March 16, 2023
Nigeria: Cyberattacks On Nigeria's Cyberspace Skyrocketed On Presidential Election Day - Govt
The federal government has revealed an astronomical increase in cyber threats to Nigerian cyberspace. Read more »
March 15, 2023
Nigeria: Govt Delays Its First Census in 17 Years
Nigeria's 2023 population and housing census earlier scheduled for end of this month has been shifted to May, 2023. Read more »
Nigeria: Govt, World Bank Partner to Train Technical Teachers On Innovative Skills
Nigeria is to collaborate with the World Bank to improve the knowledge of teachers in federal technical colleges in the country with the 21st century skills that will digitilise… Read more »
West Africa: ECOWAS Deploys 163 Observers in Guber and Assembly Polls
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission has said it is deploying 163 observers to monitor Saturday's gubernatorial and state Assembly elections in… Read more »
Nigeria: Amaechi Accuses Wike of Spending N50m Weekly On Alcohol
In furtherance of his campaign for the APC governorship candidate in Rivers State, former Minister of Transportation and immediate past Read more »
Nigeria: OPEC Confirms Nigeria's 1.3 Million Bpd February Crude Oil Output
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Nigeria: Nigeria Missing As Vice President Kamala Harris Visits Africa This Month
Nigeria will be missing on her itinerary as the United States Vice President Kamala Harris, is expected to travel to Africa later this month, her office announced, becoming the… Read more »
Nigeria: INEC to Political Parties - See March 18 Elections As Contest, Not War
With exactly three days to Saturday's governorship and Houses of Assembly elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has advised political parties and their… Read more »
Nigeria: Debtor Must Pay All Debts Under Loan Contract - Supreme Court
The recent judgment of the Supreme Court, which ordered Honeywell Flour Mills Plc and two of its subsidiary companies to pay N5.5 billion unsettled debt to Ecobank Plc, has again… Read more »
Nigeria: Now That Nigeria Has a President-Elect...
The emergence of the presidential flag bearer of All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as Nigeria's President-elect did not only raise fundamental questions… Read more »
Nigeria: Banks Begin Dispensing of Old N500, N1, 000 Notes Via ATMs, Over-the-Counter
Following a Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) directive on Monday that the old N500 and N1, 000 remain legal tender in line with a Supreme Court ruling, banks have started dispensing… Read more »
March 14, 2023
Nigeria: Osinbajo Launches $600m Programme for Young Nigerians in Technology, Creative Sectors
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN on Tuesday launched a $600 million programme for young Nigerians in the technology and creative sectors with a call on African governments and the… Read more »
March 13, 2023
Nigeria: Enugu Labour Party Calls for Audit of Guns Approved for Vigilance Groups
Labour Party (LP) candidate has alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) deploying thugs, arms for gubernatorial and state houses of assemblies elections, and has called for… Read more »
Nigeria: Appeal Court Reserves Judgment in Senator Adekele's Sacking Case
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Monday reserved its judgment in the appeal filed by Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, against his ordered removal from office. Read more »
Nigeria: I've No Preferred Candidates for 10th National Assembly Leadership - Tinubu
The issue of the leadership of the 10th National Assembly cropped up at a gathering of the leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) with National Assembly… Read more »
Nigeria: NLC Gives Govt 7-Day Ultimatum to End Currency Drought or Face National Strike
Organised labour under the auspices of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has given the federal government one week ultimatum to resolve the issues causing the prolonged scarcity of… Read more »
Nigeria: Buhari Didn't Tell AGF, CBN Not to Comply With Supreme Court Judgement On Old Naira Notes
The Presidency on Monday reacted to public concerns that President Muhammadu Buhari had not reacted to the recent ruling of the Supreme Court extending the validity of the old… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria's Signature Bank - We Have No Affiliation With Collapsed New York Financial Institution
Nigeria's Signature Bank Limited on Monday clarified that it does not have any affiliation with Signature Bank, New York, that was shut down by United States financial regulators… Read more »
Nigeria: Naira Scarcity - Arewa Forum Cautions Buhari Over Supreme Court Ruling
Amid the lingering naira scarcity and the attendant hardship on the citizens, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has faulted President Muhammadu Buhari for allegedly disobeying the… Read more »
Nigeria: Wike's '40-Year-Old Whisky' Comment Confirms He's Under Alcohol Influence - Atiku
Presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, said comments by Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike that he was sipping a 40-year-old whisky… Read more »
Nigeria: Niger Delta Youths Urged to Shun Electoral Violence
Youths in the Niger Delta region have been advised to shun activities that would lead to electoral violence as the governorship and House of Assembly elections draw nearer. Read more »
Nigeria: 57 Marginal Fields - Lack of Corporate Governance, Finance Delay Firms' Progression to Oil Production
Most of the firms that won the marginal oil fields auctioned during the 2020 marginal field bid round are currently struggling with how to translate their licences to field… Read more »
Nigeria: Even Supporters of Winners in Nigeria's Poll Disappointed With Electoral Process - U.S. Diplomats
Two United States diplomats, Ambassador Mark Green and Johnnie Carson, have said even Nigerian citizens who supported the winners of the February 25 presidential and National… Read more »
Nigeria: As Nigeria Struggles With Crude Theft, Saudi Aramco Posts Record $161bn Profits
Saudi Aramco yesterday announced record profits of $161 billion from its 2022 operations as the largely state-owned oil company cashed in on a tumultuous year in energy markets… Read more »
March 12, 2023
Nigeria: Lagos Train Accident - Bus Driver Apologises, Begs for Forgiveness
After currying blame for the incident that led to the bus-train collision at the PWD by Shogunle railway line, on the Agege Motor road, Lagos on Thursday, driver of Lagos State… Read more »