October 10, 2022
Nigeria: Peter Obi's Endorsement - Afenifere Doesn't Speak for Yoruba - - Akeredolu
Chairman of the South West Governors Forum, Rotimi Akeredolu, has declared that the endorsement of the Labour Party Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, by the Pan Yoruba… Read more »
Nigeria: 389 Police Officers Died in Borno Fighting Boko Haram - Police
No fewer than 389 police officers have died fighting Boko Haram terrorists in Borno State in the past 11 years, the State Police Command, has said. Read more »
Nigeria: Dangote Facility Attack Reflects Poor Investment Protection - OPS
Some members of the organised private sector (OPS) have faulted the recent attack on the Dangote Cement plant at Obajana in Kogi State. Read more »
Nigeria: Oil Theft - 42 More Tapping Points Uncovered in Delta, Bayelsa
EX-MILITANT leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, and security officials have uncovered 42 more tapping points by crude oil bunkerers on the nation's oil pipelines in two… Read more »
Nigeria: Oil Theft - Oil Thieves, Security Officials, Communities Collude to Steal Crude - Wunti, NAPIMS GGM
GROUP General Manager, GGM, National Petroleum Investment Management Services, NAPIMS, Bala Wunti, has said there is close collaboration among oil bunkerers, security officials,… Read more »
Nigeria: Anambra Boat Mishap - Traders Forced Me to Ferry Them - Sailor
THE sailor of the boat that capsized weekend at Umunankwo in Ogbaru local government area of Anambra State in which many people died, Mr. Desmond Amaugo, said yesterday that he was… Read more »
Nigeria: Tax War - Minils DG Urges Kogi Govt to Seek Amicable Settlement With Dangote
The Director General, Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies, MINILS, in Ilorin, Kwara State, Issa Aremu, has criticised Kogi State government for using… Read more »
Nigeria: 2 Drown, 3,233 Households Displaced As Floods Ravage Delta Communities
... As the Bayelsa task force on flooding visits affected communities Read more »
Nigeria: Datti Urges Party Members to Shun Ethnic, Religious Politics
The running mate to Peter Obi, Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party Dr Yusuf Baba-Ahmed has urged party members to shun ethnic and religious politics. Read more »
Nigeria: 2023 - Allow Police to Regulate Your Rallies, IGP Tells Politicians
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba-Alkali, has urged political parties and politicians to allow the police to regulate their campaigns for 2023 general elections. Read more »
Nigeria: 2023 Budget - How N1.55trn Allocated to Defence Ministry, Army, Navy, Airforce'll Be Spent - Govt
President Muhammadu Buhari has budgetted a sum of N1.55 trillion for the military in the 2023 budget. Read more »
Nigeria: Budget 2023 - Bonny Light Price Hits $99.25 Per Barrel - Experts Divided Over Benchmarks
BARELY a week after the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, and its allies, popularly known as OPEC+, slashed global supply by two million barrels per day, mb/d,… Read more »
October 09, 2022
Nigeria: Availability of Ports in Nigeria Will Lead to Industrialization - Lagos Free Zone
Chief Financial Officer of Lagos Free Zone ( A Tolaram Venture), Ashish Khemka has called on businesses, corporate organizations, and captains of industries to consider the… Read more »
Nigeria: Anambra Boat Disaster - I Had 48 Passengers On Board, Not 85 - Driver
The driver of the boat that capsized at Ogbaru in Anambra on Friday, Mr Desmond Amugo, says he had 48 passengers on board and not 85 passengers as was being reported. Read more »
Nigeria: Airport Cleaner, Bank Security Guard Who Returned U.S.$22,200 Found to Owners, Others for National Honours
The popular saying that "honesty is the best policy" will be made manifest on Tuesday when President Muhammadu Buhari will reward some Nigerians who have shown that a good name is… Read more »
Nigeria: Plateau - Gunmen Kill Ward Head, Three Others
Gunmen have reportedly killed the community ward head of Mabel community of Butura in Bokkos LGA of Plateau State and three others. Read more »
October 08, 2022
Nigeria: Buhari Performs Last Annual Budget Ritual
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari yesterday commenced the rounding up of his eight-year tenure as President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria… Read more »
Nigeria: What I Will Do If Elected President - Peter Obi
Labour Party (LP) Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi has unveiled his policy thrust if elected President of Nigeria in 2023. Read more »
Nigeria: 2023 - NDLEA Vows to Arrest Politicians Who Encourage Drug Use During Campaigns
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has vowed to arrest and prosecute politicians that encourage the consumption of illicit drugs during political campaigns. Read more »
Nigeria: Fight Oil Thieves, They've Declared War on Nigeria - Lawmakers to Buhari
Miffed by the perennial economic sabotage of oil theft against Nigeria, the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, yesterday, said… Read more »
October 07, 2022
Nigeria: Ghanaian Musician Black Sherif Sings for Late Girlfriend in Debut Album
Ghanaian musician, Mohammed Ismail Sharif popularly as Black Sherif released his debut album 'The Villain I Never Was' on Thursday. Read more »
Nigeria: 83% of Children in 15 Countries Experience Climate Change, Inequality - SCI
A nonprofit organization, Save the Children International, SCI, Thursday, disclosed in a survey that 83 per cent of children in 15 countries experience climate change and… Read more »
Nigeria: Waterways Bill Shows Govt's Insensitivity to Plight of Nigerians - Afenifere
... Insists on return to federalism Read more »
Nigeria: Domestic Airfares Rise 77 Percent, As Delta, Adamawa Travellers Pay Highest - NBS
The average fare paid by air passengers for a specified single route journey increased by N28,236 to N65,042, Year-on-Year, YoY, as at August 2022, the National Bureau of… Read more »
Nigeria: Insecurity Evolved, Assumed Other Dimensions - Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has lamented that though his administration has recorded successes in the war against insecurity, challenges have evolved and assumed other dimensions in… Read more »