Nigeria: Lagos Election Tribunal Strikes Out Rhodes-Vivour, LP From Jandor's Petition

The Lagos State Governorship Election Tribunal has began delivering its judgment in the petition filed by the Governorship Candidate of the PDP, Olajide Adediran, popularly known… Read more »

Nigeria: NLC Insists On Indefinite Strike, Says Govt Had Enough Time to Resolve Dispute

Barring any last minute breakthrough in discussions between the federal government and labour over relief measures following government's removal of fuel subsidy, Nigeria Labour… Read more »

Nigeria: Tinubu Orders Security to Rescue Abducted Gusau Varsity Students

President Bola Tinubu has directed security agencies to rescue the remaining female students of the Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State, recently abducted by terrorists. Read more »

Nigeria: Home and Abroad, Tinubu's Nigeria Is Taking Its Rightful Place

Having hit the ground running at home, with a series of very bold and unprecedented reform decisions, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has gone ahead to seize the opportunity offered by… Read more »

Nigeria: House Targets Enrollment of 14m Out-of-School Children

The House of Representatives has said it was working on a framework that would ensure that over 14 million out-of-school Nigerian children are enrolled in schools. Read more »

Nigeria: Atiku's Aide Accuses Tinubu of 'Ten Big Lies' in 119 Days

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar's Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, yesterday, unveiled what he described as the 10 big lies that had so far… Read more »

Nigeria: Tinubu to Guterres - I'm Ready to Take Tough Decisions Even If They Make Me Unpopular

President Bola Tinubu, yesterday, told United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, that he was prepared to take tough decisions, even if they could make him… Read more »

Nigeria: Naira Falls Further to N995/$ On Parallel Mkt, Edun Blames $6.8bn Backlog for Currency's Woes

The naira declined further on the parallel market arm of the foreign exchange (FX) market to N995 to a dollar, weaker than the N990 to a dollar it closed the previous day. Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria's Party to 78th UN General Assembly

Monday Philips Ekpe writes that government must demonstrate prudence in its efforts to market the country Read more »

North Africa: Tales of Sorrow, Tears and Blood

It says so much about our country that the government as well as our citizens appear oblivious to the monumental human misery in Morocco and Libya. Given the magnitude of the… Read more »

Morocco: Disasters in Morocco and Libya

The catastrophe in Morocco and Libya provides lessons for Nigeria Read more »

Nigeria: NNPC Ready to Supply Our Refinery With Crude Oil in Few Weeks - Dangote

The President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has risen in defense of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) against the purported denial of crude oil supply… Read more »

Nigeria: Uneasy Calm As Tribunal Nullifies Kano Governor's Election

An uneasy calm settled over the commercial city of Kano, yesterday, after the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal nullified the election of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of New… Read more »

Nigeria: Naira Weakens to 990/$1 On Parallel Market As Dollar Demand Overwhelms Supply

The naira came under intense pressure yesterday, leading to a significant depreciation as it fell to N990 to a dollar at the parallel market segment of the foreign exchange market,… Read more »

Nigeria: U.S. Court Orders Chicago University to Release Tinubu's Records to Atiku

Judge Jeffrey Gilbert of a federal court in Chicago has ordered the Chicago State University (CSU) to turn over all records relating to President Bola Tinubu to Alhaji Atiku… Read more »

Nigeria: Atiku Gives Supeme Court 35 Grounds for Nullification of Tribunal's Judgment Affirming Tinubu's Election

12 days after the Presidential Election Petition Court affirmed the election of President Bola Tinubu, candidate of the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic (Party), has… Read more »

Nigeria: Still On the U.S.$418 Million Paris Club Fee Palaver

There is need to deal with the issue once and for all For the past two years, the federal government and the 36 states have been embroiled in a legal controversy over the propriety… Read more »

Nigeria: Delhi, UAE to UNGA - Tinubu's Odyssey

"Omo, it is now that I am beginning to understand why there is so much fight for this thing called Presidency of Nigeria oh. See as Tinubu just dey do swag, dey shine, dey do Eko… Read more »

Nigeria: U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Adeyemo Meets Business Leaders in Lagos, Says Biden Committed to Stronger Ties With Nigeria

The United States of America's Deputy Secretary of Treasury, Mr. Wally Adeyemo, has assured Nigeria that President Joe Biden is committed to a strong U.S.-Nigeria relationship that… Read more »

Nigeria: President Vows to Permanently Change Country's Narrative of Poverty, Insecurity

President Bola Tinubu, yesterday, promised to permanently change the country's ugly story of poverty, insecurity, and underdevelopment, saying Nigeria has no business being in such… Read more »

Nigeria: PDP Laments Level of Poverty, Despondency Across Nigeria Under APC Government

The Board of Trustees (BoT) of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has bemoaned the widespread despondency across the country and, particularly, decried the rising poverty and… Read more »

Nigeria: Chicago State University Confirms Tinubu Attended Institution, Graduated in 1979

Tells CBS: "As an educational institution, we are sometimes asked to provide information related to student records. Federal law known as FERPA (the Family Educational Rights and… Read more »

Nigeria: My First 30 Months At WTO Have Been Exciting, Challenging - Okonjo-Iweala

Director-General of World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, yesterday, described her first 30 months as head of the global trade body as exciting and challenging. Read more »

Nigeria: History As NUPRC Picks 42 Winners for Its Gas Flare Commercialisation Bid Round

·Commission contracts KPMG as partner for award implementation process Read more »

Nigeria: Taking a Leaf Out of India's Book

Professor Bolaji Akinyemi, a former foreign minister, admonished recently Nigerians who are wont to "de-market" their country because of its multi-dimensional problems. The scholar… Read more »