January 07
Nigeria: Tinubu Orders Investigation of Payments Into Private Account By Humanitarian Affairs Minister
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed that a thorough and comprehensive investigation be conducted to ascertain the accuracy and validity of the reported details of payments of… Read more »
January 06
Nigeria: Dangote Refinery Receives Fifth One Million Barrels of Crude Oil Cargo
Plans are in top gear to start oil refining operations at the 650,000 barrels per day Lagos-based Dangote Petroleum Refinery as the company on Thursday, received the fifth crude… Read more »
January 03
Nigeria: To Fear Not Is to Do Something
Happy New Year. What's happy about the New year? Many are stepping into it with fear. Fear of economic hardship. Fear of insecurity as scores are massacred in cold blood in parts… Read more »
Nigeria: On Nigeria and AI
Are the ethical fears about the frenetic development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) misplaced? Different answers to this question could, of course, come from various quarters. Read more »
January 01
Nigeria: In New Year Broadcast, Tinubu Offers Hope Despite Difficult Choices in National Interest
In his first new year broadcast, President Bola Tinubu, this morning offered Nigerians hope of a new dawn, stating that all the difficult decisions he had taken since assuming… Read more »
December 31, 2023
Nigeria: The Spiral of Violence in Plateau State
The authorities must bring the perpetrators of the violence to justice Read more »
December 29, 2023
Nigeria: To Boost Power Supply, TCN Receives 7 New Power Transformers in Lagos
To boost its current wheeling capacity, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) yesterday announced that it had received additional seven power transformers to augment… Read more »
December 27, 2023
Nigeria: Former Speaker, Ghali Na'abba, Dies At 65
A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ghali Na'Abba died on Wednesday in Abuja at the age of 65. Read more »
December 26, 2023
Nigeria: We've Joint Responsibility to Ensure Nation's Peace, Stability - Tinubu to Governors
President Bola Tinubu has declared that federal and state governments have joint responsibility of ensuring peace and stability reign in the Nigerian nation. Read more »
December 25, 2023
Nigeria: Emefiele, Mustapha, TGI Group Refute Obazee's Report On CBN Investigation
Report on the special investigation into the activities of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), recently submitted to President Bola Tinubu, by a special investigator, Jim Obazee,… Read more »
December 24, 2023
Nigeria: Former Central Bank Governor Meets Bail Conditions, Regains Freedom
Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has been released from the Kuje Correctional Centre after fulfilling his bail conditions. Read more »
December 19, 2023
Nigeria: Still On Death Row Inmates
Governors should either commute judicial sentences or order speedy executions Read more »
Nigeria: Nnamdi Kanu Revisited
Let me start by thanking you my beloved readers, for your readership throughout the year. I wish you all a merry Christmas, and a happy and prosperous 2024 and beyond. Amen. Read more »
December 18, 2023
Nigeria: Purported Court Order Surfaces Ahead of Ruling, More Woes for Judiciary
An order of a Federal High Court, allegedly, written by Justice Donatus Okorowo, halting the removal of 27 lawmakers in Rivers State House of Assembly, who recently defected from… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigerians, Not Our Constitution Need Amendment - Fashola
*Posits Ondo, Rivers impasse didn't require Tinubu's intervention Read more »
Nigeria: At Ministry Organised Trade Dialogue, Participants Insist Nigeria Not Faithful to Agreements Reached With Foreign Investors
As cases of multinational manufacturing firms exiting Nigeria continue to mount, participants at a trade dialogue, organised by the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Industry… Read more »
Nigeria: FDI - Tackling Poor Signaling
Nigeria faces unprecedented economic uncertainties and desperately needs to "bend the curve" on most economic indices. Even the optimistic people among us struggle with what to… Read more »
Nigeria: Oyenusi, Anini, Shekau and Dogo Gide
At the weekend, I was relishing a statement issued by Defence Headquarters, saying its troops confirmed the killing of "four notorious terrorist commanders in airstrikes within the… Read more »
Nigeria: Power Sector Stakeholders Say Changing Ownership of Discos Won't Solve Nigeria's Erratic Electricity Problem
Power sector players in the country yesterday told the federal government that changing the ownership of the electricity Distribution Companies (Discos) will not resolve Nigeria's… Read more »
Nigeria: On Maternal Mortality in Nigeria
Health authorities could do more to contain the scourge Read more »
December 14, 2023
Nigeria: Beyond the Abuja Kidney Merchants
All stakeholders must do more to tackle the menace Read more »
December 13, 2023
Nigeria: Delta State Governor Bags First Climate Change Champion Award At UNFCCC COP28 Conference
The Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori has received the First Climate Change Champion Award. Read more »
December 12, 2023
Nigeria: I'm Not Satisfied With Nigeria's Security Situation - Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu, yesterday, reviewed the country's security situation and declared that he was not satisfied with the current state. Read more »
Nigeria: Plot to Impeach Fubara Takes New Turn As Rivers Lawmakers Defect to APC
The plot to impeach Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara assumed another dimension yesterday as 27 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers of the 31-member state House of… Read more »
Nigeria: Govt May Increase 2024 Budget If Revenue Improves Next Year, Says Wale Edun
The federal government, yesterday, hinted that it might consider returning to the National Assembly to seek the lawmakers' approval for a supplementary budget next year if the… Read more »