Nigeria: 'NCAA, FAAN Can Generate Over N250 Billion, N50 Billion Revenues for Federal Govt Yearly'

Amid dwindling revenue in the country, an aviation expert, Grp. Capt. John Ojikutu (rtd), on Sunday, said the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and the Nigerian Civil… Read more »

Nigeria: The Civil Service We Want

The Nigerian civil service, the engine room of policy implementation for any administration, is alleged to have become, also, a cesspool of corruption, inefficiency, tardiness, and… Read more »

Nigeria: Smugglers Lose N1.75 Billion As Customs Intercepts Trucks of Rice, Vehicles

The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), over the weekend, stated that it intercepted 7,029 bags of 50kg of foreign parboiled rice, foreign used vehicles, foreign soap, used fridges… Read more »

Nigeria: Mohbad - Naira Marley's Lawyer Speaks On Artist's 'Innocence', Plan for Deceased

One of the legal counsels to embattled Malian Records boss, Azeez Fashola, a.k.a Naira Marley, Barr. Gani Arobo, has opened up on his client's dealings with a former signee of his… Read more »

Nigeria: NDLEA Arrests 67-Yr-Old With 100 Wraps of Cocaine At Abuja Airport

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has arrested a 67-year-old trafficker, Chukwuemeka Clement, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, (NAIA), Abuja for… Read more »

Nigeria: Forgery - Atiku Asks Supreme Court's Permission to File Fresh Evidence Against Tinubu

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has sought the leave of the Supreme Court to bring a fresh evidence to… Read more »

Nigeria: Nursing Assistant, Prime Suspect in Mohbad's Death - Police

Police in Lagos yesterday said the auxiliary nurse, Feyisayo Ogedemgbe, who administered injections to the deceased popular singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, also known as Mohbad, remains… Read more »

Nigeria: Tinubu Flags Off APC Campaign Rally in Kogi on October 8

President Bola Tinubu will tomorrow flag-off the Kogi State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship campaign rally in the state capital, Lokoja. Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria Records 62,000 Maternal Deaths Annually - Researchers

The Maternal and Reproductive Health Research Collective (MRHRC) has disclosed that approximately 62,000 Nigerian women die from pregnancy-related complications, which is the… Read more »

Nigeria: Kano Censorship Board Bans Primary School Reading Book Over 'Vulgar Language'

The Kano State Films and Censorship Board has confiscated hundreds of a primary school reading book titled, 'Queen Primer Part II', and also banned the use of the book in primary… Read more »

Nigeria: Winners Emerge in Global Win Lottery

Akinlolu Adeogun won a national scholarship worth N5 million and five others won international passports in the maiden draw of Straight Records Limited, the parent company behind… Read more »

Nigeria: Federal Govt Unveils Strategy for Food Security

The federal government yesterday unveiled a strategy for the country's agricultural sector in a move to address challenges in food production and nutrition. Read more »

Nigeria: Court Jails Kidnappers of Mike Ozekhome for 20 Years

A federal high court in Abuja has sentenced Kelvin Ezeiegbe and Frank Azuekor to 20 years imprisonment for the abduction of a human rights lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, and the murder of… Read more »

Nigeria: Federal Govt to Launch U.S.$617 Million Investment in Digital, Creative Enterprises

Determined to deliver on the promise to create millions of jobs in the technology space, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's administration has proposed November 2023 to launch the… Read more »

Nigeria: Netflix to Release Ijogbon, Elite - Season 7, Others This Month

Leading steaming platform, NETFLIX is rolling out exciting productions and highly anticipated titles like Ijogbon, Lupin: Part 3, Elite: Season 7, and a host of others in this… Read more »

Nigeria: Govt Charges Online Media On Positive Reports About Nigeria

Federal government has charged online publishers to promote positive reports on Nigeria on social media, saying it is crucial to the socio-economic growth and development of the… Read more »

Nigeria: Supreme Court to Decide Biafra Leader Nnamdi Kanu's Fate

Supreme Court has fixed December 15, 2023 to deliver judgment in the appeal filed by the federal government against the Court of Appeal judgment that sets aside the criminal… Read more »

Nigeria: Kidnapping - Senate Demands Special Military Operation in North West

The senate has called on the Nigerian military chiefs to conduct a special operation in the entire North West region. Read more »

Nigeria: Ghost Workers - Reps Urge Fderal Govt to Conduct Forensic Staff Audit

The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Government through the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation to carry out a forensic audit of its staff to… Read more »

Nigeria: Ajaokuta Steel - Tinubu's Tall Order and Shuaibu's Daring Posture

In the realm of Nigeria's industrial landscape, there is a resounding call for revival, a clamor for transformation that cannot be ignored. For years, the nation's steel sector has… Read more »

Nigeria: DMO Raises N742.557bn for Construction of 4,000km Roads, Bridges

The Debt Management Office (DMO) has helped the federal government to raise and deploy N742.557 billion to the rehabilitation and construction of 4,000 kilometres of road projects… Read more »

Nigeria: FCT Probes Hospital Maitama Over Woman's Death

Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has set-up a nine-man investigative panel on the alleged death of Ms Greatness Olorunfemi in the Maitama District Hospital. Read more »

Nigeria: Subsidy Removal - Marketers Demand Emergency Palliative to Ease Petrol Import

The Natural Oil and Gas Suppliers Association of Nigeria (NOGASA) has called on the Federal Government to set up "emergency palliative measure" that would enable oil marketers to… Read more »

Nigeria: 112,351 Passports Uncollected, Says Immigration

Leadership of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) disclosed that 112,351 out of the 204,332 cleared passport backlog across the country were yet to be collected . Read more »

Nigeria: Misgovernance Pushed Us Into Agitation - Ekpa

Finland-based self-claimed Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa has said the reasons for their agitation is the inability of the political class to address issues of national development… Read more »