Nigeria: U.S.-Based Nigerian Doctor Asks Supreme Court to Delay Tinubu's Inauguration

A United State based medical doctor and presidential aspirant of African Renaissance Party (ARP) in the 2011 presidential election, Dr Adah Obekpa has approached the Supreme Court… Read more »

Nigeria: Over 89,000 Improved Seed Varieties Available for Planting in 2023 Cropping Season - Abubakar

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Mohammad Abubakar has announced that the Revised National Agricultural Seed Policy (RNASP) 2022 has enabled the availability… Read more »

Nigeria: AfDB Earmarks $28m for Fertilizer Financing to Small Holder Farmers in 2023

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved $11.7 million budgetary allocation to the African Fertilizer Financing Mechanism (AFFM) for its 2023… Read more »

Nigeria: Despite #EndSARS Protest, Police Brutality Persists

Sunday Ehigiator writes that even as the ghost of the 2020 #EndSARS protest, that rocked the fabric of the nation, still hovers, police brutality still persists and has even… Read more »

Nigeria: Lagos, Kebbi Records Highest, Lowest Entrants As 11,350 Write Teachers' Qualifying Exams

Over 11,350 candidates at the weekend participated in the first batch of Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) Professional Qualifying Examination, (PQE)across the… Read more »

Nigeria: Seven African Presidents Join Buhari to Open Dangote Refinery, Continent's Game Changer

Lagos, Nigeria's commercial nerve centre, will today play host to many oil and gas industry heavyweights who would be arriving the city from different parts of the world to witness… Read more »

Nigeria: Court Declines Atiku's Request for Live Broadcast of Proceedings

The Presidential Election Petition Court (PREPEC) on Monday declined to grant the request of the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, for live… Read more »

Nigeria: Govt's Support Helped in Tackling Oil Theft, Other Maritime Crimes in Niger Delta, Says Admiral Shettima

The Flag Officer Commanding (FOC), Central Naval Command (CNC), Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Rear Admiral Ibrahim Aliu Shettima, has attributed the successes recorded in the fight… Read more »

Nigeria: Seplat Drags Justice Ekwo Before NJC for Unethical, Abuse of Judicial Power

Two weeks after Seplat Energy Plc accused Justice Inyang Ekwo of Federal High Court in Abuja of bias and asked the Chief Judge of the court, Justice John Tsoho, to transfer all… Read more »

Nigeria: World Bank Advises Govt, States to Stop Payment of Petrol Subsidy

The Country Director of the World Bank, Shubham Chaudhuri, has asked the federal and state governments to consider the financial implications that a continuous fuel subsidy regime… Read more »

Nigeria: CSOs Urge Media to Insist On Rescue of Leah Sharibu, Other Chibok Girls

Seven days to the end of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have stated that the administration did not live up to its promise… Read more »

Nigeria: Plateau Church Leaders Condemn Resurgence of Attacks, Killings

Plateau State church denominational leaders and spiritual fathers have lent their voice in condemnation of the recent resurgence of attacks and killings in the state, describing it… Read more »

Nigeria: Army 38 - Court Requested to Commit Defence Minister, COAS to Prison for Contempt

The National Industrial Court (NIC) in Abuja has been requested by a lawyer acting on behalf of Colonel Danladi Ribah Hassan to commit three high-ranking officials of the federal… Read more »

Nigeria: Govt Signs Memorandum of Understanding With Doctors to End Warning Strike

The federal government has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) and the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to… Read more »

Nigeria: 'Aníkúlápó' Wins Five Awards At AMVCA, Emerges Best Overall Movie

In a night filled with witty remarks, surprising wins and jaw-dropping fashion, 'Aníkúlápó' took home the most awards at the ninth edition of the Africa… Read more »

Nigeria: Tinubu Returns to Nigeria Ahead of Inauguration

President-elect, Bola Tinubu, on Saturday returned to Nigeria from Europe ahead of the May 29 inauguration. Read more »

Nigeria: 9th AMVCA Opens With a Bang!

In its second year of marking a series of industry activities to herald the main award show that is usually dotted with elements of high fashion, the ninth edition of the annual… Read more »

Nigeria: Hilda Baci Defends Her Dress Sense, Hints On Next Steps

Popular chef and world record breaker, Hilda Baci, has appealed to Nigerians to see beyond her dressing but to project her ingenuity and doggedness to place Nigeria on the global… Read more »

Nigeria: Govt Opens Vista for Nigerian Businesses Worldwide, Sets Up Help Desk for Citizens in Diaspora

Nigerian businesses have been given another opening to the rest of the world as the federal government has launched an online platform that would connect foreign businesses that… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerian Presidents No Longer Need Medicals Abroad - Aisha Buhari

The First Lady, Aisha Buhari, has said overseas medicals for Nigerian Presidents will henceforth become a thing of the past with the inauguration of the N21 billion… Read more »

Nigeria: It's Not Your Duty to Defend Tinubu's Alleged Drug, Dual Citizenship Cases - Atiku to INEC

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last presidential election, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, has faulted the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC's)… Read more »

Nigeria: Chika Ike Lights Up Cannes Film Festival

The Cannes Film Festival is officially back to celebrate the year's best in international cinema, and stars are continuing to live up to the festival's signature upscale glamour on… Read more »

Nigeria: North-Central Senators-Elect Adamant, Insist On Sani Musa for Deputy Senate President

The Senator-elect who would represent the Nasarawa West in the 10th Senate, Aliyu Wadada, has said his colleagues from the North-central geopolitical zone were still determined to… Read more »

Nigeria: Insecurity During My Tenure Gave Me Sleepless Nights - Ex-Leader Jonathan

Eight years after leaving office, former President Goodluck Jonathan has revealed that he lost sleep over the insecurity that pervaded the country during his tenure. Read more »

Nigeria: U.S.$396m Needed to Avert Catastrophic Humanitarian Crisis in North-East - UN

The United Nations (UN) has said $396 million is urgently needed to salvage a catastrophic humanitarian crisis in the nation's North-east. Read more »