Nigeria: No Increase in Registration Fee - JAMB

Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has debunked recent publications insinuating that it had increased its examination registration fee. Read more »

Nigeria: Christmas... Labour Dismisses Govt's 50% Cut in Transport Fare

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has dismissed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's cut in transport fare by 50 percent for inter-state travellers and free train ride during the Yuletide… Read more »

Nigeria: Group Denies Plan to Liquidate Businesses, Inducts 72 New Members

The President of the Business Recovery and Insolvency Practitioners Association of Nigeria (BRIPAN), Mr. Chimezie Victor Ihekweazu, has denied insinuation that his group is out to… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerian TikToker Reveals Struggle With Scleroderma Disease

Popular TikToker, Violet Emor Nicholas has opened up about her battle with Scleroderma. Read more »

Nigeria: NNPC, TotalEnergies Sign MOU On Methane Detection Technology Deployment

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with TotalEnergies for the adoption and deployment of a methane detection… Read more »

Nigeria: Lagos Seals Nipost Office, Demolishes Shanties, Illegal Structures

The Lagos State government has sealed the old Nigeria Postal Service complex in the Mushin area and demolished adjoining illegal structures. Read more »

Nigeria: CBN Insists Building $1trn Economy Requires Strengthening of Nigerian Banks

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has disclosed that the proposed bank recapitalisation is needed as a fuel for the government's $1 trillion economy ambition and a sustainable… Read more »

Nigeria: Firstbank Warns SMEs Against Loan Sharks

First Bank of Nigeria has urged small and micro business holders against sourcing funding from loan sharks and overstretching themselves financially to avoid stress and financial… Read more »

Nigeria: Elections Body Will Rerun By-Elections in 34 Constituencies

Nigeria's election management body, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), is considering conducting rerun and bye-election elections across the country in the first… Read more »

Nigeria: 'Military Won't Shield Personnel Involved in Drug Trafficking'

Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, says the Armed Forces of Nigeria will not shield any military personnel found culpable of illicit drug abuse and trafficking. Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria's Good Showing At CAF Awards

Nigeria, recently, returned to reckoning in African football with a strong showing at the Confederation of African Football (CAF) 2023 awards, scooping the top male and female… Read more »

Nigeria: MTN Nigeria Raises N72.1 Billion Via CP

MTN Nigeria Communications (MTNN), said it has raised N72.1 billion through its 266-day commercial paper (CP). Read more »

Nigeria: Awaiting Trial Inmates, Others Agonise As Jusun Continues Strike Action in Osun

Awaiting inmates in Police and Correctional Centres have continued to languish endlessly following the ongoing strike action by the Osun State chapter of Judiciary Staff Union of… Read more »

Nigeria: Varsity Workers Differ On Centralised Payment System

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has appealed to the government to consider the use of an improved version of University Peculiar Personnel and Payroll… Read more »

Nigeria: Organ Harvesting - NMA Wades Into Allegation Against Alliance Hospital

Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has waded into the allegation of kidney harvest against Alliance Hospital. Read more »

Nigeria: Tinubu Brokers Fresh Truce in Rivers Crisis

In a fresh bid to arrest the lingering political impasse in Rivers State, President Bola Tinubu, yesterday, struck a deal among the stakeholders in the state. Read more »

Nigeria: UBA Secures $175m AfDB Loan to Support Private Sector, Infrastructure Development

Towards enhancing its support to the private sector and financing of infrastructure development in Africa's largest economy, Nigeria, the United Bank for Africa (UBA) has received… Read more »

Nigeria: Petroleum Ministry's 2024 Budget Cannot Meet Nigerians' Expectations - Lawmakers

The Joint National Assembly Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream, Downstream, Gas) has expressed disappointment over the 2024 budget of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources,… Read more »

Nigeria: Shettima Woos Investors, Says Tinubu Administration Focused On Growing Energy Sector

Vice President Kashim Shettima has urged investors, both domestic and international, to avail themselves of the new opportunities created by power deficit and federal government's… Read more »

Nigeria: Why Onion Prices Will Increase Before Year End - - Kano Farmers

Onion farmers in Kano State are sounding the alarm as they anticipate a significant spike in onion prices this year, attributing the increase to the exorbitant cost of fuel… Read more »

Nigeria: Indigenous Oil Producers Seek Review of PIA

The Independent Petroleum Producers Group (IPPG), has called for review of critical aspects of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) to strengthen the regulatory framework and… Read more »

Nigeria: Govt Pledges Support to Private Investment in Sports

Federal government has pledged to support private investments in sports. Read more »

Nigeria: Subsidy Removal - Bayelsa Residents Waiting Endlessly for Federal Govt Palliatives

Unlike other states of the federation where the N2bn palliative fund as well as food items received from the federal government were already disbursed to citizens to cushion the… Read more »

Nigeria: Lassa Fever Killed 200 in 2023, Says Disease Control Centre

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has said that Nigeria recorded 1,170 confirmed cases of lassa fever and 200 deaths from January to 3rd December, 2023. Read more »

Nigeria: Kaduna - Controversy Over Speaker's Status As Governor Presents Budget Today

The controversy trailing the Speakership status of Kaduna State House of Assembly appears to have assumed a new dimension as the State Governor, Senator Uba Sani presents the 2024… Read more »