Nigeria: Despite Deadline Extension, Crowds Besiege Banks Amid Scarcity of New Notes

While POS operators in major cities have no cash, crowds remain in banks as Nigerians lament scarcity of the new naira notes. Read more »

Nigeria: INEC Lists Items Destroyed in Bombed Facility in Anambra

An INEC official said the attack appeared to have been coordinated given that a police facility in the area was also attacked by the gunmen. Read more »

Nigeria: Atiku Tells CBN to Address Naira Scarcity, Says 10-Day Extension Enough

"The anti-democratic elements who are pretending to be democrats are the ones ganging up against the CBN...", he said. Read more »

Nigeria: 2023 Polls Will Be the Best in Nigeria - Senate President

Mr Lawan says the National Assembly had worked very hard to provide the necessary support to INEC and enacted the needed legislation to guide the electoral environment for the… Read more »

Nigeria: Polls - Buhari Directs Immigration Service to Tighten Border Security

"President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered that Nigerian borders should be made impenetrable to foreign bodies who might want to come in and manipulate the election process or engage… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerian Govt Reacts to Latest Corruption Ranking

The Nigerian government says it is not fighting corruption to impress TI or to earn the body's favourable corruption ranking. Read more »

Nigeria: Why I Keep Running for President - Atiku Abubakar

Atiku Abubakar says he has been discussing with both Rabiu Kwankwaso and Peter Obi. Read more »

Nigeria: 'Elements' in Presidential Villa Want Tinubu to Lose Election - El-Rufai

"I believe there are elements in the villa that want us to lose the election because they didn't get their way; they had their candidate. Their candidate did not win the… Read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Nigeria: Dutse Emirate Announces Burial Arrangement for Late Emir

The emir will be buried at 2:00 pm at Dutse Read more »

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 »