December 29, 2022
Nigeria: Masari, Tambuwal Sign N289 Billion, N189 Billion 2023 Budgets Into Law
Katsina State Governor Aminu Ballo Masari yesterday signed into law the 2023 budget bill of N289.6 billion. Read more »
Nigeria: Amid Rising Deficit, Debts - NASS Increases 2023 Budget By N1.3trn
Both chambers of the National Assembly yesterday increased the 2023 budget size from N20.51 trillion presented to them by President Muhammadu Buhari on October 7, 2022 to N21.82… Read more »
Nigeria: The Sad Tale of Federal Roads in Niger State
The year 2022 was marred with deaths caused by road accidents due to bad roads in Niger State. Read more »
December 28, 2022
Nigeria: NAF Multiple Strikes Kill Scores of Boko Haram Insurgents
Multiple airstrikes by two Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Super Tucano jets have killed scores of Boko Haram terrorists at Shehutari and Mantari in Bama local government area of Borno… Read more »
Nigeria: FCTA Crushes 1,292 Motorcycles, Demolishes 3,197 Illegal Structures in 2 Weeks
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has said its task team on city sanitation has removed a total of 3,197 shanties and illegal structures and crushed 1,292… Read more »
Nigeria: U.S. Commits Additional $5m Assistance to Nigeria's Flood Victims
The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing $5 million in additional humanitarian assistance to support people affected by… Read more »
December 26, 2022
Nigeria: Gains of National Sports Industry Policy
Nigerians are sports loving people. One sport that has united Nigerians and sold our image to the world is football. But sports has been poorly managed in Nigeria, either due to… Read more »
December 27, 2022
Nigeria: Police Learnt Nothing After EndSARS Uprising - Sowore
Presidential candidate of African Action Congress (AAC) Omoyele Sowore has said the Nigerian police has not learnt any lessons from the EndSARS protest following the recent killing… Read more »
December 28, 2022
Nigeria: Lagos Lawyer - Justice Must Be Done, Says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the "heinous and senseless" killing of Omobolanle Raheem, a member of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), by on-duty policemen on Christmas… Read more »
Nigeria: 2023 Elections - Atiku, Obi, Kwankwaso Optimistic of Victory On First Ballot
Presidential candidates of the key political parties in Nigeria have picked holes in political permutations suggesting that the 2023 presidential election would be decided on the… Read more »
Nigeria: Kaduna Electric Insists 6 People Died in Zaria Electrical Incidence
Sequel to the electrical incidence in Zaria last week, the management of Kaduna Electric has said that its investigations so far revealed that six persons lost their lives in the… Read more »
Nigeria: Carnival Calabar - Many Feared Dead As Car Crashes Into Crowd
Several persons have reportedly lost their lives and others injured when a driver rammed his car into a crowd marking Carnival Calabar 2022 which entered fifth day yesterday. Read more »
Nigeria: Naira Redesign - ATMs Still Dispensing Old Notes 13 Days After Rollout
Thirteen days after the release of the newly redesigned N200, N500 and N1,000 notes and with 34 days before the old notes will no longer be legal tender in the country, Automated… Read more »
December 27, 2022
Nigeria: Yuletide - FCTA Heightens Surveillance System On Cholera, Ebola, Others
In a bid to avert an outbreak of deadly diseases in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the FCT Administration (FCTA) has heightened its disease surveillance system against key… Read more »
Nigeria: Saraki Denies Siphoning UBEC Funds
Immediate past Senate president and former governor of Kwara State, Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has denied the alleged claim by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq that he… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria and 12 Most Advanced African Countries' List
That Nigeria is missing from a list of most advanced countries in Africa sums up an age-long tale of failing to maximise our potentialities. And the blame for this spans… Read more »
Nigeria: 2023 Presidency - Tinubu, Obi's Men Shift Battleground to S-South, S-East
As the 2023 general polls inch closer, with precisely 59 days to go, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has taken advantage of the… Read more »
Nigeria: Agenda for 2023!
In a few days, Nigeria will like the rest of the world enter the Year, 2023. A New Year is always an opportunity to make new plans, make new projections, while taking cognisance of… Read more »
December 26, 2022
Nigeria: U.S. to Strengthen Forensic, Intelligence, Prosecution Tools for Nigerian Agency
The United States government has announced a project that will strengthen the forensic and chemical analysis capacity of Nigeria's National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) as… Read more »
December 27, 2022
Niger: Three Die in Niger Republic Military Helicopter Crash
Three persons have reportedly died as a Nigerian military helicopter crashed at an airport in Niger Republic. Read more »
Nigeria: Deal Decisively With Terrorists, Army Chief Charges Troops
The Chief of Army Staff Lt-Gen Farouk Yahaya has directed troops of the Nigerian Army to deal decisively with any terrorist group and others who take up arms against the Nigerian… Read more »
Nigeria: One Killed, 45 Abducted By Gunmen in Kaduna State
Suspected gunmen have killed one person and abducted 45 others in Angwan Aku community in Kajuru local government area of Kaduna State. Read more »
Nigeria: Govt Grants Local Shipowners Zero Import Duty On New Vessels
The federal government has exempted local shipowners from paying import duty on brand new vessels. Read more »
December 26, 2022
Nigeria: 3 Die As Nigerien Military Aircraft Crashes in Niger Republic
Three persons have lost their lives as a Nigerien military helicopter crashed at an Airport in the neighbouring Niger Republic. Read more »
Nigeria: IGP Orders Speedy Investigation Into Extrajudicial Killing in Lagos
The inspector-general of police, IGP Usman Baba, has condemned the shooting and killing of Mrs Omobolanle Raheem, a lawyer, who was allegedly shot and killed by a Policeman… Read more »