Nigeria: Senate Recalls Ningi After Serving 10 Weeks Out of Three Months' Suspension

The Senate has resolved to recall Senator Abdul Ningi who was suspended March 12, 2024 for a period of three months. Read more »

Nigeria: Group Raises Alarm Over Alleged Plot to Illegally Extend Rivers LG Chairmen Tenure

A group of concerned citizens has raised the alarm over an alleged plot to illegally extend the tenure of Rivers local government chairmen. Read more »

Nigeria: Zamfara Upgrades College of Agriculture Bakura, to Renovate General Hospital Talata Marafa

Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, said on Monday that the College of Agriculture and Animal Science Bakura had been upgraded to the College of Agriculture and Technology. Read more »

Nigeria: Jonathan Ojadah Bags U.S. President's Lifetime Achievement Award

UNIPGC Global President, Dr. Jonathan Ojadah, who is also IRDCUN-EU Permanent Rep to the United Nations, has made the list of 2024 US President's Lifetime Achievement award. Read more »

Nigeria: In Historic Move, National Assembly to Hold Joint Sitting On 25 Years of Democracy

The Senate and the House of Representatives will on Wednesday, May 29, hold a joint sitting to mark 25 years of unbroken democracy in Nigeria. Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria Air Project Was Fraudulent, Remains Suspended - Keyamo

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr. Festus Keyamo, yesterday, disclosed that the Nigeria Air project unveiled by the ex-president Muhammadu Buhari-led… Read more »

Nigeria: Agriculture Injected N309 Billion, 60,000 Jobs Into Economy - Kyari

Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, yesterday disclosed that the various interventions by the ministry in the agricultural sector had injected N309… Read more »

Nigeria: Bayero Constituting Security Risk in Kano, He Should Be Evacuated, State Govt Warns

Kano State Government has warned that the demoted Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, should be evacuated from the Nasarawa palace that he currently occupies, because he… Read more »

Nigeria: Lagos Set to Generate Power From Solid Waste, Signs Deal With Dutch Firm

Lagos State has taken a major step towards turning tonnes of solid waste generated in the metropolis to usable energy. Read more »

Nigeria: How Has Nation's Security Fared Under Tinubu?

Kingsley Nwezeh writes about extra measures put in place by the military and security agencies culminating in considerable decline in security skirmishes across the country since… Read more »

Nigeria: Edo Refinery, Dufil Prima Foods to Deepen N205bn Manufacturing Investment

In the wake of reforms by the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration, top manufacturers in Edo State, including Dufil Prima Foods, Edo Refinery and Don Mac Limited have secured… Read more »

Nigeria: Kano Court Stops Bayero, 4 Others From Parading Themselves As Emirs, Orders Police to Remove Deposed Monarch From Nasarawa Palace

Justice Amina Aliyu of the Kano State High Court has issued an interim injunction restraining the deposed Emir of Kano Aminu Ado Bayero, and four other dethroned Emirs to stop… Read more »

Nigeria: Paris-Bound Businessman Excretes 111 Wraps of Cocaine At Abuja Airport

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 48-year-old Paris-bound businessman, Emmanuel Okechuku Orjinze, for ingesting 111 wraps of cocaine. Read more »

Nigeria: Kanu's Family Faults Fagbemi's Stance On Continued Detention of IPOB Leader

The family of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has picked holes in the reasons given by the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Mr.… Read more »

Nigeria: Deposed Emir Bayero Is Security Risk, Evacuate Him Now From Palace, Gov Yusuf Urges Tinubu

The Kano State Government has said that the deposed Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, should be evacuated from the Nasarawa palace he currently occupies, adding that the… Read more »

Nigeria: FCCPC, Bauchi Traders, Other Stakeholders Meet Over Hike in Prices of Food Items

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has met with market leaders, traders and other stakeholders in Bauchi to find out reasons for the daily increase… Read more »

Nigeria: Tinubu's Administration Yet to Find Right Way to Handle Economy - Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, said to engender investor confidence, the administration of President Bola Tinubu must change its current transactional style of… Read more »

Nigeria: Analysts Seek Harmonisation of Fiscal, Monetary Policy to Boost GDP, Rein in Inflation

Analysts at Afrinvest have highlighted the critical need for better coordination between Nigeria's fiscal and monetary policies to tackle inflation and foster economic growth. Read more »

Nigeria: Today Is My Day to Boast, the Deal Is Done, the Dream Is Realisable - Tinubu

A visibly excited President Bola Tinubu described Monday’s flag-off of the 700-kilometre Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway as his day to boast,… Read more »

Nigeria: Dangote Refinery to Begin Export of 10ppm Diesel in June, Gets Nmdpra's Approval to Refine Petrol

Nigeria's 650,000 barrels per day Dangote refinery will start exporting diesel conforming to European specifications along with gasoline (petrol) sales in June, its Vice President… Read more »

Nigeria: Serap Appeals to Tinubu, Shettima to Publish Their Assets At One Year in Office

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has challenged President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima to use the anniversary of their first year in… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria's Gas Master Plan Stalls, Global Market Share Fell From 15% to 2%

Despite owning the world's 9th largest reserves of natural gas, with over 209 Trillion Cubic Feet (TCF), Nigeria's global market share of exports has declined from 15 per cent to… Read more »

Nigeria: How Nigerian, French Navy Deepened Shared Commitment in Enhancing Maritime Security

To underscore their shared commitment in enhancing maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) waters through hydrography, French Navy Read more »

Nigeria: Tinubu - One Year On

There is light at the end of the tunnel, reckons Allison Abanum Read more »

Nigeria: Govt to Empower Fresh 10,000 Niger Delta Youths, Reduce Restiveness

The Minister of Niger Delta Development, Mr. Abubakar Momoh, has reaffirmed the Federal Government's dedication to end unrest in the Niger Delta region through inclusive and… Read more »