Nigeria: Govt Fails to Secure $10bn Annual Funding for Energy Transition - Report

Nigeria is falling short of the $10 billion annual target for achieving net-zero carbon emission by 2060, a report by the Natural Resources Governance Institute, NRGI, and BudgIT… Read more »

Nigeria: Hard Times - Seven Months Not Enough to Fix Nigeria - Govt

·Insists things would've been worse if subsidy didn't go Read more »

Nigeria: Tinubu Rejects Labelling of Nigerians As Corrupt

President Bola Tinubu has taken a firm stand against the unjust stereotyping Nigerians as inherently corrupt. Read more »

Nigeria: Over 30 Feared Dead As Tanker Explodes in Imo Forest

Over 30 bodies were said to have burnt to ashes after a tanker suspected to be used by oil bunkers exploded in the forest of Obitti, Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of Imo… Read more »

Nigeria: Find, Prosecute Ekiti Monarchs' Killers, Igboho Urges Govt, Security Agencies

Yoruba nation activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, on Thursday, called on the Federal Government and security agencies to leave no stone unturned in… Read more »

Nigeria: Govt Failing to Raise $10bn Annual Funding for Energy Transition - Report

Nigeria is falling short of the $10 billion annual target for achieving net-zero carbon emission by 2060, a report by the Natural Resources Governance Institute, NRGI, and BudgIT… Read more »

Nigeria: Ekiti School Pupils Kidnap - Ondo Amotekun Deploys 100 Personnel, Parades 31 Suspects

To secure the release of six kidnapped schoolchildren, three teachers and their driver, Ondo State security outfit, codenamed, Amotekun, yesterday, deployed 100 of its personnel to… Read more »

West Africa: 'Ecowas Implementing Scripts By External Interests' - Northern Groups Fault Tinubu's Leadership

Kaduna: Piqued by the withdrawal of some West African countries from ECOWAS and the move by the Federal Government to relocate key offices of the CBN and FAAN to Lagos, some… Read more »

Nigeria: EFCC Battles Religious Sect Over N13bn Money Laundering for Terrorists

Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ola Olukoyede, revealed yesterday why the war against insecurity has been protracted, disclosing that a powerful… Read more »

Nigeria: NNPC Ltd to Petrol Tanker Owners - Tough Times Will End Soon

Abuja-The Group CEO of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mr. Mele Kyari, has assured transport owners that the challenging business environment in haulage of… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria's Inflation Rate to Drop to 23% in 2024, 15.5% in 2025 - IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has predicted a decline in Nigeria's inflation rate to 23 percent in 2024 and 15.5 percent in 2025. Read more »

Nigeria: Ship-Owners Challenge Govt Over Cabotage, Trade Policy

The Nigeria Ship-Owners Association, NISA, has challenged the Federal Government to stop granting waivers to foreign ship owners operating in the Cabotage area to demonstrate its… Read more »

Nigeria: Financial Toxicity, Major Challenge in Cancer Treatment - Dr Bolanle Adegboyega

·Nigeria has fewer than 10 brachytherapy machines Read more »

Nigeria: Govt Orders Probe of Contamination, Death of Aquatic Lives in Abia Community's Stream

The Abia State government has ordered a probe of the contamination and death of aquatic life in Aro Ajatakiri, Ajata-na-Igu Autonomous Community stream in Ikwuano Local Government… Read more »

Nigeria: Fish Out Killers of Two Ekiti Monarchs, Oyebanji Orders Security Agencies

...condemns attack Read more »

Nigeria: Traumatised U.S.-Based Tennis Champion Rescued in Anambra

Awka--The Anambra State government has taken a former professional tennis champion, Tanya Okpala from the streets of Awka into custody for rehabilitation. Read more »

Nigeria: Govt Inaugurates Minimum Wage Committee Tomorrow

The Federal Government will tomorrow inaugurate a tripartite committee to negotiate a new minimum wage for workers nationwide. Read more »

Nigeria: $20bn Dangote Refinery to Import Crude Oil From United States

The $20 billion Dangote Refinery has concluded plans to import crude oil from the United States in the coming months. Read more »

Nigeria: Govt Orders Suspension of Remodelling Work On Section of East-West Road

The Federal Government has ordered immediate suspension of reconstruction work on the Eleme-Onne section of the East-West Road in Rivers State. Read more »

Nigeria: Forex Crises, High Import Duty Depress Vehicle, Other Imports

Amidst sustained depreciation of the Naira, Nigeria's motor vehicle imports recorded a massive 32 per cent decline in 2023 with total imports through the Nigerian ports at 132,293… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerians Go for Used Disposable Plastics As Economy Bites Harder

Wonders, they say, shall never cease, as Nigerians resort to the use of unimaginable things to survive, as the current state of the economy continues. Read more »

Nigeria: How Regular MPC Meetings Can Stem Rising Inflation - Rewane

Foremost economist, Bismarck Rewane, has said the Monetary Policy Committee, MPC, of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, must meet more than four times annually to stem rising… Read more »

Nigeria: NDLEA Declares Ex-Miss Commonwealth Wanted Over Alleged Illicit Drugs

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has declared an ex-beauty queen, Ms. Aderinoye Queen Christmas also known as Ms. Queen Oluwadamilola Aderinoye, wanted after she… Read more »

Nigeria: Corrupt Governance, Reason for Kidnapping, Banditry in North - Shettima

Vice President Kashim Shettima said this weekend that corrupt governance was responsible for the crisis of insecurity and banditry in the north. Read more »

Nigeria: 6 Dead, Many Wounded As Delta Communities Clash Over Land Dispute

Pandemonium in riverine communities as Okoloba and Okuama communities in Bomadi and Ughelli South Local Government Areas of Delta State, yesterday, engaged in a shootout over land… Read more »