Nigeria: PDP Asks National Assembly to Probe N22.5 Billion APC Cash Swap Deal

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has challenged the National Assembly to investigate the alleged plot by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to swap N22.5 billion old notes for… Read more »

Nigeria: Slain Lagos Lawyer - 2 Bullets Missing From Vandi's AK-47 - Police

The police have told a Lagos State High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square that two of the 25 rounds of arms given to Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Drambi Vandi,… Read more »

Nigeria: Ekweremadu - Interpreter Tried to Help Transplant Bid - Court

A hospital interpreter tried to help persuade doctors to approve an illegal kidney transplant for the daughter of a Nigerian politician, a court has heard. Read more »

Nigeria: Neighbouring Countries Concerned About Nigeria - Obasanjo

Barely three weeks to the conduct of the year 2023 presidential election, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has declared that West African countries especially Togo, Ghana and… Read more »

Nigeria: Crude Self-Interests Threatening 2023 Elections, Olawepo-Hashim Warns

An All Progressive Congress (APC) chieftain, Mr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has cautioned that the unbridled self-interest of key political actors and parties pose a threat to the… Read more »

Nigeria: Atiku Insists On Re-Opening Land Borders If Elected President

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has reiterated his resolve to reopen the borders closed by the All Progressives Congress (APC)… Read more »

Nigeria: Renewed Confidence in Aviation Sector Raises Local Airlines Participation - NCAA

The director general, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Captain Musa Nuhu, disclosed that increased confidence in the nation's aviation sector has made new airlines come… Read more »

Nigeria: Abuja Light Rail Project

The multi-billion-naira Abuja Rail Mass Transit project appears to have been abandoned. It's sad that such a legacy project is gradually rotting away after being commissioned by… Read more »

Nigeria: Interim Govt, a Dead Agenda, Says Atiku

Atiku/Okowa campaign organisation has said the February 25, 2023 presidential election date must be sacrosanct. Read more »

Nigeria: Perish Planned Coronation of Emir of Aba, Abia Govt Warns Organisers

Abia State government has raised the alarm over the proposed coronation of one Sarki Shehu Bello II as the Emir of Aba Emirate Council without recourse to the government. Read more »

Nigeria: Despite Deluge of Donors, UK Govt Stopping Ekweremadu's Daughter's Kidney Transplant - Ex-Minister

A former Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and one-time Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, has described as 'distressing' the refusal of the United Kingdom… Read more »

Nigeria: Federal Govt Asks Supreme Court to Dismiss Kaduna, Kogi, Zamfara's Suit Against Naira Swap

The Federal Government has asked the Supreme Court of Nigeria to dismiss the suit filed by three State governments challenging its Naira redesign policy. Read more »

Nigeria: Crude Self-Interests Threatening 2023 Elections, Olawepo-Hashim Warns

An All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Mr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has cautioned that the unbridled self-interest of key political actors and political parties pose a threat… Read more »

Nigeria: IMF Recommends More Fiscal, Monetary Tightening for Nigeria

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has underscored near-term downside risks arising from Nigeria's elevated inflation, high debt-servicing costs, external sector pressures, and… Read more »

Nigeria: Cash Crunch - Tinubu Shedding 'Crocodile Tears' Over Nigerians' Sufferings - Atiku

The Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign yesterday said the hoarding of the new Naira notes by the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Ahmed… Read more »

Africa: 2022 - Extended Worrisome Blight On Democracy in West Africa

The year 2022 started with military takeover of government in Burkina Faso in January, followed by a reported putsch in Guinea Bissau in February, which President Umaro Sissoco… Read more »

Nigeria: I Will Fully Exploit Bauchi/Gombe Oil Find As President - Atiku

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has assured that if elected president, his administration would exploit to the fullest the oil and gas… Read more »

Nigeria: Actress Cum Politician, Funke Akindele, Loses Mum

Mother of filmmaker and deputy governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Funke Akindele, Dr. R. B. Adebanjo-Akindele, is dead Read more »

Nigeria: Currency Swap - Kola Abiola Berates APC for Imposing Hardship On Nigerians

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Mr. Kola Abiola, has faulted the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led administration for imposing untold hardship… Read more »

Nigeria: 3 Days to Go - Cash Crunch Worsens, Banks Defy CBN On N20,000 OTC Payment

The cash crunch in the country worsened yesterday barely three days to the February 10 extended deadline for cash swap, as mammoth crowds continued to swamp banking halls and… Read more »

Nigeria: Katsina Killings - We Lost 102 Persons, Says Community Leader

The death toll in an attack by terrorists in Kankara local government area of Katsina State has risen to 102. Read more »

Nigeria: First Ladies Seek More Funds to Curb Cancer Spread

First Ladies Against Cancer (FLAC) Initiative has raised concern over the increasing rate of cancer in the country as a new report revealed that the country has recorded over… Read more »

Nigeria: Atiku Is Bridge Between Old, New Generation - PDP New Generation

A youth support group for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP New Generation, has said that the presidential candidate of the party in the 2023 elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, if… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria Offers Support As Buhari Commiserates With Turkey, Syria Over Deadly Earthquake

President Muhammadu Buhari has extended heartfelt commiserations to the governments and people of Turkey and Syria, and those who lost family members and friends in the devastating… Read more »

Nigeria: APC Hails Singer Tems On Clinching Historic Grammy Award

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has congratulated Nigerian singer, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, for winning a Grammy award. Read more »