February 01, 2023
Nigeria: Peter Obi Campaigns in Adamawa, Pledges to Secure Nigeria
"Nigeria has no business being the poverty capital of the world with all the potentials of human and natural endowment...," the LP candidate said. Read more »
Nigeria: Petrol Sells At N700 Per Litre in Akure Black Market, Not Available At Filling Stations
With petrol unavailable at the filling stations, taxi and Okada riders in Ondo State have turned to the black market for the product Read more »
Nigeria: NNPC Assures INEC of Petrol Supply During Elections
"We are always conscious of the necessity to provide support to INEC whenever elections take place," the NNPC boss said. Read more »
Nigeria: Naira Stable At Forex Markets Amid New Note Scarcity
Naira closed at N461.50 per $1 at the spot market on Tuesday, the same rate it traded in the previous session on Monday. Read more »
Nigeria: Buhari Returns to Abuja After Official Engagements in Lagos, Senegal, Kano, Others
Mr Buhari inaugurated various projects in the states visited. Read more »
Nigeria: How Climate Change Affects Oil Palm Production in Nigeria - Expert
Okomu Oil plantation agriculture coordinator, Billy Ghansah, speaks on how changes in rainfall patterns and other issues have impacted oil palm production in Nigeria. Read more »
January 31, 2023
Nigeria: Jandor Blasts Sanwo-Olu, Says Lagos Gov Achieved Nothing in Four Years
"So because he has nothing to show for his four years in office, he had to excuse himself," the PDP candidate said. Read more »
February 01, 2023
Nigeria: Kano Hisbah Clears Woman Who Allegedly Married Her Daughter's Suitor
"The marriage is legal according to Islam, that was the reason Hisbah Commander in Rano Local Government Area supported and took part in the wedding rites." Read more »
January 31, 2023
Nigeria: New Naira Notes - CBN Finds Hoarded N4m in Commercial Banks in Ogun Amidst Shortage
The CBN senior staffer who was obviously angry accused commercial banks of sabotaging the efforts of the CBN to make the new naira notes available. Read more »
February 01, 2023
Nigeria: Fuel Scarcity - 'Nobody Is Indispensable,' Nigeria's Military Chief Warns Oil Marketers
The NNPCL said the fuel distribution crisis was of a monumental proportion, which had taken a different dimension. Read more »
January 31, 2023
Nigeria: Buhari Gives Olusegun Awolowo New Appointment
Mr Awolowo, a Law graduate from Ogun State University (now Olabisi Onabanjo University), Ago Iwoye, has served as Special Assistant to former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and the… Read more »
February 01, 2023
Nigeria: Dutse Emirate Announces Burial Arrangement for Late Emir
The emir will be buried at 2:00 pm at Dutse Read more »
January 31, 2023
Nigeria: Govts, Other Ethnic Groups 'Working to Destroy Cattle Rearing' - Fulani Herders
The group said the average cattle herder in Nigeria has become an endangered specie. Read more »
Nigeria: Emir of Dutse Dies At 79
The Emir of Dutse died at 79 from an undisclosed ailment Read more »
Nigeria: Bayanni, Tempoe, Poco Lee Make Spotify's List of 2023 Emerging Artistes
Hailing from Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda with a wide array of styles, cultures and perspectives, these artists are, according to Spotify data, the ones to… Read more »
Nigeria: Reps Approve Buhari's Request to Borrow Another N1 Trillion From CBN
The N1 trillion is expected to be used to fund the N819.5 billion 2022 supplementary budget which the lawmakers approved last December. Read more »
Nigeria: Inability to Access Credit Trapping Farmers in Poverty in Abuja Rural Communities
Smallholder farmers in Abuja rue lack of access to agricultural credit facilities and absence of government support. Read more »
Nigeria: How I Emerged Candidate, Finance My Campaign - 'Youngest' APC Candidate
Rukayat Shittu, 26, is a House of Assembly candidate in the 2023 general elections in Kwara State. Read more »
Nigeria: Fuel Scarcity - INEC Meets NNPCL On Availability of Products for Election Logistics
INEC partners the NURTW and Marine Workers' Union of Nigeria (MWUN) to ease movement of materials and officials on election day Read more »
Nigeria: Lassa Fever - Ondo Records Eight Deaths, 106 Infections in 2023
"Between January 1 and January 23, we have had 268 suspected cases of Lassa Fever, 106 confirmed cases and unfortunately eight deaths," a state government official said. Read more »
Nigeria: NNPC Takes Over Addax Petroleum's PSC Assets
The move followed the termination of the Production Sharing Contract (PSC) relationship between NNPC and Addax. Read more »
Nigeria: Rights Group Set to Probe Allegation of Secret Abortion Programme Against Nigerian Military
Reuters, had, in an investigative report, alleged that the Nigerian military ran the programme, secretly terminating at least 10,000 pregnancies of freed captives of Boko Haram… Read more »
Nigeria: Mosque, School, Houses Destroyed in Bauchi Dynamite Explosion
The police said no life was lost in the incident. Read more »
Nigeria: Banks Must Accept Old Naira Notes After 10 February Deadline - Emefiele
"The law, which says even after the old currency has lost its legal tender status, that we are mandated to collect these money, ..... And I stand with the House of Reps on this." Read more »
Nigeria: What You Need to Know About Diphtheria
Worldwide, the incidence of diphtheria has reduced dramatically in the past five decades, thanks to widespread immunisation using a diphtheria toxoid-containing vaccine. Read more »