Nigeria: After A Year of Violence Against Women, Draw the Line in 2023

In Nigeria, women and girls are subjected to multiple forms of violence in the home ranging from deprivation, starvation hitting, suffocating, burning, acid baths, poisoning,… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria Ranks 11th of 20 Countries With Largest Oil Reserves

Nigeria has ranked 11th position on a top-20 list of countries with largest proven oil reserves, a publication by Insider Monkey has shown. Read more »

Nigeria: Ogun Assembly Passes 2023 Budget, Adjusts 31 Projected Revenue Areas

Ogun State House of Assembly has passed into law, the Appropriation Bill of N472.250 bill presented to it in November 2022 by Governor Dapo Abiodun as budget for the year 2023. Read more »

Nigeria: Sanction Threats - G-5 Governors Dare PDP, Say We're Not Afraid

It became glaring yesterday that the five governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), popularly known as G-5, have crossed the Rubicon in their bid to support a southern… Read more »

Nigeria: Again, Abuja Court Stops Move to Arrest Emefiele

An High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has quashed the moves by the State Security Services (SSS) to arrest the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Godwin… Read more »

Nigeria: Invest More in Human Capital, Taiwanese Envoy Tells Federal Govt

Taiwanese envoy to Nigeria, Ambassador Andy Liu has urged the federal government to invest hugely on its human capital to enhance the growth and development of the country. Read more »

Nigeria: Experts Offer Solutions to Forex Scarcity, Declining MSMEs Sector

Finance and economic experts have advised the federal government on ways to fix forex scarcity and declining Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the country. Read more »

Nigeria: Masari, Tambuwal Sign N289 Billion, N189 Billion 2023 Budgets Into Law

Katsina State Governor Aminu Ballo Masari yesterday signed into law the 2023 budget bill of N289.6 billion. Read more »

Nigeria: Amid Rising Deficit, Debts - NASS Increases 2023 Budget By N1.3trn

Both chambers of the National Assembly yesterday increased the 2023 budget size from N20.51 trillion presented to them by President Muhammadu Buhari on October 7, 2022 to N21.82… Read more »

Nigeria: The Sad Tale of Federal Roads in Niger State

The year 2022 was marred with deaths caused by road accidents due to bad roads in Niger State. Read more »

Nigeria: NAF Multiple Strikes Kill Scores of Boko Haram Insurgents

Multiple airstrikes by two Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Super Tucano jets have killed scores of Boko Haram terrorists at Shehutari and Mantari in Bama local government area of Borno… Read more »

Nigeria: FCTA Crushes 1,292 Motorcycles, Demolishes 3,197 Illegal Structures in 2 Weeks

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has said its task team on city sanitation has removed a total of 3,197 shanties and illegal structures and crushed 1,292… Read more »

Nigeria: U.S. Commits Additional $5m Assistance to Nigeria's Flood Victims

The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing $5 million in additional humanitarian assistance to support people affected by… Read more »

Nigeria: Lagos Lawyer - Justice Must Be Done, Says Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the "heinous and senseless" killing of Omobolanle Raheem, a member of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), by on-duty policemen on Christmas… Read more »

Nigeria: 2023 Elections - Atiku, Obi, Kwankwaso Optimistic of Victory On First Ballot

Presidential candidates of the key political parties in Nigeria have picked holes in political permutations suggesting that the 2023 presidential election would be decided on the… Read more »

Nigeria: Kaduna Electric Insists 6 People Died in Zaria Electrical Incidence

Sequel to the electrical incidence in Zaria last week, the management of Kaduna Electric has said that its investigations so far revealed that six persons lost their lives in the… Read more »

Nigeria: Carnival Calabar - Many Feared Dead As Car Crashes Into Crowd

Several persons have reportedly lost their lives and others injured when a driver rammed his car into a crowd marking Carnival Calabar 2022 which entered fifth day yesterday. Read more »

Nigeria: Naira Redesign - ATMs Still Dispensing Old Notes 13 Days After Rollout

Thirteen days after the release of the newly redesigned N200, N500 and N1,000 notes and with 34 days before the old notes will no longer be legal tender in the country, Automated… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria and 12 Most Advanced African Countries' List

That Nigeria is missing from a list of most advanced countries in Africa sums up an age-long tale of failing to maximise our potentialities. And the blame for this spans… Read more »

Nigeria: One Killed, 45 Abducted By Gunmen in Kaduna State

Suspected gunmen have killed one person and abducted 45 others in Angwan Aku community in Kajuru local government area of Kaduna State. Read more »

Nigeria: Govt Grants Local Shipowners Zero Import Duty On New Vessels

The federal government has exempted local shipowners from paying import duty on brand new vessels. Read more »

Nigeria: Deal Decisively With Terrorists, Army Chief Charges Troops

The Chief of Army Staff Lt-Gen Farouk Yahaya has directed troops of the Nigerian Army to deal decisively with any terrorist group and others who take up arms against the Nigerian… Read more »

Nigeria: Police Learnt Nothing After EndSARS Uprising - Sowore

Presidential candidate of African Action Congress (AAC) Omoyele Sowore has said the Nigerian police has not learnt any lessons from the EndSARS protest following the recent killing… Read more »

Nigeria: Yuletide - FCTA Heightens Surveillance System On Cholera, Ebola, Others

In a bid to avert an outbreak of deadly diseases in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the FCT Administration (FCTA) has heightened its disease surveillance system against key… Read more »

Nigeria: Saraki Denies Siphoning UBEC Funds

Immediate past Senate president and former governor of Kwara State, Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has denied the alleged claim by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq that he… Read more »