June 24
Nigeria: Civil Servants Collecting Salaries After Relocating Abroad Must Refund Money - Govt
President Bola Tinubu has directed that all civil servants drawing salaries from the government after relocating abroad should be made to refund the money. Read more »
Nigeria: Shettima Woos Israel On Expanding I-Fair Programme
Vice-President Kashim Shettima has implored Israeli government to expand its scope of the Innovation Fellowship for Aspiring Inventors and Researchers (i-FAIR) initiative programme… Read more »
Nigeria: Labour to Governors On Minimum Wage - Retrieve Nigeria From State of Resentment, Misery
The Organized Labour has warned some governors not to plunge the country into a state of resentment, misery and impoverishment through wrong pieces of advice to President Bola… Read more »
Nigeria: Textile Industry Faces Total Collapse As Revival Efforts Fail
Nigeria's textile industry is now gasping for breath following the failure of revival measures, a sustained upsurge in the importation of textile products and a series of adverse… Read more »
June 23
Nigeria: No Arrest Made Over Killing of Inspector By Naval Officers in Lagos - Police
The Lagos State Police Command, through its Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, has confirmed that no arrest has been made over the alleged killing of a… Read more »
Nigeria: $600m Palm Oil Import - NANS Wants Govt to Revive Moribund Plantations
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called on the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led administration to return Nigeria to the glory of one of the highest producers… Read more »
Nigeria: Dangote Refinery Accuses IOCs of Plotting to Cripple Its Operations
...Indicts NMDPRA over importation of dirty diesel, jet fuel Read more »
Nigeria: Borehole Project - Tinubu Deserves Commendation for Emulating Me - Peter Obi
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), in the 2024 general elections, Peter Obi, has said President Bola Tinubu deserves commendation for heeding his call on wealthy… Read more »
June 21
Nigeria: Ondo Govt Reacts to Judgment Nullifying 33 LCDAs
The Ondo State Government says necessary legal action will be taken on the judgment nullifying the creation of the 33 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the state. Read more »
Nigeria: FERMA Begins Repairs of Federal Roads in Abia, Appeals for Patience
Federal Road Emergency Road Maintenance Agency, FERMA, has commenced repairs of three federal roads in Abia State. Read more »
Nigeria: Anambra 2025 - APC Elders Forum Declares Zoning for Guber Election Sacrosanct
As part of its buildup to reclaim Anambra in the 2025 governorship election of the state, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Elders Forum has insisted that zoning should remain as… Read more »
Nigeria: Environmental Workers Under Attack By Polluters
Environmental workers in Nigeria have come under attack while discharging their duties to protect natural resource and the local environment. There has been an increase in such… Read more »
Nigeria: Cooking Gas Price Rises By 70.12 Percent in May - NBS
The average retail price for refilling a 5kg cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), commonly known as cooking gas rose by 70.12 per cent, Year-on-Year, YoY to N7,418.45 in May… Read more »
Nigeria: FG's Deficit Spending Rises 8 Percent to N1.07trn
·As low exchange gain triggers 47% shortfall in revenue target Read more »
Nigeria: Govt Seeks 18-Month Extension of $800m World Bank Palliative Scheme
The Federal Government has requested an 18-month extension on the closing date of the World Bank's $800m palliative loan to boost its social safety net programmes. Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria's Public Debt Hits N121.7trn
Nigeria's Total Public Debt stood at N121. 67 trillion ($91. 46 billion) at the end of March this year. Read more »
Nigeria: Insecurity - Jihadists Flooding Nigeria Through Benin Republic - Report
A new report has revealed that there is ample evidence that jihadi fighters from the Sahel region have crossed into Nigeria through the Benin Republic border. Read more »
Nigeria: Stand Up Against Hate Speech, Nigerian Youths Told
Director General of the Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR), Dr. Joseph Ochogwu, has charged youths to stand up against hate speech and harmful narratives. Read more »
Nigeria: Energy Theft - FG Plans Electricity Offences Tribunal
The Federal Government said yesterday it was working on establishing an electricity offences tribunal to combat power theft in the country. Read more »
Nigeria: Military, Media Collaboration Shouldn't Be Limited to Reporting of Terrorism - COAS
Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has told media practitioners that collaboration between it and the military should not be limited to reporting of conflicts,… Read more »
Nigeria: Again, LASTMA Impounds 40 Vehicles Using Illegal Garages
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has impounded another 25 commercial and 15 private vehicles operating illegal garages and causing serious road obstructions… Read more »
Nigeria: Edo Election - Govt, Group Bicker Over Alleged Use of Councils' Funds for Campaigns
A pressure group, Edo People's Advocacy Organisation of Nigeria, has accused Governor Godwin Obaseki Administration of funding the Asue Ighodalo election campaign with local… Read more »
Nigeria: Cholera - Death Toll Hits 21 in Lagos, 401 Cases Recorded
Following the outbreak of cholera in some parts of the country, at least 21 persons have been confirmed dead in Lagos State, with 401 suspected cases reported to the state Ministry… Read more »
Nigeria: N423bn Indictment - Protesters March in Kaduna, Want EFCC's Probe of El-Rufai
Protesters yesterday stormed the Sir Kashim Ibrahim House in Kaduna, calling on Governor Uba Sani to invite the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and other relevant… Read more »
Nigeria: Kano Govt Kicks As Court Removes Sanusi As Emir
A Federal High Court sitting in Kano yesterday nullified the reappointment of Muhammadu Sanusi II as the 16th Emir of Kano. Read more »
