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 »

Nigeria: Nigerian Govt Abruptly Drops Money Laundering Charges Against Binance Executive Gambaryan

The hearing, coming two days before the 25 October earlier scheduled as the return date by the trial judge in the open court last Friday, appeared to have been intentionally held… Read more »

Nigeria: Civilian Volunteers Helping Nigerian Forces Fight Insurgents. but How Do They Operate

The study underscores the need for further research and policy development to address the growing prevalence of armed civilian groups in Nigeria and other African countries. Read more »

Nigeria: Constitution Amendment - Reps Panel Sets Up Seven Subcommittees, Names Members

The subcommittees, comprising lawmakers and consultants, are to oversee the various thematic areas into which the constitution has been divided. Read more »

Nigeria: Again, PDP Shifts NEC Meeting

The party said it postponed the meeting originally scheduled for Thursday to give it more time to focus on 16 November Governorship Election in Ondo State. Read more »

Nigeria: LG Autonomy - No State Can Rewrite Supreme Court Judgment - AGF

The minister said he knows there are one or two states that are "trying to commit contempt of court." Read more »

Nigeria: Floodwaters of Famine - Maiduguri Deluge Exacerbates Nigeria's Food Crisis

Back-to-back flood incidents in many states in recent years, as well as conflicts and general insecurity in rural communities, have made farming and food production more… Read more »

Nigeria/Algeria: Super Falcons Gear Up for International Friendlies Against Algeria

A 35-member Algerian delegation is scheduled to arrive in Nigeria on Thursday morning via Qatar Airways. Read more »

Africa: Nigeria's Weaker-Than-Expected Activity Slows Sub-Saharan Africa's Economic Growth - IMF

In contrast, growth in the Middle East and Central Asia is projected to pick up from an estimated 2.1 per cent in 2023 to 3.9 per cent in 2025 Read more »

Nigeria: EEDC Leaves Enugu As New Company Takes Over Electricity Distribution

In June 2024, President Bola Tinubu assented to the electricity bill, which authorises states, companies, and individuals to generate, transmit and distribute electricity. Read more »

Nigeria: Senate Constitutes Committee to Probe Drug Allegations Against Lawmaker

On Monday, the NDLEA claimed it found hard drugs and other illicit hard substances when it raided the home of the Deputy Senate Leader, Oyelola Ashiru, in February. Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerian Lawmaker Accused of Harbouring Hard Drugs Dealers Briefs Senate On Ordeal With NDLEA

Kwara senator, Oyetola Ashiru, said NDLEA is making attempts to stop Senate's the right to free debate on issues of national importance. Read more »

Nigeria: Ex-Nigerian Lawmaker, Convicted of Bribery, Freed From Prison

Farouk Lawan was jailed for receiving a bribe from a Nigerian billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola. Read more »

Niger: Benin-Niger Border Closure Drives Surge in Migrant Smuggling Profits

The extended closure has fuelled the smuggling by boat of migrants as well as licit commodities across the Niger Rive Read more »

Nigeria: Again, IMF Downgrades Nigeria's Economic Growth Forecast in 2024

In April, the IMF had earlier projected Nigeria's growth to be 3.3 per cent in 2024, but lowered its forecast to 3.1 per cent in July. Read more »

Nigeria: Supreme Court Reserves Judgment in 19 States' Suit Challenging EFCC' Legality

More states joined as plaintiffs while others exited during Tuesday's hearing of the suit against the establishment of the EFCC. Read more »

Nigeria: Dangote Refinery Falls Short of Daily Petrol Supply Commitment

In September, the federal government said the Dangote Refinery would supply Nigeria's domestic market with 25 million litres of petrol daily and 35 million litres daily from… Read more »

Nigeria: Transmission Problem Causes Power Outage in Most of Northern Nigeria - TCN

"By around 5:15 a.m. and 5:17 a.m. Line 1 and Line 2 were tried, but they all tripped immediately on the same relay indication," the TCN said. Read more »