Nigeria: Govt Hasn't Borrowed From Pension Funds - Ex-NAICOM Boss

Olorundare Thomas, the immediate past Chief Executive Officer, National Insurance Commission (NAICOM), says the Federal Government has not borrowed from the accumulated pension… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria's Fashion Industry Needs Intervention From Arts , Culture Ministry - Oliseh-Amaize

UK-trained Nigerian designer and creative director of Tesslo, Tessy Oliseh-Amaize, has called on Nigeria's Ministry of Art, Culture and Creative Economy to urgently intervene in… Read more »

Nigeria: 3,000 Benefit As Ijebu Boys Association Medical Outreach Holds

The Ijebu Boys Association's annual Free Medical and Food Provision Outreach offered a lifeline to over 3,000 vulnerable Nigerians in a nation grappling with poverty and inflation. Read more »

Nigeria: Police Rescue American Citizen From Jumping Into Lagos Lagoon

Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Police Command in Lagos State have rescued an American citizen from committing suicide on the Third Mainland Bridge. Read more »

Nigeria: 26 Killed in Katsina Attack As Bandits Target Villagers, Police

No fewer than 26 people have been killed in a brutal attack by bandits in Katsina State. Read more »

Nigeria: Tinubu Replaces IGP Arase With Argungu As Chairman, Police Service Commission

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of DIG Hashimu Argungu (retd) as Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC). Read more »

Nigeria: Illegal Bunkering - NSCDC Arrests Nine in Rivers

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested nine suspects for engaging in illegal oil activities in a forest boundary between Rivers and Abia. Read more »

Nigeria: 'Nigeria On the Brink' - Bishop Onuoha Warns of Chaos, Anarchy

Bishop of the Methodist Church Nigeria and former presidential aide on Privatisation, Bishop (Dr) Sunday Onuoha, has warned that Nigeria is on the brink of chaos due to worsening… Read more »

Nigeria: No Plan to Revoke Wema, Polaris, Unity, Fidelity Licences - CBN

There is no plan to revoke the operating licences of Fidelity, Wema, Polaris and Unity Banks, the Central Bank of Nigeria has said. Read more »

Nigeria: Six Months to End of Year - NDDC Proposes N1.911 Trillion As 2024 Budget

Six months to the end of the fiscal year, the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has proposed a total sum of N1.911 trillion as its 2024 aggregate expenditure, just as it… Read more »

Nigeria: Minimum Wage - SGF Receives Tripartite Committee Report

Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF, Sen. George Akume has received the report of the 37-member Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage, assuring that the… Read more »

Nigeria: We Await Outcome of Govt, Labour Negotiation - South-West Governors

The governors of the South-West geopolitical zone have said that they are waiting for the outcome of negotiations between the Federal Government and Organised Labour on minimum… Read more »

Nigeria: Alleged N2.8bn Fraud - EFCC Opens Case Against Sirika, Others

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday in a Federal Capital Territory (FCT), High Court, Maitama opened its case of alleged N2.6 billion fraud against former… Read more »

Nigeria: Hajj - FG to Reduce Days Pilgrims Spend in Saudi - Arabi

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) says it has adopted a strategy to reduce the number of days Nigerian pilgrims spend in Saudi Arabia during the pilgrimage. Read more »

Nigeria: South-East Among Highest in Human Trafficking - Naptip

Prof. Fatima Waziri-Azi, Director General (DG) of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), says the Southeast ranks among the regions with the… Read more »

Nigeria: Gov Otti Visits Another Family of Slain Soldiers in Aba

Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti, on Sunday visited the family of Cpl. Lucky Ikechukwu Ikpeama, one of the soldiers killed by yet-to-be-identified gunmen at Obikabia Junction,… Read more »

Nigeria: Rivers Court Affirms 25 Pro-Wike Lawmakers As PDP Members

A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has declared that the 25 members of Rivers State House of Assembly led by Rt. Hon. Martin Amaewhule are still members of Peoples… Read more »

Nigeria: Too Pricey - Stews You Can Make Without Tomatoes

In this article is a compiled a list of five economical, locally sourced stews that can be made without tomatoes Read more »

Nigeria: Lawmakers Seek Rotational Presidency, Single Tenure of 6 Years

35 members of the House of Representatives have proposed a Bill for an Act demanding the constitutional alteration to provide for the rotation of executive powers among the six… Read more »

Nigeria: Mimimum Wage - Some Governors Throwing Spanner in the Works - Organised Labour

The Organized Labour has accused some governors of 'throwing spanner in the works' over an agreement on a new minimum wage. Read more »

West Africa: Judgment Enforcement - Ecowas Court Dismisses Dasuki's Suit Against Govt

The ECOWAS Court has dismissed an application filed by former National Security Adviser, retired Col. Sambo Dasuk., praying the court to compel Nigeria to enforce its judgment… Read more »

Nigeria: Refinery - Learn From Mistakes in N-Delta, Bode George Tells Dangote

....Advocates shareholding for host communities Read more »

Nigeria: 60% Fee Rise - Law School Ignores Reps' Order As New Session Begins

As the Nigerian Law School resumes for a new academic session today, fresh students have been directed to pay the new tuition fee increased by 60 percent, contrary to the orders by… Read more »

Nigeria: Human Trafficking - Govt Bans Juvenile Girls From Lodging in Hotels

The Federal Government has banned underage girls from lodging in hotels. Read more »

Nigeria: Judicial Mercenaries - a Disgrace to the Legal Profession (2)

From Friday continues the narrative, using examples of some decided cases, of the harm brought to bear on the judiciary by some unscrupulous judges through their wrong use of… Read more »