnson - later Rotimi Sankore - was my high school classmate at the very prestigious Government College Umuahia. We were of the "Class of '78". That is, we were of the… Read more »
Nigeria: 2027 - Atiku, Wike Re-Strategise As PDP Battleground Shifts to Congresses
Following the decision of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to retain Ambassador Umar Damagum as Acting National Chairman, the battle for… Read more »
Nigeria: Ijaw Has Expansionist Agenda in S-South, S-West - Urhobo Leaders
The Urhobo Leaders of Thought, ULT, a group of Urhobo ethnic nationalities in Delta State, has accused the Ijaw ethnic group of having an expansionist agenda in the South-South and… Read more »
Nigeria: Government Loans - Crocodile Tears in Kaduna, By Tonnie Iredia
Across the globe, governments are known to borrow to make-up for the difference between their expenditures and the incomes they are able to raise from taxes and sundry sources.… Read more »