Nigeria: You Can't Afford to Fail, Amina Mohammed Tells Governors-Elect

In her overview of the task of nation building, the United Nations (UN) Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed has charged state governors in Nigeria to deliver on their… Read more »

Nigeria: Borno Wins $1.2m in Leadership Challenge for Primary Healthcare

Borno State has emerged as the top-performing state in Nigeria's Leadership Challenge for Primary Healthcare delivery. Read more »

Nigeria: Resident Doctors' Warning Strike Cripples Public Hospitals

Activities in public hospitals in various parts of the country were paralysed yesterday as resident doctors began a five-day warning strike. Read more »

Nigeria: List of Most Viewed News Websites in Nigeria

Nigeria, with its vibrant media landscape and a large population, has witnessed a significant surge in the consumption of online news content in recent years. As the country's… Read more »

Nigeria: Blinken's Phone Call to Tinubu Contradicts U.S. Position On Nigeria's Polls, Says Atiku

Former Vice President and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, Atiku Abubakar, has said the phone call by the United States Secretary of… Read more »

Nigeria: Report of Emefiele's Study Leave Fake News - CSOs

The Civil Society Central Coordinating Council (CSCCC) has urged President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to be cautious of the outgoing Zamafara State governor, Bello… Read more »

Nigeria: Buhari Govt Has Been Fighting Me for 8 Years - Ezekwesili

Former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili, on Wednesday, described the ruling party as an ignoble bunch who have no one to advise them. Read more »

Nigeria: Abuja Chamber of Commerce Celebrates Dangote Refinery Investment

Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) has expressed delight over the huge investment by the chairman of Dangote group Alhaji Aliko Dangote in building petroleum refinery in… Read more »

Nigeria: $12bn Required to Clean Oil Pollution in Nigeria - Report

Restoration of and clean up of decades-long oil pollution in crude producing states will cost at least $12 billion, investigators said yesterday. Read more »

Nigeria: Dangote Refinery to Meet 100 Percent in-Country Consumption Requirement - Report

A report from Dangote Industries Limited said that its to be soon commissioned Refinery will meet 100 per cent of the Nigerian requirement of all liquid products (Gasoline, Diesel,… Read more »

Nigeria: Nine Years in Captivity

Nine years ago, Hauwa Maltha was among the 276 girls that were abducted from their school, the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Borno state. She was 17 years old at the… Read more »

Nigeria: N22.7trn Ways and Means - Crisis Brews in Reps Over $15m Executive Largesse

Members of the House of Representatives are poised for a showdown with Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila over allegations of unfair distribution of $15million largesse from the executive… Read more »

Nigeria: World Bank Poverty Report On Nigeria

Several reports by reputable organisations, both local and international, have indicated that Nigeria faces the serious challenge of poverty for millions of the country's citizens.… Read more »

Nigeria: Army Denies Allegations of Nepotism, Ethnic, Religious Bigotry

The Nigerian Army has dismissed a report by an online medium alleging corruption, nepotism, ethnic and religious bigotry within the Nigerian Army (NA). Read more »

Nigeria: Govt Spends N13trn, Surpasses Health, Education, Agric, Defence Cumulative Budgets

The federal government yesterday admitted that Nigeria has spent more money on fuel subsidy than the entire budget for health, education, agriculture, and defence in the last five… Read more »

Nigeria: Nobody Can Stop Doctors' Migration, Getting Practice Licence - Federal Govt

Federal government has rejected a bill before the House of Representatives, proposing an amendment to the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) Act, supposedly to curb the… Read more »

Nigeria: Number of Out-of-School Children Has Dropped - Minister

Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, said the federal government has witnessed a rise in school enrollment nationwide… Read more »

Nigeria: Court Hears Suit Against Tinubu's Inauguration May 18

Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has fixed the May 18, 2023 to hear the suit filed by five residents of the Federal Capital Territory seeking to stop… Read more »

Nigeria: Avoid Debts, Pay Salaries or Fail, Okonjo-Iweala Tells Governors

Director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has advised Nigerian governors to avoid piling up debts on their states and to prioritise citizens'… Read more »

Nigeria: I Almost Gave Up 6 Hours Into Contest - Hilda Baci

Record-breaking Nigerian chef, Hilda Bassey Effiong, popularly known as Hilda Baci, has narrated her experience in the contest in which that she shattered world records cooking for… Read more »

Nigeria: 13 Days to Go - Threat to Inauguration: Perpetrators Won't Be Spared - IGP

Ahead of the May 29 inauguration date for the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and other elected government officials across the states, the inspector-general of police… Read more »

Nigeria: Resident Doctors Declare 5-Day Nationwide Strike

Following the failure of government to meet its demands, the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has declared a five-day warning strike from 8am on Wednesday, May 17 to… Read more »

Nigeria: May 29 - IGP Warns Against Attempt to Truncate Inauguration

Ahead of the May 29 inauguration date of the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and other elected government officials across the states, the inspector-general of police,… Read more »

Nigeria: Tinubu, Shettima Will Tackle Nigeria's Problems Headlong, Says Yerima

President-elect Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and his running mate Kashim Shettima have the requisite competence and experience to tackle the countless challenges facing the country… Read more »

Nigeria: Northern Business Roundtable Kicks Against Senate Presidency Eluding North West

The Northern Business Roundtable yesterday said the North West deserves to produce the Senate President of the 10th National Assembly, noting that the zone has been strategic to… Read more »