Nigeria: Make Passport Process Seamless

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) recently launched the automated passport application process to ease the acquisition of the document by Nigerians. The NIS said the launch… Read more »

Egypt: Egypt Fire Coach After Afcon Disappointment

Egypt has parted ways with head coach Rui Vitoria after the national team's underwhelming performance at the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), the Egyptian Football Association (EFA)… Read more »

Nigeria: Declare State of Emergency in Export Sector, Govt Urged

In a plea for immediate attention to the challenges facing Nigeria's export sector, Drekz Analytics Limited's CEO, Abdullahi Olawale, has urged the federal government to declare a… Read more »

Nigeria: Burna Boy Makes History With Dazzling Grammy Performance

Burna Boy performed at the Grammy Awards for the first time, with his representatives noting he is the first Afro-fusion artiste to do so in a press release distributed prior to… Read more »

Nigeria: Naira - Comedy Inside a Tragedy

On Sunday, August 15, 1971, the United States economy was literally facing a firing squad. The Dollar was in a mess. Price gougers were everywhere and foreign exchange was cruel to… Read more »

West Africa: Nigeria and Fragmented Ecowas

The recent decision of three West African countries, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger Republic, to leave the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is expected to have… Read more »

Nigeria: Group Alleges Plot to Weaken Tinubu's Administration

Professionals and Businessmen in the country have alleged a plot by certain unpatriotic persons to distract and weaken the President Bola Tinubu-led administration by mounting… Read more »

Nigeria: Women Protest in Streets Over Hunger, Cost of Living

Some women, on Monday morning, took to the street and blocked the Kpagungu axis of Minna-Bida Road in the Niger State capital city, protesting against hunger and high cost of… Read more »

Nigeria: Minister Cancels Planned Birthday Party for Husband

Minister of women affairs, Uju Kennedy Ohanenye, yesterday cancelled the birthday celebration she had earlier planned for her husband, Double Chief Kennedy Ohanenye. Read more »

Nigeria: Voters Shun By-Elections to Fill Vacant Seats

In several states including Kaduna, Yobe, Plateau, Ebonyi and others where bye-elections were held yesterday, most voters stayed away from polling units leaving election officials… Read more »

Nigeria: APC Wins Saki West Rerun Election

Following the successful and peaceful conduct of Saturday's rerun election, Ibrahim Shittu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has defeated his Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,… Read more »

Nigeria: By-Elections - Parties Face Voters Amid Economic Hardship

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is conducting re-run and bye-elections for some national and state legislative seats across 26 states of the federation today. Read more »

Angola/Nigeria: Breaking - Nigeria Beat Angola 1-0 to Qualify for Afcon Semifinal

A first half goal by Super Eagles striker, Ademola Lookman, has earned Nigeria a narrow victory over a spirited Angola to advance to the semifinal stage of the ongoing 2023 Africa… Read more »

Nigeria: Decade of Excellence - Iniffaa to Honour Musawa, Uzoka-Anite, Film Industry Players

Inside Nollywood International Film Festival & Awards (INIFFAA) 2024 is gearing up to honour prominent figures, including the Minister of Art, Culture, and the Creative… Read more »

Nigeria: CBN's Takeover of Sales Proceeds From NNPCL Illegal - Atiku

Former vice president Atiku Abubakar has said the directive by the federal government for the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to take over the responsibility for crude oil sales… Read more »

Nigeria: No Church, Mosque Launder Money for Terrorists - EFCC

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has clarified the statement made by its chairman, Ola Olukoyede, that a religious sect was laundering money for terrorists, and… Read more »

Nigeria: Religious Sects Laundering Money for Terrorists Not Church, Mosque - EFCC

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has clarified a statement made by its chairman, Ola Olukoyede, that a religious sect was laundering money for terrorists, saying… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria Buys 12 AH-1Z Viper Attack Helicopters, Others From U.S. for $1bn

The United States Department of Defense has confirmed a significant arms sale to Nigeria, involving 12 AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters, to bolster the West African nation's military… Read more »

Nigeria: IMF Downgrades Nigeria's Growth, Forecasts 23% Inflation

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised downwards its growth projections for Nigeria for 2024 to 3.0 per cent from 3.1 per cent which it earlier projected even as it… Read more »

Africa: Afcon - CAF Confirms Osimhen, Others' Drug Tests Negative

The results of the drug tests conducted on three Super Eagles players at the ongoing 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) have turned out negative. Read more »

Nigeria: What Will It Take for Nigeria to Work?

Nigerians want a country that works and truly delivers on the dividends of democracy rather than an illusion that remains as promises every electoral cycle. While we are not… Read more »

Nigeria: Toying With Third World War

Events around the world now raise palpable fears that the international community may, deliberately, be toying with the prospect of a third world war. The last world war, the… Read more »

Nigeria: Restart Social Protection Programmes, CSOs Tell Tinubu

The Coalition of civil society groups has called on President Bola Tinubu to restart Nigeria's social protection programmes with better checks and balances, in the face of the… Read more »

Nigeria: Rerun Elections - Court Dismisses Sacked Lawmakers' Suit Against INEC

Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking to compel the Independent National Electoral… Read more »

Nigeria: Make Report On Betta Edu, Others Public, Group Tells Tinubu

A group known as Independent Media and Policy Initiative (IMPI) has urged President Bola Tinubu not to bow to pressure, but ensure that the report of investigation of corruption… Read more »