August 31, 2022
Nigeria: Police Arrest Man Who Shot Dead 11-Year-Old Boy While Testing Locally Made Gun
"The little boy will get justice." Read more »
Nigeria: Labour Party Unveils Rhodes-Vivour As Lagos Guber Candidate Presents Certificate of Return
The party warned Mr Awamaridi to stop parading himself as their governorship candidate Read more »
August 30, 2022
Nigeria: Foreign Meetings By Nigerian Politicians 'Clownish', Focused On Allocating Political Positions
"During the gravest period of our existence, our civil war, and peace meetings/conferences were held only in Africa. None was held in Europe or the Americas," the group said. Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria Losing 95 Percent Oil Production At Bonny Terminal to Theft - Kyari
"I can tell you in one line just less than 200 kilometres we had 295 illegal connections and you see the data". Read more »
Nigeria: Why We Awarded Multi-Billion Naira Pipeline Protection Contract to Tompolo - NNPC
The clarification came amid reports that NNPC Limited awarded a N48bn pipeline surveillance contract to Tompolo. Read more »
August 29, 2022
Nigeria: Group Highlights Policy Options to Grow Nigeria Economy
The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise suggests how the nation could rejig its policies in oil output, electricity reform, textile reform, fiscal incentives,… Read more »
August 30, 2022
Nigeria: Half of World's Health Facilities Lack Basic Hygiene Services - Official
The latest report indicates that about 3.85 billion people use these facilities, putting them at greater risk of infection, including 688 million people who receive care at… Read more »
Nigeria: Shoppers Abroad Buy Items On African Local Stores and Pay Easily With Flutterwave - Chief Regulatory Officer
With Flutterwave's technology, there are zero barriers to sales and business growth for grassroots small businesses in Nigeria Read more »
Nigeria: Heavy Rainfall Washes Away Entire Community in Yobe, Disconnects Bridge Linking Three States
The flood destroyed several bridges linking communities in the area. Read more »
Nigeria: Many People Trapped As Storey Building Collapses in Kano Market
Seven people have been rescued and are responding to treatment Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria's State Oil Firm in 'Locked Pact' to Supply Dangote Refinery Crude Oil for 20 Years
The agreement will help Nigeria side-step the likely crude oil glut that will follow as more countries move away to cleaner energy. Read more »
Nigeria: Flutterwave Loses More Money As Kenya Court Freezes Another $3.3 Million
In a new development, the court has ordered that another Ksh 400.6 million (3.3 million USD) belonging to the startup be seized. Read more »
Nigeria: 40% of Nigerian Children Not Registered At Birth - Report
The data shows that birth registration in Nigeria increased from 47 per cent in 2016 to 57 per cent in 2021. Read more »
Nigeria: Terrorists Collected U.S.$7 Million As Ransom in Zamfara, Displace 190,000 People in Eight Years - Official
The committee, which was headed by a retired police chief, also revealed that 4,983 Zamfara women were widowed, and 25,050 children were orphaned within the period. Read more »
Nigeria: Flooding - Kano to Demolish Structures On Waterways As Atiku Donates N50 Million
Atiku Abubakar has donated N50 million to victims of flooding at Kantin-Kwari market in Kano State. Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria Threatens to Shut Down Domestic Airlines Over Debt, Gives 30-Day Deadline
The NCAA says airlines must enter an MoU on how they will pay their debts in the next 30 days from August 30 or their licence will be suspended. Read more »
Nigeria: Cocaine Trafficking Deal - Again, Court Rejects Abba Kyari, Co-Defendants' Bail Requests
The court had earlier rejected the bail applications filed by Abba Kyari and his co-defendants in the cocaine-trafficking charges. Read more »
Nigeria: New Targets Set As Paravolley Training Ends in Lagos
The training in Lagos is the first of the kind in the West Africa sub-region Read more »
Nigeria: Court Sacks Kwankwaso-Backed PDP Executives in Kano
The Appeal Court ruled that the national leadership of the party has the power to dissolve the executive committee of Kano State chapter. Read more »
Nigeria: FIBA Basketball World Cup - D'Tigers' Coach Insists They Can Still Qualify
D'Tigers are hoping to turn things around in the final qualifying window billed for February Read more »
Nigeria: Six Months After Commencement, Academic Union Declares Strike 'Indefinite'
ASUU said the strike was a hard decision it was forced to take to prevent the destruction of public universities and the system. Read more »
August 29, 2022
Nigeria: Big Brother Season 7 - Amaka Evicted From 'Level Up' House
With a total of six nominations, Amaka became the eighth housemate to be evicted from the game. Read more »
Nigeria: Pro-Chancellors of State-Owned Universities Condemn ASUU President's 'Insulting' Comment
COPSUN said Mr Osodeke "does not realise that his loquacious vituperation and obsolete stalinist, centralised, unpopular approach to the issue of funding of tertiary education… Read more »
August 30, 2022
Nigeria: Tinubu's Romance With Wike Leaves Amaechi in Dilemma
Bola Tinubu is seeking the support of Rivers Governor Wike, but the local APC in the state is unsure of how this will affect its leader, Rotimi Amaechi. Read more »
Nigeria: Why I Will Miss Nigeria - U.S. Embassy Official Jeanne Clark
"I will never forget the wonderful music and radio stations here in Nigeria. I really think you are unrivalled and it is another thing that my Nigerian friends and colleagues take… Read more »