October 10, 2022
Nigeria: E-Payment Transactions Decline to N32.84trn On Network Glitches, Worsening Economic Downturn
Banks network malfunction, among other factors, contributed to N396.18billion or 1.19 per cent decline in Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement Systems (NIBSS) Instant Payment Platform… Read more »
Nigeria: $25m SIG Fund Will Boost Enrolment, Beautification in Schools, Says Ekiti
The Ekiti State Government, has said the World Bank's $25 million School Improvement Grant (SIG) released to the state would spur enrolment, increase beautification and quality of… Read more »
Nigeria: Subsidy Removal - Senators Disagree With Buhari, Insist On December 2023 As Deadline
Senators across political party lines have said the National Assembly would not pass the proposal on petrol subsidy removal as presented by President Muhammadu Buhari in order not… Read more »
Nigeria: Hope Rises for Oil Production As NNPC Winds Up Repair of 180,000 Bpd Tnp Line in Niger Delta
The Group General Manager of the National Petroleum Investment Management Services (NAPIMS), Mr Bala Wunti, at the weekend announced that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company… Read more »
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 »