November 22, 2023
Nigeria: Brazil, Turkey, South Africa, Egypt to Participate in 2023 Calabar Carnival
Cross River suspended the Calabar Carnival in 2021 because of the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »
Nigeria: Lagos Govt Reacts to Report On State's Outrageous Spending
In responding to Mr Doherty's concern on Tuesday, Fatai Onafowote, the Director-General of Lagos State Public Procurement Agency said the issue was a "misunderstanding arising from… Read more »
Nigeria: Govt to Boost Mechanised Farming, Signs MOU With U.S. Agric Company
The ministry said tractors produced will be made available to farmers at affordable low-interest rates to boost all-year-round farming Read more »
Nigeria: Adeleke Tasks Cabinet Members On Budget Defence, Lists 3 Executive Bills
Governor Adeleke says he wants to put an end to multiple taxation and expand the tax base with a lower tax rate in Osun State Read more »
Nigeria: Wike Fixes C-of-O Fee for Abuja Plots of Land
Mr Wike said the era when three or more persons were allocated the same plot of land with fake C-of-O was over. Read more »
Nigeria: Over 5,000km of Oil Pipelines Vandalised - NNPCL
NNPCL CEO, Mele Kyari, says the continuous vandalisation of the pipelines is causing a huge loss to the company. Read more »
November 21, 2023
Nigeria: Bill to Stop Imprisonment of Issuers of Dud Cheques Passes Second Reading At Senate
The bill proposes a fine of N5 million against big business corporations and N1 million against small business entities found culpable of issuing dud cheques. Read more »
November 22, 2023
Nigeria: 15-Year-Old Student Wins UBA Essay Competition, Receives N5 Million Scholarship
While the overall winner received a prize of N5 million in scholarship, the first and second runners-up received N3 million and N2.5 million grants, respectively, among other… Read more »
Nigeria: 2024 - Gov Eno Presents N845.6 Billion Budget to Akwa Ibom Lawmakers
The governor said the state government is expected to internally generate N60 billion to partly fund the budget. Read more »
November 21, 2023
Nigeria: Akpabio Reshuffles Leadership of Senate Committees
In August, Mr Akpabio announced the leadership of 72 standing committees of the upper chamber. Read more »
November 22, 2023
Nigeria: How Usman Ododo Emerged As Governor Yahaya Bello's Successor in Kogi
Okene and Adavi LGAs in Kogi Central gave the APC candidate more than half of his total votes in the election. Read more »
November 21, 2023
Nigeria: Police Officers Torture Landlord to Death
The police commissioner confirmed the arrest of the operatives. Read more »
November 22, 2023
Nigeria: 288 Bag First Class As Nigerian University Graduates 12,962 Students
The Managing Director of Fidelity Bank, Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe is among the four Nigerians to be bestowed with honourary doctorate degrees by the university. Read more »
Nigeria: Nigerian University Speaks On Alleged Admission Racketeering
The allegation of admission racketeering by the university was raised on the floor of the Nigerian Senate. Read more »
Nigeria: Cost of VP's New Residence Doubles As Wike Reawards Construction Contract
The contract, which was initially awarded to Julius Berger in 2010 for N7 billion, was not executed as planned owing to lack of funds. Read more »
November 21, 2023
Nigeria: Tinubu's Predecessors Battered, Neglected Nigeria Police - IGP
The IGP said Nigeria has about a 1:1,000 policing ratio as against the United Nations recommended policing ratio of one police to 400 citizens. Read more »
Nigeria: Lawmakers Okay Medium Term Spending Plan, Sets Exchange Rate and Oil Standards
The lawmakers slammed revenue-generating agencies of the federal government for running inefficient systems. Read more »
November 22, 2023
Nigeria: Senate Moves to Revise Nigerian Laws
The Senate Committee on Judiciary and Legal Matters is to interface with the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation to revise the laws. Read more »
November 21, 2023
Nigeria: Nigerian Govt Revokes 1,633 Mining Licences
"In line with the powers conferred on me by the Nigerian Minerals and Mining Act 2007, Section 5 (a), I have approved the revocation of the 1,633 titles," the minister said. Read more »
Nigeria: Govt to Ensure Inclusive, Prosperous Future for Nigeria's Creative Economy - Shettima
Mr Shettima apologised for past administrations' neglect of creative economy. Read more »
Nigeria: Investment Drive - Nigeria, Germany Sign MOUs On $500m Renewable Projects, Gas Supply
President Bola Tinubu, who witnessed the signing ceremonies, assured German businesses that with Nigeria's stable political landscape, foreign investments into the country are… Read more »
Nigeria: Insecurity - Nigerian Military Accuses Finland of Encouraging Separatist Leader
Mr Musa said the government must act because the utterances of Mr Ekpa are causing havoc in the South-east. Read more »
Nigeria: Chief of Defence Staff Christopher Musa Not Dead - DHQ
DHQ said the CDS has just returned from an official assignment outside the country. Read more »
Nigeria: Uproar At Senate Over Change in Leadership of Minority Caucus
At the plenary on Tuesday, the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, announced Abba Moro (PDP, Benue South) as the new minority leader and Osita Ngwu (PDP, Enugu West) as the… Read more »
Nigeria: Abia Govt Reacts to Alleged Spending of N1 Billion On Governor's Feeding, Welfare
The allegations followed the state government's release of its budget performance. Read more »