Nigeria: Rights Group Petitions DSS Over Activities of Alleged Oil Thieves in Rivers Community

Rivers Coalition for Human Rights, RCHR, has called for the immediate deployment of a security crack team to restore normalcy in the Oshiugbokor Community in Ahoada East Local… Read more »

Nigeria: Maiduguri Flood - Over 150,000 Kids in 26 Camps - Save the Children

No fewer than 150,000 children are in 26 Internally Displaced Persons, IDP, camps in Maiduguri, Borno State, with many disconnected from their families, following last week's… Read more »

Nigeria: School Resumption - Nigerian Parents Battle Rising Costs Amid Petrol Price Hike

As schools across Nigeria have resumed for a new academic session, many parents are under the financial strain occasioned by the hike in the price of petrol. Therefore, many… Read more »

Nigeria: Efforts to End Forced Labour May Increase Global GDP By U.S.$611bn

...as 1.6m Nigerians remain in forced labour Read more »

Nigeria: Recapitalisation Responsible for Sale of FBNquest Merchant Bank - - Stakeholders

Some stakeholders in the financial sector have said that the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, induced recapitalization may have pushed FBN Holdings Plc to divest from FBNQuest… Read more »

Nigeria: Diarrhoea Epidemic Kills 10 in Adamawa

....300 others on admission in hospitals --Commissioner for Health Read more »

Nigeria: N80.2bn Fraud - Controversy Trails Ex-Kogi Gov, Yahaya Bello's Visit to EFCC

·He remains wanted, not in our custody, says EFCC Read more »

Nigeria: Edo Guber - CDS, Police, NSCDC Warn Troublemakers

Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, General Christopher Musa, the Police and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, yesterday, warned those planning to foment trouble during… Read more »

Nigeria: FG Moves to Tackle Plastic Waste Pollution

To tackle the menace of plastic waste in the environment, the Federal Government has developed National Guidelines for the implementation of the Plastic Waste Control Regulations… Read more »

Nigeria: We've Removed Office Beds to Curb Sexual Harassment - Oauth CMD

THE Chief Medical Director, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, OAUTH, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Professor John Okeniyi, yesterday, vowed to remove beds placed in several… Read more »

Ethiopia: How We'll End Ethiopia, Egypt Airlines Grip On Nigerian Market - Keyamo

Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo, has said Nigeria will no longer allow foreign airlines to dominate its airspace. Read more »

Nigeria: PDP Begs INEC, Police to Ensure Free, Fair Election in Edo

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Police to ensure a free, fair and credible governorship election in… Read more »

Nigeria: Marketers Plan Petrol Importation to Compete With NNPC, Dangote

With the deal making NNPC Limited the sole off-taker of petrol from Dangote Refinery effectively locking them out of the supply chain, marketers have said they may have to resort… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria Partners U.S. to Promote Press Freedom, Fight Fake News

Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has said his ministry was collaborating closely with the United States government to promote and strengthen press… Read more »

Nigeria: Govt Seeks More Support for Tinubu's Reform Programmes

The Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation has solicited the support of Jigawa residents for interventions targeted at easing economic hardship in the country. Read more »

Nigeria: EFCC Officers Invade Kogi Govt's Lodge in Abuja - Media Office

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, are currently engaged in a standoff with security personnel attached to Kogi State Government Lodge in Asokoro,… Read more »

Nigeria: Free Nnamdi Kanu, Restore Peace in South East, Group Begs Tinubu

A socio-cultural group, Igbo General Assembly in Europe has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to release the detained leader of IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, assuring that it will… Read more »

Nigeria: FCT Primary Teachers Resume Strike Over Unresolve Welfare Concerns

The Federal Capital Territory Wing of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) on Wednesday, resumed industrial action over unresolved welfare issues between it and the six area… Read more »

Nigeria: Why I Surrendered to EFCC - Yahaya Bello

The immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello has revealed why he surrendered to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC after a prolonged snubbed of the… Read more »

Nigeria: Armed Forces Shall Never Surrender to Forces of Adversity - CDS

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, says the Armed Forces of Nigeria shall never surrender to the forces of adversity, nor shall they forget the sacrifices of… Read more »

Nigeria: CBN Constitutes New Board for Keystone Bank, Appoints Additional Executive Directors

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has constituted a new board of directors for Keystone Bank Limited (the bank) as part of the strategy to strengthen the bank's operations for… Read more »

Nigeria: Maternal Mortality - Ogun Launches Rural Health Emergency Transport Service

The Ogun State government has launched the rural maternal health emergency transport service, as part of efforts to reduce maternal mortality in the State. Read more »

Nigeria: Group Dismisses Reports of Kaduna Finance Commissioner's Arrest

The Southern Kaduna Professionals Forum (SKPF) has denied media reports that Kaduna State Finance Commissioner, Hon. Shizzer Bada, was arrested in Lagos for alleged fraud,… Read more »

Nigeria: Insecurity, High Interest Rate, Multiple Taxes Pose Constraints On Businesses - CBN's Survey

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has revealed that insecurity, high interest rate and high\ multiple taxes were the major constraints on businesses last month. Read more »

Nigeria: How Abdulsalami Almost Denied Nigeria $280m Telecom Deal - Obasanjo

...Oketola's book writing effort despite hardship commendable, says NGE president Read more »