Nigeria: Any Attempt to Stifle Press Freedom Unacceptable - U.S. Embassy

The United States Embassy in Abuja yesterday stressed the need for industry-wide engagement with media professionals to set up a structure for countering misinformation in Nigeria. Read more »

Nigeria: Ban On Okada in Restricted Areas Stays - Lagos Reiterates

The Lagos State Government has reiterated that the ban on commercial motorcycles, popularly called 'okada' in 10 Local Government Areas, LGAs, and 15 Local Council Development… Read more »

Nigeria: ISWAP Commander Executes Deputy Over Military Attack On Hideout

A commander of the Islamic State of the West African Province, ISWAP, Abu Muhammed, has executed his deputy, Abu Darda, for enabling military operation into their camp in Mukdolo… Read more »

Nigeria: Interim Govt - No One Stole Your Mandate, Pro-Tinubu Protesters Tell Atiku, Obi

Hundreds of protesters, under the aegis of 'The Natives', yesterday took to the streets of Abuja, the nation's capital, in defence of the outcome of the 2023 general election,… Read more »

Nigeria: State Assembly Polls - 9 Days After, Results of 183 Constituencies Not Released

Nine days after the March 18 Governorship and State Assembly elections, the results of 183 constituencies across seven states have not been published by the Independent National… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerians Now Go for Cheap Brands to Cut Cost

The saying; 'Cut your coat according to your cloth', has become the order of the day in the everyday lives of Nigerians. Read more »

Nigeria: Ex-British PM, Boris Johnson Visits Nigeria, Says Banditry Will Be Defeated

...insists on credible polls, education, equality before the law, transportation Read more »

Nigeria: Africmil Partners Unesco to Train Teachers On Curriculum, Mis/Disinformation

African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL), Nigeria's premier Media & Information Literacy (MIL) organization, in partnership with UNESCO, has concluded a… Read more »

Nigeria: Super Eagles Must Have Change of Attitude, Mentality - Aghahowa

Says first leg match disappointing Read more »

Nigeria: The Value of a Good Education

What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul -- Joseph Addison, 1711. Read more »

Nigeria: Onoh Accuses Ezeife of Inciting Ethnic Tension Among Igbo, Yoruba

The President-elect, Bola Tinubu's spokesman in the southeast, Dr. Josef Onoh has accused the former Governor of Anambra state, Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife of incendiary comments and… Read more »

Nigeria: Buhari's Partial Devolution of Powers

President Muhammadu Buhari and the 9th National Assembly presided over by Senator Ahmed Maina Lawan, have given Nigerians a parting gift: devolution of some powers, which were… Read more »

Nigeria: Afcon Qualifier - Adepoju Urges NFF, Peseiro to Look Deeper

Nigerians have been reacting to Super Eagles last Friday's defeat by the lowly rated Wild Dogs of Guinea Bissau in the AFCON qualifying match played at National Stadium, Abuja. Read more »

Nigeria: Presidential Poll - Allow RECs to Issue CTC of Form EC8A, PDP Tells INEC

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, weekend, told the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to allow Resident Electoral Commissioners, RECs, to issue Certify True Copies,… Read more »

Nigeria: Suraj Adekola's Exhibition at London Business School

Nigeria-born Manchester-based artist, Suraj Adekola, is one of the artists of African and Afro-descents whose works are on display at an ongoing exhibition titled "Black Beauty,… Read more »

Nigeria: iREP Docu-Film Festival 2023 Ends in Lagos

The iRepresent International Documentary Film Festival, (iREP Festival), opened March 16th, for its 13th edition despite intense fears about election violence due to threats by… Read more »

Nigeria: Election Violence - Investigate Governors, Deputies or Face Legal Action, Serap Tells INEC

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Professor Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to "urgently seek the… Read more »

Nigeria: Ex Senate President Ekweremadu, Wife Guilty of Organ Trafficking

A former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, with his wife, Beatrice, and their doctor have been convicted of organ trafficking, in the first verdict of its kind under the… Read more »

Nigeria: Govt Prosecuted Over 220 Vessels in Five Years - President Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday expressed delight that some key threats within Nigeria's maritime environment, such as crude oil theft, piracy, sea robbery, as well as illegal… Read more »

Nigeria: Five Iranian Girls Arrested for Dancing to Rema's Song

Five young Iranian ladies who danced to Nigerian Afrobeat singer and rapper, Divine Ikubor, professionally known as Rema’s song ‘Calm Down’ have been allegedly… Read more »

Nigeria: Anxiety Heightens Over Enugu, Abia Governor Results

Anxiety over the release of the results of the governorship elections in Enugu and Abia States continued, yesterday, as the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the Labour Party, LP,… Read more »

Nigeria: How I Curbed Vote-Buying - Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, narrated how he told the electorate to collect money from candidates that offered money to them to buy their votes in the February 25 and… Read more »

Nigeria: Incessant Market Fires and the Way Forward

The sands of history have impressions of hazardous fire footprints in very copious measures and with each experience comes records of organic, economic and social losses. Read more »

Nigeria: How Immunisation Gaps Fuel Diphtheria Cases in Nigeria

Diphtheria, an acute bacterial disease caused by toxigenic strains of Corynebacterium diphtheriae and occasionally Corynebacterium ulcerans has been eradicated from most countries… Read more »

Nigeria: Peter Obi Officially Petitions Presidential Election Tribunal

The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi has formally submitted a petition challenging the process leading to the outcome of the Presidential Election held on… Read more »