Nigeria: Lagos Insists On January 31 Deadline for Employers' Annual Tax Returns

The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has insisted on January 31, 2023, as the deadline for filing the annual tax returns by employers of labour. Read more »

Nigeria: Despite Renewed Peace Commitment, Political Parties Continue Mudslinging

In spite of the warning by the National Peace Commission (NPC) that political parties and their presidential candidates should stop overheating the polity and generating tension in… Read more »

Nigeria: Edo Records 10 New Cases of Lassa Fever, 8 Deaths

Edo State has recorded 10 more cases of Lassa fever, raising the total number of confirmed cases in the state to 81, with eight deaths. Read more »

Nigeria: SERAP Drags Buhari to Court Over Electricity Tariff Hike

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked a Federal High Court in Lagos to compel President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the Nigerian Electricity… Read more »

Nigeria: Central Bank Takes Naira Sensitisation to Kaduna, Zamfara, Stresses Deadline

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) at the weekend in carried out sensitisation on the redesigned Naira notes to Abubakar Mahmud Gumi central market, Kaduna and Central Market in… Read more »

Nigeria: Naira Exchange Could Negatively Impact 54.2% Unbanked - Report

The Inclusion for all Initiative, a multifaceted advocacy programme, has suggested that Nigeria's most vulnerable groups could be adversely affected by the decision to require the… Read more »

Nigeria: CBN Deadline - Only 4 Out 17 LGAs Have Banks in Yobe, Gov Buni Cries Out

Yobe State governor, Hon. Mai Mala Buni, has appealed to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to give a special concession and alternatives to the people of Yobe against the backdrop… Read more »

West Africa: Federal Govt Boosting Nigeria's Presence in Ecowas With Permanent Mission

Nigeria's pivotal role in the development and regional integration in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was further strengthened on Friday with the Official… Read more »

Nigeria: Federal Govt to Reverse Medical Tourism Abroad As Group Plans $700m Health Center in Nigeria

Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has assured that the Nigerian healthcare system will ultimately become a hub of medical tourism, stating… Read more »

Nigeria: Obi Promises to End Economic Wastages, Insecurity

In continuation of his presidential campaign, candidate of the labour Party (LP) Mr Peter Obi has promised that his administration would stop at nothing in ensuring that all forms… Read more »

Nigeria: Privare Sector Frowns At Federal Govt Over Lingering Fuel Scarcity

The leadership of Organised Private Sector of Nigeria (OPSN) has described the lingering scarcity of petroleum product as embarrassment and shame of a nation that is blessed with… Read more »

Nigeria: 2023 - Northwest Will Give Buhari's 12m Bloc Votes to Tinubu - Musawa

You are a lawyer and you combine the arduous task of the jury with being a journalist. How do you actually manage this? Read more »

Nigeria: New Naira Notes - Clerics Commend CBN, Charges Bank to Increase Awareness

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has been commended for taking measures to strengthen the value of the Naira, especially the recent redesigning of the higher-denominations of the… Read more »

Nigeria: Banks Load New Notes On ATMs As CBN Intensify Monitoring Exercise

Banks have commenced loading of new Naira notes in their respective Automated Teller Machines(ATMs) as the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) intensified monitoring of banks to ensure… Read more »

Nigeria: No Approval for Increase in Petrol Price - Federal Govt

President Muhammadu Buhari has not approved any increase in the price of petrol, the minister of state for petroleum resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, said yesterday. Read more »

Nigeria: Kidnapped Plateau Monarch Rescued As Police Lose One, Nab Two

Police in Plateau State said yesterday they arrested abductors of the paramount traditional ruler of Izere in Jos East local government area, Rev. Dr. Azi Wakili. Read more »

Nigeria: Towards Checking the Spread of Diphtheria

The Kano State commissioner for health, Dr Aminu Tsanyawa, recently confirmed the outbreak of the deadly diphtheria disease which is reported to have killed no fewer than 25… Read more »

Nigeria: WAEC Sanctions 13 Secondary Schools Over Exams Malpractice

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has sanctioned 13 Secondary Schools in Gombe State over cases of examination malpractice. Read more »

Nigeria: AfDB Tips Senegal, Mozambique Ahead of Nigeria in Gas Investment

The African Development Bank(AfDB) has seen countries like Senegal and Mozambique growing their economies ahead of Nigeria in 2023 following revenue from gas investments. Read more »

Nigeria: Will Obi's Labour Be Fruitful in 2023?

Audacious, promising and seemingly unstoppable in salvaging citizens from the crumbling old system that has kept Nigeria in the backwaters of underdevelopment, the former governor… Read more »

Nigeria: 10 Nigerian Celebrity Couples Who Divorced in 2022

While it is indeed a fact that marriage crashes are not peculiar to celebrities alone as from all walks of life, couples fall out and split, the perception that celebrity marriages… Read more »

Nigeria: After DSS Arrest Drama Welcome Back, Mr Governor, President Muhammadu Buhari Tells Emefiele

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday welcomed the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, during a meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Read more »

Nigeria: I Won't Tolerate Incompetent, Bad Leaders, Obi Vows

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, has said there will be no room for incompetent and bad leaders under his presidency. Read more »

Nigeria: 2023 Presidency - Northern Elders in Dilemma Over Choice of Candidate

There are indications that as the 2023 general election inches closer, elders from the northern part of the country are in a fix over their choice among the presidential… Read more »

Nigeria: NNPCL Now Sells Petrol At N194/Litre As Scarcity Bites Harder

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited yesterday increased the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) at its filling stations to N194 per litre from N179 per… Read more »