September 21, 2023
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 »
September 20, 2023
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 »
September 19, 2023
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 »
September 18, 2023
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 »
September 15, 2023
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 »
September 14, 2023
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 »
September 13, 2023
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 »
September 10, 2023
Nigeria: G-20 Not Complete Without Nigeria, Says President
President Bola Tinubu has declared that the G-20 would remain incomplete without Nigeria and expressed the nation's commitment to play a leading role within the group and… Read more »
September 08, 2023
Nigeria: The Need for Functiq!!on@al Public Libraries
All the stakeholders should invest more in libraries Read more »
September 06, 2023
Africa: Coups and Mega Trends of Democracy
In a very engaging interview on ARISE NEWS last week, a former permanent representative of African Union to the United States, Dr. Arikana Chihombori-Quao, drew attention to the… Read more »
Nigeria: President Tinubu's 100 Days of Steady Progress and National Rejuvenation
Exactly 100 days ago, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu assumed office following the popular mandate graciously bestowed by the good people of Nigeria, who elected him as the 16th leader… Read more »
August 30, 2023
Africa: Tinubu Expresses Deep Concern About Coup in Gabon
* Declares power belongs to people and not barrel of a loaded gun Read more »
August 25, 2023
Nigeria: Time for Politics Is Over - Govt to Obaseki
The federal government has called on the Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki to eschew politics in his criticism of the government, declaring that as President Tinubu has admonished,… Read more »
Nigeria: Concerns As NBS Revised Methodology Puts Nigeria's Unemployment Rate At 4.1%
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) revised methodology released yesterday, which put the country's present unemployment rate at 4.1 per cent in the first quarter of the year… Read more »
Nigeria: Tinubu - I'm Interested in Peaceful Resolution of Niger Crisis, but Open to All Options
Nigerian president and Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Authority of Heads of State and Government, Bola Tinubu, yesterday, said he was interested… Read more »
August 24, 2023
Nigeria: Again, Emefiele's Arraignment On Alleged Procurement Fraud Stalled
The arraignment of the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, over alleged procurement fraud was stalled for the second time in one week. Read more »
August 23, 2023
Nigeria: Oscars 2024 - NOSC Names Stephanie Linus As New Head
The Nigerian Official Selection Committee (NOSC) for the Best International Feature Film (IFF) category of the Oscars has appointed renowned actress-cum-filmmaker Stephanie Linus… Read more »
August 22, 2023
Nigeria: Former Nigerian Oil Minister, Alison-Madueke, Charged With Bribery in UK
Former Minister of Petroleum, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, is to stand trial on a fresh bribery allegation in the United Kingdom. The alleged offence, according to the Agence… Read more »