November 23, 2023
Nigeria: APC, PDP React to Appeal Court Judgement On Nasarawa Governorship Election
Both the APC and the PDP differed on the over the validity of the Court of Appeal's judgement on the 18 March Nasarawa State governorship election. Read more »
Nigeria: COP28 - Akpabio Pledges to Help Nigeria Secure Climate Change Funds
Mr Akpabio says the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), a global body of parliamentarians, whose executive committee he is a member, has a budget of $30 billion to fight climate… Read more »
Nigeria: Terrorism Financing - Minister Orders Probe of Prison Officials' Alleged Connivance With Inmates
The minister condemned the unpatriotic act, directing the Controller-General of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) to investigate the disturbing allegation. Read more »
Nigeria: Appeal Court Affirms Election of Sule As Nasarawa Governor
The Court of Appeal overturned the judgement of the Nasarawa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, which had declared David Ombugadu, the governorship candidate of the… Read more »
Nigeria: TotalEnergies Confirms Oil Leak At Egina Field
The leak had occurred while crude was being loaded from the Egina FPSO to a vessel on 15 November. Read more »
Nigeria: How APC Shared Party Structure in Rivers Between Amaechi, Wike Loyalists
The APC NWC, on Wednesday, dissolved the leadership of its crisis-ridden Rivers State chapter, and appointed a seven-member caretaker committee to run its affairs for six months. Read more »
Nigeria: Nigerian Music Company Chocolate City in Trouble, May Lose 60% Shares
Chocolate City's trouble is a fallout of a recent judgement of a High Court in London. Read more »
November 22, 2023
Nigeria: Senate Moves to Revise Nigerian Laws
The Senate Committee on Judiciary and Legal Matters is to interface with the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation to revise the laws. Read more »
Nigeria: Reps to Probe Zenith Bank Over Alleged Freezing of Customers' Forex Accounts
Three weeks ago, customers' accounts were frozen and a message was sent out by Zenith Bank to its customers, asking them to refund the money they transferred using the App. Read more »
Nigeria: NCDMB Refutes Inaccurate Report About Shell, Other Int'l Oil Companies in Nigeria
A statement issued on Tuesday by Manager, Corporate Communications of NCDMB, Mr Esueme D Kikile in Yenagoa described the report as inaccurate and "a failure to understand the… Read more »
Nigeria: Senate Passes Medium Term Spending Plan With Borrowing Plan
The Senate approved the framework with an exchange rate of N700 to a U.S. dollar and adopted the benchmark of oil price for 73 dollars per barrel of crude oil and 1.78 million… Read more »
Nigeria: Troops Rescue 31 Kidnapped Victims in Sokoto
The army said the operator was part of its offensive to get rid of terrorists from the region. Read more »
Nigeria: Gas Flare - NUPRC Warns Oil Producers Against Frustrating Climate Action Plan
The commission will activate the necessary provisions of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) 2021 and enabling regulations to ensure faithful implementation of the programme. Read more »
Nigeria: Reps Ask Govt to Construct 23 Pedestrian Bridges On Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
The lawmakers asked the government to make provisions for the construction of the bridges on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in the 2024 budget. Read more »
Nigeria: Three Killed in Zamfara As Terrorists Launch Fresh Attack
The attack was repelled by security agents after three residents were killed. Read more »
Nigeria: Lagos Govt Reacts to Report On State's Outrageous Spending
In responding to Mr Doherty's concern on Tuesday, Fatai Onafowote, the Director-General of Lagos State Public Procurement Agency said the issue was a "misunderstanding arising from… Read more »
Nigeria: Govt to Boost Mechanised Farming, Signs MOU With U.S. Agric Company
The ministry said tractors produced will be made available to farmers at affordable low-interest rates to boost all-year-round farming Read more »
Nigeria: Adeleke Tasks Cabinet Members On Budget Defence, Lists 3 Executive Bills
Governor Adeleke says he wants to put an end to multiple taxation and expand the tax base with a lower tax rate in Osun State Read more »
Nigeria: Wike Fixes C-of-O Fee for Abuja Plots of Land
Mr Wike said the era when three or more persons were allocated the same plot of land with fake C-of-O was over. Read more »
Nigeria: 2024 - Gov Eno Presents N845.6 Billion Budget to Akwa Ibom Lawmakers
The governor said the state government is expected to internally generate N60 billion to partly fund the budget. Read more »
Nigeria: How Usman Ododo Emerged As Governor Yahaya Bello's Successor in Kogi
Okene and Adavi LGAs in Kogi Central gave the APC candidate more than half of his total votes in the election. Read more »
Nigeria: 288 Bag First Class As Nigerian University Graduates 12,962 Students
The Managing Director of Fidelity Bank, Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe is among the four Nigerians to be bestowed with honourary doctorate degrees by the university. Read more »
Nigeria: Nigerian University Speaks On Alleged Admission Racketeering
The allegation of admission racketeering by the university was raised on the floor of the Nigerian Senate. Read more »
Nigeria: Cost of VP's New Residence Doubles As Wike Reawards Construction Contract
The contract, which was initially awarded to Julius Berger in 2010 for N7 billion, was not executed as planned owing to lack of funds. Read more »
Nigeria: Insecurity - Senate Probes N500 Billion Abuja CCTV Cameras Project
The Senate also asked the police to increase the surveillance in Abuja to prevent kidnapping and other security challenges. Read more »