April 11, 2023
Nigeria: Navy Arrests 27 Vessels, Deactivates 294 Illegal Refinery Sites Within 12 Months - Official
Crude oil theft has become one of the prevalent crimes around Nigeria's coastal areas. Read more »
Nigeria: Peter Obi, Spyro's 'Who Is Your Guy?', 'How to Check My Polling Unit' Were Most Searched in Q1 2023 - Google
Google on Tuesday revealed the top searches that captured the interest of Nigerians in the first three months of 2023. Read more »
Nigeria: President's Party, Electoral Commission Petition Court to Dismiss Obi's Challenge to Tinubu Victory
Mr Obi and the Labour Party, in their filing at the election petition court, accused the INEC and the APC of manipulating election results in favour of Mr Tinubu. Read more »
Nigeria: Ex-Deputy Governor Blames Akpabio for Akwa Ibom APC Crisis
Because of the crisis and several litigations, the APC in Akwa Ibom could not present a governorship candidate days to the 2023 election. Read more »
Nigeria: 'Why Amaechi Moved Against Me' - Hadiza Bala Usman Opens Up in New Book
In the memoir, Hadiza quotes Mr Amaechi as telling mediators she was selfish and did nothing for him. Read more »
Nigeria: 14 Escape Death in Osun Auto Crash - FRSC
FRSC urges motorists to avoid excessive speeding and obey traffic regulations. Read more »
Nigeria: Coach Picks 14 Players for Handball Tourney in Ghana
Coach Agboola picked 14 players from the group that trained at the Mobolaji Sports Centre in Yaba Read more »
Nigeria: Super Falcons Ready to Continue Recent Improvements Against World Cup Co-Hosts
The Falcons will be gunning for another win over New Zealand to improve their confidence in preparation for the World Cup Read more »
Nigeria: Buhari Mourns Ex-NUC Chief Idris Abdulkadir
President Buhari commended the late Mr Abdulkadir for his role in strengthening the country's university education. Read more »
Nigeria: Lagos Governorship - PDP Files Election Petition, Wants APC, LP Disqualified
The PDP and Jandor are calling for the disqualification of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Labour Party (LP) candidates in the election. Read more »
Nigeria: APC Asks Election Tribunal to Dismiss Obi, LP's Petition, Gives Reasons - Tinubu
The APC urged the tribunal to dismiss the petition with substantial cost as the same was devoid of any merit and founded on frivolity. Read more »
Nigeria: Govt, CJID, Others Host Summit On Animal Feed
The first edition of the Animal Feed Summit was held between 23 and 25 September 2021 in Abuja Read more »
Nigeria: We Are Not Responsible for Monitoring Social Media Contents, Says NCC
According to Muoka, the major role of the telecom regulator is to facilitate the deployment of telecom infrastructure that provides different types of telecommunications services Read more »
Nigeria: Police Arrest Officers Who Assaulted Motorist in Rivers
The officers will be taken from Rivers to the force headquarters in Abuja, a police spokesperson says. Read more »
Nigeria: What the Voting Pattern in 2023 Presidential Election Is Telling Us
In all 36 states, less than half of the eligible population turned out to vote, and only Jigawa state had a turnout above 40 per cent. Read more »
April 10, 2023
Nigeria: Buhari Leaves for Saudi Arabia
Mr Buhari will leave office as president on 29 May after completing his two terms as president. Read more »
Nigeria: UK Restricts Recruitment of Health Workers From Nigeria, Other Countries
With 11,055 Nigerian-trained doctors in the UK, Nigeria currently has the third-highest number of foreign doctors working in the UK, following India and Pakistan. Read more »
Nigeria: Youths Protest With Corpse of Man Allegedly Killed By Police Officer
The slain man reportedly refused to give N100 bribe to the police. Read more »
Nigeria: Nigerian Elections - Law Professor Counters Chimamanda Adichie in Letter to Biden, Trudeau
The academic said he found it "most bewildering" that Ms Adichie, a "privileged Nigerian-born writer, has decided to paint her country of origin black." Read more »
April 09, 2023
Nigeria: APC Governorship Candidate Vows to Challenge PDP's Victory At Election Tribunal
Nobody can stop us from approaching the election tribunal, says the APC candidate. Read more »
April 10, 2023
Nigeria: Sanitising the Electoral Space With Diligent Prosecution of Offenders
Apparently, the absence of laws to deal squarely with the conundrum is not the issue, but the lack of political will by the state or its institutions to carry out prosecutions… Read more »
April 09, 2023
Nigeria: Supreme Court Writes INEC Over Judgement On APGA Leadership Crisis
A five-member panel of the Supreme Court on 24 March, said it made a mistake in a judgement it delivered in 2021, where it erroneously wrote the name of Victor Oye as APGA national… Read more »
April 10, 2023
Nigeria: PDP Senator Says Party Deservedly Lost 2023 Elections
Mr Ogba added, however, that there was still hope for the PDP because it is loved by the people. Read more »
Nigeria: APC Asks Tribunal to Dismiss Three Opposition Parties' Petitions Against Tinubu's Victory
The three political parties; Action Alliance (AA), Allied Peoples Movement (APM) and Action People's Party (APP) had, in separate petitions, challenged the emergence of Mr Tinubu… Read more »
April 09, 2023
Nigeria: FRSC Returns N27.1 Million Recovered From Accident Scene to Victim's Family - Official
The FRSC corps marshal expressed satisfaction over the good conduct, honesty and sense of patriotism exhibited by the personnel. Read more »