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 »

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 »

Nigeria: Police Officers Torture Landlord to Death

The police commissioner confirmed the arrest of the operatives. Read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Nigeria: Fudma Student Regains Freedom After 50 Days in Captivity

The students were abducted on 3 October 2023, when the gunmen invaded their apartments located behind Mariamoh Ajiri Memorial School, Dutsinma, around 2 a.m. Read more »

Nigeria: Borno Govt to Tap Agricultural Potentials of Lake Chad - Zulum

The governor also spoke on enhancing trans-border trade between communities in Nigeria and their neighbours - Chad and Niger republics. Read more »

Nigeria: FIRS Gives Foreign Shipping Firms Lifting Crude Oil 31 Dec Deadline to Regularise Tax Books

Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Zacch Adedeji says foreign shipping companies lifting crude oil from Nigeria must comply with the country's tax laws Read more »

Nigeria: Tinubu Seeks German Investment in Critical Sectors

President Tinubu said that German investment was needed in critical growth-enabling industries in energy, transportation, and electric power generation, transmission and… Read more »

Nigeria: Tinubu Not Interfering With Judiciary, Has No Plan for One-Party State - Presidency

The Presidency said the allegations are deliberately aimed at "unnecessarily heating the polity and causing disenchantment in our country. They exist only in the imagination of the… Read more »

Nigeria: We Suspended Chief Judge, We Didn't Remove Her - Osun Speaker

The Osun State Speaker, during an emergency plenary, said the suspension was based on series of petitions received by the assembly against the Chief Judge. Read more »

Nigeria: Appeal Court Judgement - Police Warn Against Violence in Nasarawa

Governor Sule of Nasarawa State challenged the decision of the tribunal sacking him at the Appeal Court, which heard his appeal on 15 November and reserved judgment to a date yet… Read more »

Nigeria: Gov Uzodinma Presents N185 Million to Families of Slain Security Operatives

Injured security operatives also got compensation from the Imo State Government. Read more »