Nigeria: UniAbuja Lecturers Oppose Call for Indefinite Strike

A group of academic staff of the University of Abuja has announced opposition to the indefinite strike called by members of the university's Academic Staff Union of University… Read more »

Nigeria: APC Calls On Rivers Assembly Members to Commence Impeachment Proceedings Against Gov Fubara

The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on members of the State House of Assembly led by Martin Amaewhule to commence impeachment process against… Read more »

Nigeria: Child Labour As 'Indecent Work'

The Child Rights Act should be enforced Read more »

Nigeria: Oshiomhole On Workers' Day

First, kudos to the Kukah Centre for organising recently a forum on the topical question of national integration. The success of the effort is a measure of the increasing relevance… Read more »

Nigeria: Oil Marketers Threaten Nationwide Strike

The Chairmen, Forum of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) Tuesday threated to embark on a nationwide strike over the N200 billion bridging debt owed… Read more »

Nigeria: ANC Has Lost Its Lustre

April 27, marking 30 years since the end of apartheid rule in South Africa and the ascension of the African National Congress [ANC] to power in that country, set me thinking about… Read more »

Nigeria: Tinubu At WEF, Says Subsidy Removal, Forex Reform Saved Nigeria From Bankruptcy

President Bola Tinubu, yesterday, said last year's removal of fuel subsidy and current efforts by his administration to manage Nigeria's foreign exchange market were necessary… Read more »

Nigeria: FG Pays Julius Berger N20bn Augmentation Fee for Bodo-Bonny Road

The squabble between the federal government and Julius Berger Plc over the stoppage of work on the N200 billion Bodo-Bonny Road in Rivers State might have been resolved with the… Read more »

Nigeria: The Dying Public School

There has been no remarkable uproar on the public-school collapse in Nigeria, affecting primary, secondary, and university education. Read more »

West Africa: From Ecowas and G-5 Sahel Force to Alliance of Sahel States - Russianisation Versus African Solutions

Nigeria's President, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, opened the 2-Day African Counter-Terrorism Summit on Monday, April 22, 2024 in Abuja, Nigeria. Read more »

Nigeria: To Nigerian Universities, a Message From America's Campuses

Engagements Read more »

Nigeria: We Will Continue to Take Difficult Decisions for Nigeria Despite Short-Term Pain - Tinubu

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, yesterday, said his government would continue to take difficult decisions for the Nigerian people, despite the short-term pains that often come with… Read more »

Nigeria: Yahaya Bello and the Perils of Power

It doesn't surprise me that the former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, is now a fugitive from the law. Read more »

Nigeria: Onakoya - Playing Chess From the Slum to World Record

Tunde Onakoya, the 29-year-old Nigerian Chess Master who has just broken the World Record for the longest chess marathon is most appropriately an embodiment of the Nigerian can-do… Read more »

Nigeria: The Essence of Copyright Day

There is need to strengthen enabling laws to fight the scourge of piracy Read more »

Nigeria: EFCC, Yahaya Bello and the Law

The Advocate Read more »

Nigeria: FG to Deploy, Launch First Set of CNG Vehicles in May to Mark Tinubu's One Year

· Considers buses, tricycles, targets one million automobiles by 2027 Read more »

Nigeria: Firstbank Holdings Announces Olusegun Alebiosu Acting Chief Executive of FBN

The Board of FBN Holdings Plc, yesterday, announced the appointment of Mr. Olusegun Alebiosu as acting Chief Executive, First Bank of Nigeria Limited (FirstBank), its flagship… Read more »

Nigeria: Edun - Nigeria Secures $2.25bn World Bank Credit

Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, said the federal government had secured a $2.25 billion single-interest loan from the World Bank. Read more »

Nigeria: The Naira Abuse Palaver

There is no disputation that Naira abuse or more specifically the act of spraying money at social events has become an acceptable norm or cultural practice in Nigeria. Nigerians… Read more »

Nigeria: Clipped Mane of White Lion

The biggest drama on the Nigerian national political scene last week was Wednesday's botched attempt by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission [EFCC] to arrest former Kogi… Read more »

Nigeria: Dangote, Air Peace and the Patriotism of Capital

Money is perhaps a homeless vagrant. It has no nationality or permanent homestead in real terms. It goes and stays only where its masters are wise, prudent and far sighted. But in… Read more »

Nigeria: Need to Review the Naira Mutilation Law

There are sound financial and moral arguments against wilful mutilation of the Naira, Nigeria's national currency. Read more »

Nigeria: Alleged Irregularities, Protests Trail Ondo APC Governorship Primary Election, Aspirants Want Ododo Replaced

The governorship primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State held yesterday to elect the party's candidate for the November 16, 2024 election in the state… Read more »

Nigeria: CBN Partners International Money Transfer Companies to Double Remittances to Nigeria

*Remittance task force to report directly to Cardoso Read more »