April 28
Nigeria: Remo Stars Win First-Ever NPFL Title in Style
History was made on Sunday, April 27, in Ikenne as Remo Stars emerged champions of the 2024-2025 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) season for the first-time after the Sky Blue… Read more »
Nigeria: UK, Nigeria Strengthen Partnership for Educational Excellence
Charterhouse Lagos, West Africa's first British independent school, was officially introduced to the Abuja community during an exclusive reception hosted by the British High… Read more »
Nigeria: Non-Life Insurance Aids Sector's N1.2trn Growth in Q3 2024
The Chairman of Nigerian Insurance Association (NIA), Kunle Ahmed, has said the industry recorded a 61 per cent year-on-year increase in the third quarter (Q3) of 2024, reaching… Read more »
April 27
Nigeria: Defection Has Thrown Opposition Into Disarray - Presidency
The Presidency says the recent defection of Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori and the Vice-Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last election,… Read more »
Nigeria: Buhari's Govt Borrowed $400bn to Stabilise Naira - Senator Adeola
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriation, Solomon Adeola (Yayi), has alleged that former President Muhammadu Buhari's government borrowed over 400billion dollars in… Read more »
Nigeria: Govt Resolves Long-Standing Dispute Halting New Kano North Bypass
The Federal Ministry of Works has revealed that the long-standing dispute stalling the construction of over 38 kilometer Kano Northern bypass that will connect parts of Kano and… Read more »
Nigeria: Why We're Growing Nigerian Economy to $1 Trillion - Shettima
Vice-President Kashim Shettima says the current administration is on the journey to grow Nigerian economy to $1trillion within the next decade. Read more »
Nigeria: Tuface Takes New Lover, Natasha, to Mother
Months after Rose Idibia, mother of veteran singer, Innocent Idibia, popularly known as 2Face or 2Baba, publicly disapproved of his relationship with Natasha Osawuru, she has… Read more »
Nigeria: 2,174 to Perform Hajj in Kwara, Inaugural Flight for May 12
The Executive Secretary, Kwara State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, Alhaji Abdulsalam Abdulkadir, has said inaugural flight for intending pilgrims from the state will commence on… Read more »
April 25
Nigeria: Funding Freeze, High Treatment Cost, Heighten Nigeria's Malaria Burden
As Nigeria joins the rest of the world today to mark this year's World Malaria Day, citizens say the disease has continued to take a huge toll on them. Read more »
Nigeria: Tinubu's Aides, Atiku's Coalition Bicker Over Defections
Two aides of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the coalition of opposition leaders led by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Thursday exchanged words over the defection of Delta… Read more »
Nigeria: Zamfara - Crisis Deepens As Assembly Splits, Bandits Wreak Havoc
The political crisis engulfing the Zamfara State House of Assembly deepened on Wednesday as two rival factions emerged, each claiming legitimacy and operating parallel legislative… Read more »
Nigeria: VAT, Stamp Duties to Be Exempted From Property Rent - Oyedele
Chairman, Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele has announced that Value Added Tax and Stamp duties will be exempted from property rent and… Read more »
April 24
Nigeria: 'Enough Is Enough', Tinubu Tasks Security Chiefs to End Killings
President Bola Tinubu has directed an immediate and comprehensive overhaul of national security strategies, demanding urgent action to end the escalating violence in Borno, Benue,… Read more »
Nigeria: Aviation Crisis - Air Peace, Foreign Airlines Suspend Flights
As Minister intervenes in NiMet workers' strike Read more »
Nigeria: Goloka Analytics Partners With Meta On African Language Technology Project
Goloka Analytics Partners with Meta on African Language Technology Project Read more »
April 23
Nigeria: Experts Disagree As IMF Downgrades Nigeria's 2025 GDP Forecast
Experts have disagreed to the recent downgrade of the Nigeria's Gross Domestic Outlook from 3.2 per cent to 3 per cent in 2025 by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Read more »
Nigeria: Army Chief Gives His Men One Month to Flush Bandits Out of Kwara
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Olufemi Oluyede, has ordered soldiers to flush bandits out of Kwara State within one month. Read more »
Nigeria: Govt Takes Zero Hunger, Food Security Drive to Universities
As parts its drive to achieve food security and zero hunger, the Federal Government has officially launched the Presidential Initiative for the Empowerment of Youth in Agriculture,… Read more »
Nigeria: World Immunization Week - Kano Targets 4.5m Under Five Children
Kano state government has revealed that four million and five hundred thousand children that are under five years of age are targeted during this year's World immunization Week as… Read more »
Nigeria: End Killings Now, Speakers Tell Govt, Governors
The Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures of Nigeria has condemned the recent wave of killings in Plateau, Borno, Benue, Niger and most recently, Kwara State, calling on the… Read more »
Nigeria: Bago Makes U-Turn, Says Persons With Dreadlocks Welcome to Niger
Governor Umar Bago of Niger State has backtracked on his directive for security operatives to arrest persons with dreadlocks in Minna, the state capital. Read more »
Nigeria: IGP Orders Withdrawal of Mobile Police Officers From VIPs
The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, on Tuesday rebuked the commanders of Mobile Police Force (MOPOL), over what he described as inappropriate deployment of the… Read more »
Nigeria: Another Look At Nigeria-Saudi Partnership On Illicit Drugs
As a long-time advocate for stringent drug laws and a tireless campaigner against trafficking, I welcome the recent Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between Nigeria's… Read more »
Nigeria: 6 Dead, 5 Injured in Multiple Auto-Crashes in Kogi
Six persons have been reported dead and five others injured in a multiple auto crashes in Okene Local Government Area of Kogi State, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) official… Read more »