Nigeria: Shettima Urges Governors to Develop Agriculture Sector

Mr Shettima hinted at the possibility of engaging the private sector in tackling floods and other natural disasters in the country. Read more »

Nigeria: Mohbad - Reburial Saga, Family Feud, Toxicology Results, Other Recent Updates

Mohbad's family seems to be in an unending squabble over his reburial, while other forms of controversy and strings of startling revelations continue to trail the artiste's… Read more »

Nigeria: Reps to Probe Zenith Bank Over Alleged Freezing of Customers' Forex Accounts

Three weeks ago, customers' accounts were frozen and a message was sent out by Zenith Bank to its customers, asking them to refund the money they transferred using the App. Read more »

Nigeria: NCDMB Refutes Inaccurate Report About Shell, Other Int'l Oil Companies in Nigeria

A statement issued on Tuesday by Manager, Corporate Communications of NCDMB, Mr Esueme D Kikile in Yenagoa described the report as inaccurate and "a failure to understand the… Read more »

Nigeria: Terrorism Financing - Minister Orders Probe of Prison Officials' Alleged Connivance With Inmates

The minister condemned the unpatriotic act, directing the Controller-General of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) to investigate the disturbing allegation. Read more »

Nigeria: Appeal Court Affirms Election of Sule As Nasarawa Governor

The Court of Appeal overturned the judgement of the Nasarawa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, which had declared David Ombugadu, the governorship candidate of the… Read more »

Nigeria: TotalEnergies Confirms Oil Leak At Egina Field

The leak had occurred while crude was being loaded from the Egina FPSO to a vessel on 15 November. Read more »

Nigeria: How APC Shared Party Structure in Rivers Between Amaechi, Wike Loyalists

The APC NWC, on Wednesday, dissolved the leadership of its crisis-ridden Rivers State chapter, and appointed a seven-member caretaker committee to run its affairs for six months. Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerian Music Company Chocolate City in Trouble, May Lose 60% Shares

Chocolate City's trouble is a fallout of a recent judgement of a High Court in London. Read more »

Nigeria: Senate Passes Medium Term Spending Plan With Borrowing Plan

The Senate approved the framework with an exchange rate of N700 to a U.S. dollar and adopted the benchmark of oil price for 73 dollars per barrel of crude oil and 1.78 million… Read more »

Nigeria: Troops Rescue 31 Kidnapped Victims in Sokoto

The army said the operator was part of its offensive to get rid of terrorists from the region. Read more »

Nigeria: Insecurity - Senate Probes N500 Billion Abuja CCTV Cameras Project

The Senate also asked the police to increase the surveillance in Abuja to prevent kidnapping and other security challenges. Read more »

Nigeria: Gas Flare - NUPRC Warns Oil Producers Against Frustrating Climate Action Plan

The commission will activate the necessary provisions of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) 2021 and enabling regulations to ensure faithful implementation of the programme. Read more »

Nigeria: Reps Ask Govt to Construct 23 Pedestrian Bridges On Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

The lawmakers asked the government to make provisions for the construction of the bridges on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in the 2024 budget. Read more »

Nigeria: Three Killed in Zamfara As Terrorists Launch Fresh Attack

The attack was repelled by security agents after three residents were killed. Read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Nigeria: Akpabio Reshuffles Leadership of Senate Committees

In August, Mr Akpabio announced the leadership of 72 standing committees of the upper chamber. Read more »