Nigeria: Despite Supreme Court Verdict, Governors Tighten Hold On Local Govts Through 'Phoney' Elections

Since the verdict was handed down on 11 July, 18 states have held local government elections, while nine others have scheduled the polls, with only Zamfara and Nasarawa States… Read more »

Nigeria: Cabinet Reshuffle and Effective Representation - Why Tinubu Should Have a Rethink

Given Kano's pivotal role in Tinubu's emergence, Kano State deserves the same level of representation as Ogun State. Read more »

Nigeria: Super Eagles Trio Nominated for Prestigious CAF Awards 2024

In a remarkable display of team excellence, the Super Eagles have also been nominated for the Team of the Year category, Read more »

Nigeria: Super Eagles Soar in Latest FIFA Rankings

The Super Eagles' sole match during the review period was a 1-0 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying win against Libya's Mediterranean Knights Read more »

Nigeria: Tinubu Sacks Five Ministers, Reassigns Ten, Appoints Seven New Ones

One of the newly appointed ministers is the wife of the late Biafra leader, Chukwuemeka Ojukwu Read more »

Nigeria: Tinubu Scraps Two Ministries

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, announced this while briefing State House correspondents after a meeting of the Federal Executive Council… Read more »

Nigeria: What We've Learnt From Implementing Tough Economic Reforms - Minister

"I think one of the critical things in carrying out these economy reforms that are so fundamental and clearly they are necessary, otherwise they would not be implemented, is that… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria to Launch Non-Resident BVN Platform in December - Cardoso

He explained that the initiative is part of efforts to ensure that Nigerians irrespective of their location anywhere in the world can participate in the Nigerian economy without… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria's Out-of-School Children Potential Bandits, Major Danger - Akpabio

"If we can solve the problem of out-of-school children in Nigeria, over 20 million children that are out of school, those are potential bandits, major danger," Mr Akpabio said. Read more »

Nigeria: Senate to Hold National Summit On Out-of-School Children

The summit would involve the presidency, senators, state governors, local government chairmen, councillors and civil society organisations. Read more »

Nigeria: What Nigeria Must Do to Take Millions Out of Poverty - World Bank

"Without jobs, poor Nigerians will not be able to escape poverty. More than half of the population lives in poverty," the bank said. Read more »

Nigeria: FG Scraps Ministry of Sports Development, National Sports Commission Reinstated

This decision was made at Wednesday's Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerian Govt Abruptly Drops Money Laundering Charges Against Binance Executive Gambaryan

The hearing, coming two days before the 25 October earlier scheduled as the return date by the trial judge in the open court last Friday, appeared to have been intentionally held… Read more »

Nigeria: Civilian Volunteers Helping Nigerian Forces Fight Insurgents. but How Do They Operate

The study underscores the need for further research and policy development to address the growing prevalence of armed civilian groups in Nigeria and other African countries. Read more »

Nigeria: Constitution Amendment - Reps Panel Sets Up Seven Subcommittees, Names Members

The subcommittees, comprising lawmakers and consultants, are to oversee the various thematic areas into which the constitution has been divided. Read more »

Nigeria: Again, PDP Shifts NEC Meeting

The party said it postponed the meeting originally scheduled for Thursday to give it more time to focus on 16 November Governorship Election in Ondo State. Read more »

Nigeria: LG Autonomy - No State Can Rewrite Supreme Court Judgment - AGF

The minister said he knows there are one or two states that are "trying to commit contempt of court." Read more »

Nigeria: Floodwaters of Famine - Maiduguri Deluge Exacerbates Nigeria's Food Crisis

Back-to-back flood incidents in many states in recent years, as well as conflicts and general insecurity in rural communities, have made farming and food production more… Read more »

Nigeria: Shehu Dikko Emerges NSC Boss As Govt Scraps Ministry of Sports Development

This decision was made at Wednesday's Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja Read more »

Nigeria: Special Report - Post-Subsidies Removal Hardships Take Toll On Abuja Informal Economy Operators

With inflation driving up the prices of goods and services almost daily, Nigerians are losing their purchasing power, and businesses are shutting down due to a lack of patronage. Read more »

Nigeria: Dangote Refinery Falls Short of Daily Petrol Supply Commitment

In September, the federal government said the Dangote Refinery would supply Nigeria's domestic market with 25 million litres of petrol daily and 35 million litres daily from… Read more »

Nigeria: Transmission Problem Causes Power Outage in Most of Northern Nigeria - TCN

"By around 5:15 a.m. and 5:17 a.m. Line 1 and Line 2 were tried, but they all tripped immediately on the same relay indication," the TCN said. Read more »

Nigeria: NBC Apologises Over EFCC's 'Incursion' Into Enugu Radio Station

At about 6:48 p.m. on 14 October, the EFCC raided Urban Radio 94.5 FM Enugu and arrested a presenter. Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerian Govt Rejects Shell's Plan to Sell Nigeria Onshore Oil Business

The NUPRC approved four other other divestment applications but rejected Shell's. Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerian Senator Admits NDLEA Raided His House

"The entire house was searched," the senator's aide said. Read more »