October 10, 2022
Nigeria: 'Nigeria Requires Strong Fiscal, Monetary Policies to Overcome Its Challenges'
The Regional Head, Financial Markets in Africa and the Middle East, Standard Chartered Bank, Mark Price and Head, Financial Markets Nigeria & Rates & Credit West Africa,… Read more »
October 09, 2022
Nigeria: We Have Ended Era of Election Rigging - Polls Commission
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, yesterday declared that the commission has ended the era of election rigging in Nigeria. Read more »
Nigeria: WHO Unveils Campaign to Stop Suicide in Nigeria, Others
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has kicked off a campaign to raise awareness and spur action for suicide prevention in the African region, which according to it, has the… Read more »
Nigeria: IPOB Denies Plans to Disrupt 2023 Elections in South-East
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) yesterday denied reports that it had no plan to disrupt election in South-east in 2023. Read more »
October 08, 2022
Nigeria: Former PDP National Chairman, Vincent Ogbulafor Dies
Former National Chairman and first National Secretary of the opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Vincent Ogbulafor is dead. Read more »
Nigeria: Obi Unveils Campaign Website, Seeks Nigerians Support to Fund Campaign
Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, yesterday unveiled a website for donors and supporters of his presidential ambition to lodge funds into for the party's presidential… Read more »
Nigeria: Return to Classrooms Immediately, Court of Appeal Orders ASUU
The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division yesterday ordered striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), to end the nearly eight months strike they embarked upon… Read more »
Nigeria: Oil Subsidy Ends Next Year, It's Unsustainable - President
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday, while presenting a record N20.51 trillion 2023 appropriation bill to a joint session of the National Assembly in Abuja, announced the… Read more »
Nigeria: Aisha Buhari to Speak on Encouraging Women to Save for Rainy Days
The wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, Mrs. Aisha is set to speak today on the need for women to imbibe the culture of saving for rainy days, particularly for themselves and their… Read more »
Nigeria: Youths, Stakeholders Celebrate NYC President on New Appointment
All National Youth and Students Organizations and other interested parties have gathered to congratulate Blessing Akinlosotu on his recent appointment to the National Climate… Read more »
October 07, 2022
Nigeria: Flooding - Buhari Pledges Govt's Assistance to States
President Muhammadu Buhari has advised Governors under the auspices of Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF) to meet with the Minister of Water Resources, who has "worked hard on dams and… Read more »
Nigeria: We"ll Use Technology to Tap Seabed Resources - Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that Nigeria has strategic mineral resources in its seabed, which will be exploited through adequate deployment of technology. Read more »
Nigeria: Let WTO Be Institution People Can Trust in Difficult Times, Okonjo-Iweala Tells Council Members
Making the World Trade Organisation (WTO) more responsive to the needs of people starts from listening to their views and concerns and contributing with concrete solutions to a… Read more »
Nigeria: New Nigerian Carrier, ValueJet, Announces Inaugural Flight
ValueJet has announced that it would open its booking portal and would start flight operations from Monday, October 10, 2022 with flights to Abuja, Port Harcourt, Asaba and Jos… Read more »
Nigeria: Despite Economic Hardship, Airfares Hike, Nigeria Records High Outbound Flights
Despite the outrageous fares that foreign airlines charge Nigerian passengers, coupled with the economic hardship in the country, Nigeria still records high outbound flights,… Read more »
Nigeria: Google Spends 20% of $1bn On African Projects, Begins First Cloud Region
One year after Google announced its five-year plan for African projects that would gulp $1 billion, the technology company has said that it had already spent over 20 per cent of… Read more »
Nigeria: How Illegal Export Line Connecting High Sea Was Undetected for Nine Years - NNPC
In a shocking revelation, the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, has narrated how an illegal oil pipeline… Read more »
October 06, 2022
Nigeria: Buhari to Service Chiefs - Replicate N'ast Successes in Other Parts of the Country
President Muhammadu Buhari has given marching orders to the service chiefs to replicate the successes recorded in the fight against insurgency in the North-east in other parts of… Read more »
Nigeria: How Illegal Connecting Line From Export Terminal Into High Sea Was Discovered After Nine Years - NNPC
In a shocking revelation, the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, has narrated how an illegal oil pipeline… Read more »
Nigeria: Red Cross Trains 6,000 Teachers, Students On Disaster Management in 578 Schools in Katsina
The Nigerian Red Cross Society, in collaboration with the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) project, has commenced the training of 6,000 students on… Read more »
Nigeria: 2023 Budget Proposal May Be Adjusted Before Friday's Presentation to National Assembly - Presidency
The Presidency yesterday disclosed that the 2023 budget proposal was still open to alteration to accommodate inputs that may have been inadvertently omitted before its presentation… Read more »
Nigeria: In Katsina, Female Vigilantes Wage War Against Bandits
Francis Sardauna writes that the female members of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria in Katsina State are lending immense support to the ongoing war against bandits in the state Read more »
Nigeria: Despite Pressure From World Powers, Opec Announces 2m Barrels Production Cut
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its oil-exporting allies known as OPEC+ yesterday announced a two million barrel per day cut in oil production. Read more »
Nigeria: WTO Cuts 2023 Global Trade Forecast Amid Looming Recession
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) yesterday projected a slowdown in global trade growth in 2023 as sharply higher energy, food prices and rising interest costs curb import demand. Read more »
Nigeria: Nigerians Owe Our Military Debt of Gratitude As Remaining 23 Train Victims Are Freed - Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, said the entire nation owed the military and other sister security agencies a debt of gratitude for walking the talk, as he basked in the… Read more »