Nigeria: Ondo Guber - Why PDP Lost, Recorded Worst Outing Since 1999

The main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, polled a miserly 117,845 votes in the weekend's governorship election in Ondo State. It is the party's worst performance in the… Read more »

Nigeria: Rethink Reform Strategies, IMF Advises Nigeria

Against the backdrop of frustrations faced by the general public in Nigeria and some other Sub-Saharan African countries undergoing economic reforms, the International Monetary… Read more »

Nigeria: Cholera Outbreak - Sokoto Records 25 Deaths, 15 Hospitalize - Commissioner

Sokoto state has recorded 25 Deaths as a result of a Gastroenteritis outbreak otherwise known as Colera in 3 Council areas of the state. Read more »

Nigeria: EU Calls for More Integrated Approach to Tackling SGBV Against Women, Girls

The European Union, EU, has called on all stakeholders, including the government - ministries, departments and agencies, private sector, civil society organisations, religious and… Read more »

Nigeria: Canada Scraps Conversion of Study Permits to Permanent Residency for Foreign Students

Canada has closed the pathway for international students to convert their study permits into permanent residency under its latest immigration policies. Read more »

Nigeria: AfCFTA - Shippers' Council, Maritime Lawyers Move to Tackle Non-Tariff Barriers

The Nigerian Shippers' Council (NSC) is ramping up efforts to engage the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) initiative, aimed to dismantle non-tariff barriers and… Read more »

Nigeria: Gunmen Kill Policeman, Injure Another in Abia

Gunmen have killed a policeman and injured another following an attack on their convoy at Ubakala in Umuahia South council area, Abia State. Read more »

Nigeria: Don't Wait Till Election Time Before Reaching Out to Your People, Gumi Advises Politicians

...electorate turn out in large number as he defects to APC Read more »

Nigeria: I'm Not an Advocate for Divorce - May Edochie

May Edochie, the estranged wife of Nollywood actor Yul Edochie, has shared her thoughts on marriage and family. Read more »

Nigeria: I Was Neither Pressured Nor Coerced Into Cancelling My Book Launch - Ope Banwo

Dr. Ope Banwo, author of the highly anticipated political thriller, Kingmaker of Muguland has said that he was neither influenced, coerced nor pressured into cancelling the launch… Read more »

Nigeria: Greedy Politicians Select Churches That Suit Them, Shun Tough Preachers - Onaiyekan

The Emeritus Archbishop of Abuja, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, has stated that greedy politicians in Nigeria have a way of choosing the kind of churches they attend and the preachers… Read more »

Nigeria: Bad, Bad Badenoch....

Kemi Badenoch, the new leader of the British Conservative Party was born to Nigerian parents with Yoruba ancestry. Her father, the now late Dr. Femi Adegoke was a Medical doctor… Read more »

Nigeria: Emilokan - Obasanjo Calls Tinubu 'Baba-Go-Slow'

·Says Nigeria under 'state capture' Read more »

Nigeria: 'At My Lowest, You Picked Me Up', Adetshina Grateful to Nigerians After Miss Universe Feat

Chidimma Adetshina, Nigeria's representative at the 73rd Miss Universe competition, has expressed deep gratitude to Nigerians and Africans for their support, which contributed to… Read more »

Nigeria: Dress Codes Versus Morality Police

I wrote a Loud Whispers essay about dress codes in 2017. These days, when I read debates about how people of all ages present themselves in public, I think back to what I wrote… Read more »

Nigeria: Sabotaging Power Installations Is Self-Destructive

"Bitterness is like holding a piece of burning coal in your hand and hoping that it hurts someone else" - Nelson Mandela, 1913-2013 Read more »

Nigeria: The 'Sheriff' in Delta - A Scorecard of Excellence

I have severally reiterated and reposited the fact that; "When a good name play the good game, it will definitely win him or her a fame". The marriage between name and fame is so… Read more »

Nigeria: N10bn Gratuity As Otu's Promise Made and Kept for Retired Workers

As it is with Nigerian politicians; and in the realm of governance, it is common place to promise in poetry and deliver in prose. Promises are often mere rhetorics, lost in the… Read more »

Nigeria: Protest Over Artefacts / Funds for Benin Royal Museums Not Diverted - Ihenacho, Mowaa Boss

Says Obaseki not owner of facility Read more »

Nigeria: Tantita Optimistic of 2m BPD

Chairman of Tantita Security Services Nigeria limited, TSSNL, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, also known as Tompolo, has expressed optimism that Nigeria will hit two million barrels… Read more »

Nigeria: The Bad and the Ugly Judges

Inside story of alleged judicial corruption in Nigeria, by Justice Dattijo Mohammed Read more »

Nigeria: Ondo Election - Aiyedatiwa Leads in 15 Councils Announced, 3 More Councils to Be Announced

*INEC postpones collation to 12 noon*... uploads over 92% of results Read more »

Nigeria: Ondo Election Results - Again, INEC Shifts Collation of Results to Noon

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has shifted the collation of results for the Ondo State governorship election from 5am to noon. Read more »

Nigeria: How Calves, Day-Old Chicks, Kids, Lambs Can Help Livestock Dev. Minister to Succeed - Prof Njoku

A FORMER Deputy Governor of Imo State, Prof Placid Njoku, who doubles as a member of the Presidential Committee on Livestock Reforms, PCLR, has tasked the new Minister of Livestock… Read more »

Nigeria: Judiciary Clean-Up - NJC Needs More Sincerity

No one disputes the fact that many problems currently confronting Nigeria's judiciary are caused by a few bad eggs in the system as it is in many other organizations. If those few… Read more »