Nigeria: Super Eagles Trio Nominated for Prestigious CAF Awards 2024

In a remarkable display of team excellence, the Super Eagles have also been nominated for the Team of the Year category, Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerian Govt Charges Journalist, Others With Spreading Rumour of Plot to Remove Akpabio

The defendants were alleged to have published false information on 16 October that the State Security Service (SSS) laid siege to the National Assembly with a view to effect the… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria's Electricity Grid Suffers 162 Collapses in 11 Years - Power Generation Companies

"From the association data taken from 2013 till date the grid has collapsed 162 times." Read more »

Nigeria: Global Economy Resilient but High Public Debts, Uncertainty Remain - IMF

The IMF said it will continue to adapt to serve its members with tailored policy advice, financial lifelines when needed, and capacity development. Read more »

Nigeria: Tinubu Asks Senate to Confirm New Ministerial Nominees

President Tinubu sacked five ministers and appointed seven new ones on Wednesday, pending confirmation of the Senate. Read more »

Nigeria: Super Eagles Soar in Latest FIFA Rankings

The Super Eagles' sole match during the review period was a 1-0 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying win against Libya's Mediterranean Knights Read more »

Nigeria: Yahaya Bello Snubs Court Summons in N110 Billion Fraud Case

The court rescheduled hearing regarding the N110 billion fraud case after Mr Bello failed to honour the summons directing him to appear for arraignment on Thursday. Read more »

Nigeria: Halima Abubakar Apologises to Apostle Suleman, Says Her Allegations Are False

The rift between Halima Abubakar and Apostle Suleman first became public in 2022, when the 39-year-old actress accused the pastor of having an affair with her. Read more »

Nigeria: COP29 - Enhancing Nigeria's Climate Finance Transparency to Attract Funding

On 11 November, Nigeria will join representatives from nearly 200 countries in Baku, Azerbaijan for COP29. The two-week global summit will bring together global key stakeholders to… Read more »

Nigeria: Minister Sacked By President Tinubu Speaks

President Bola Tinubu sacked five ministers on Wednesday. Read more »

Nigeria: We Have Plans to De-Dollarise Nigerian Economy - Minister

Mr Edun said the move is part of efforts by the fiscal authorities to complement the efforts of the monetary policy authorities and drive necessary economic reforms. Read more »

Nigeria: Meet Nigeria's New Education Ministers

Mr Tinubu announced Tunji Alaussa as the new Minister of Education and Suwaiba Ahmad as the Minister of State for Education. Read more »

Nigeria: CBN Moves to Ensure Forex Market Not Dependent On Intervention - Official

The CBN plans to improve supply organically without its intervention from time to time while maintaining balance in the market. Read more »

Nigeria: Countries Don't Have to Take IMF Advice Always - Minister

"You don't always have to take their advice. The IMF said to us that we shouldn't do domestic issues of dollar bonds but we did it and we were 100 per cent oversubscribed. But we… Read more »

Nigeria: Diaspora Nigerians No Longer Send Money Back Home Via Unorthodox Means - Cardoso

The Central Bank of Nigeria said diaspora remittances increased year-on-year by 130 per cent to $553 million in July 2024 from the corresponding period of 2023. Read more »

Nigeria: Despite Supreme Court Verdict, Governors Tighten Hold On Local Govts Through 'Phoney' Elections

Since the verdict was handed down on 11 July, 18 states have held local government elections, while nine others have scheduled the polls, with only Zamfara and Nasarawa States… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria to Launch Non-Resident BVN Platform in December - Cardoso

He explained that the initiative is part of efforts to ensure that Nigerians irrespective of their location anywhere in the world can participate in the Nigerian economy without… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria's Out-of-School Children Potential Bandits, Major Danger - Akpabio

"If we can solve the problem of out-of-school children in Nigeria, over 20 million children that are out of school, those are potential bandits, major danger," Mr Akpabio said. Read more »

Nigeria: Senate to Hold National Summit On Out-of-School Children

The summit would involve the presidency, senators, state governors, local government chairmen, councillors and civil society organisations. Read more »

Nigeria: What Nigeria Must Do to Take Millions Out of Poverty - World Bank

"Without jobs, poor Nigerians will not be able to escape poverty. More than half of the population lives in poverty," the bank said. Read more »

Nigeria: Tinubu Sacks Five Ministers, Reassigns Ten, Appoints Seven New Ones

One of the newly appointed ministers is the wife of the late Biafra leader, Chukwuemeka Ojukwu Read more »

Nigeria: Shehu Dikko Emerges NSC Boss As Govt Scraps Ministry of Sports Development

This decision was made at Wednesday's Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja Read more »

Nigeria: Tinubu Scraps Two Ministries

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, announced this while briefing State House correspondents after a meeting of the Federal Executive Council… Read more »

Nigeria: FG Scraps Ministry of Sports Development, National Sports Commission Reinstated

This decision was made at Wednesday's Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja Read more »

Nigeria: What We've Learnt From Implementing Tough Economic Reforms - Minister

"I think one of the critical things in carrying out these economy reforms that are so fundamental and clearly they are necessary, otherwise they would not be implemented, is that… Read more »