December 30, 2022
Africa: No Winner of Daily Trust African of the Year Award 2022.
The Selection Board of the DAILY TRUST African of the Year Award has announced that there is no winner of the award for the year 2022. The announcement followed a… Read more »
November 04, 2022
Nigeria: Group Laments Under-Reporting of Bandits' Attacks in Kaduna Community
A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Northern Emancipation Network (NEN), has lamented that despite the successes claimed to have been recorded by the government, rampant attacks… Read more »
Nigeria: P&ID Saga - Nigeria to Get New Procurement Scheme - Bpp
The Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) has assured that the development and revision of public procurement and standard bidding documents will ensure Nigeria avoids the repeat of… Read more »
Nigeria: Fire Razes Buildings in Osogbo
Property worth millions of naira were destroyed in Osogbo, Osun State, on Thursday as a fire razed buildings at the Alekuwodo area. Read more »
November 03, 2022
Nigeria: Agric Firm to Introduce Hybrid Seeds for Wheat, Millet, Fruits Production
A Kaduna based agric firm, Seed Co has concluded plans to introduce into the market hybrid seeds for wheat, millet, fruits and vegetables. Read more »
Nigeria: I'll Dialogue With IPOB, Other Agitators - Peter Obi
Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, has said he would dialogue with the members of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) and other agitators… Read more »
Ethiopia: Ethiopia, Tigray Cease Fire As Obasanjo Facilitates Talks
Ethiopia's government and Tigray People's Liberation Front yesterday agreed to a ceasefire after a week of peace talks in South Africa. Read more »
Nigeria: Govt to Harmonise Taxes Paid By Jetty Operators
The Minister of Transportation, Mu'azu Jaji Sambo, has disclosed that the federal government will soon harmonise taxes paid by jetty operators to address double taxation and… Read more »
Nigeria: Climatic Events Affecting GDP, Inflation, Interest Rates - NiMet
The Gross Domestic Product (GDP), inflation, and interest rates of economies are being impacted by hydro-meteorological events, said chairperson of African Centre of Meteorological… Read more »
Nigeria: PDP Replies Shettima, Says APC in Disarray, Can't Win Election
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is presently in disarray and has no hope of winning the general elections in 2023. Read more »
Nigeria: FRSC Apprehends 113 People Over Traffic Violations in C/River
The Cross River sector of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) apprehended 113 traffic offenders, among which 39 were convicted between January and October, the Sector Commander,… Read more »
Nigeria: CBN's Naira Redesign Triggers Panic Buying of Grains, Price Hike
The harvest season has begun in earnest across the country but the prices of major grains are rising instead of coming down as expected. Read more »
Nigeria: eNaira Records N8bn Transactions in 1 Year - Emefiele
Nigeria's Central Bank governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, said the value of transactions on the country's digital currency, the eNaira, has hit N8 billion. Read more »
November 02, 2022
Nigeria: Edo Govt Orders Investigation Into Discovery of 10 Dead Bodies
The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has called for a Police investigation to unravel the circumstances surrounding the discovery of 10 corpses in Akoko-Edo Local Government of… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigerians Won't Elect a Ghost President - Atiku to Tinubu
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, Presidential Candidate of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), has fired back at Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, flagbearer of the ruling All… Read more »
Nigeria: Finance Minister, Budget Office DG Undermining Buhari's Anti-Corruption War - Reps
The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has summoned the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, Director General Budget Office, Ben Akabueze, the Acting Accountant… Read more »
Nigeria: Covid-19 - Nigerian Farmers Yet to Recover From Impact of Pandemic
While public attention on the COVID-19 pandemic has decreased, its impact on local farmers persists. Now farmers are struggling against heavy inflation to recover their businesses,… Read more »
Nigeria: Flood - Everybody Is Internally Displaced in Bayelsa - Jonathan
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said that with the level of flood disaster that has befallen Bayelsa State in 2022, almost everybody in the state is an Internally Displaced… Read more »
Nigeria: Land Trespass - Court Orders Arrest, Remand of Nasarawa Commissioner for Works in Prison
A senior magistrates' court sitting at Uke, Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, has issued a bench warrant against Engineer Idris Mohammed for failing to appear in court… Read more »
Nigeria: Fraudsters Can Access Your Bank Accounts Through Stolen Phones, EFCC Cautions Nigerians
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has advised Nigerians whose phones were stolen to rush to the nearest branch of their banks to block their accounts. Read more »
Nigeria: Emirate Council Shuts Markets in Niger Over Fear of Attack
Borgu Emirate Council, Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State, has ordered the closure of all major markets in the area over the increasing fear of attacks by suspected… Read more »
Nigeria: How Loan Growth, Others Drove Interest Income Across Banks in 9 Months
An across-the-board rise in loans and advances by Nigeria's Tier-1 lenders in the first nine months of the year led to increased interest income earnings in the banks, their… Read more »
Nigeria: Passenger Sues Azman Air Over Failed Services
A 72-year-old Kano-based businessman, Yahaya Imam, has sued Azman Air Services before a Federal High Court sitting in Kano presided over by Justice Simon A. Amobida over failed… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria May Collapse, If an Inexperienced Person Succeeds Buhari - PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) has said the country needs an experienced president after 2023, noting that electing an inexperienced leader… Read more »
Africa: Africa's Leaders Pursue Fossil Fuels, Ignore Interests of People and Climate Crisis
Last month, Frans Timmermans, the European Union Commission vice-president and the person in charge of leading its work on the European Green Deal and the European Climate Law,… Read more »