Nigeria: New Year - Tinubu Says Security Situation Improved Despite Repeated Attacks

The President says security has improved but daring attacks are still being carried out by terrorists. Read more »

Nigeria: Election Is Over, It's Time to Work Together, Tinubu Tells Atiku, Obi

As the candidate of the ruling party, APC, Mr Tinubu defeated Atiku Abubakar of the PDP and Peter Obi of the Labour Party. Read more »

Nigeria: New Year - Senate Leader Cautions Nigerian Clerics Against Fake Prophecies

The Senate leader also asked Nigerians not to be deterred by what is going on around them but should keep hope alive in God, the creator of Heaven and Earth. Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria Intensifies Efforts to Digitalise Birth, Death Registrations

The National Population Commission explained that the eCRVS provides electronic certificates for different forms of registration, including births and deaths. Read more »

Nigeria: FG Reiterates Support for Super Eagles' Quest to Lift Fourth Afcon Title

The Minister of Sports Development revealed his office is in close coordination with the NFF and dedicated to facilitating an environment conducive to the team's success in Cote… Read more »

Nigeria: 2024 - Igoche Mark Urges Collaboration, Unity Amongst Basketball Stakeholders

Mark advises Nigeria's basketball family to support one another, applaud each other's achievements, and lend a helping hand when someone stumbles. Read more »

Nigeria: Lecturers Yet to Receive Promised Four Months' Salaries - ASUU

ASUU President, Emmanuel Ossodeke, a professor of soil science, also said most of its demands that the Nigerian government claimed to have met are yet to be implemented. Read more »

Nigeria: Old Farm Settlements Cry for Attention As Food Inflation Bites Harder

Between 1955 and 1960, the late Obafemi Awolowo, then Premier of the defunct Western Region, established farm settlements and institutes across the region, an idea his… Read more »

West Africa: INEC Chair Seeks Collaboration Among Electoral Commissions in West Africa

Mr Yakubu underscored the complexity of election management and urged electoral commissions to prioritise peer support amid limited resources and escalating election costs. Read more »

Nigeria: Ondo Governor, Officials Pay Condolence Visit to Akeredolu's Family

The Ondo State Governor described the demise of Mr Akeredolu as a great loss, not just to Ondo State and Akeredolu's family, but to the whole nation. Read more »

Nigeria: Outrage as Tinubu's 2024 Budget Slashes Women's Funding by 82%

According to the group, the allocation in the 2024 proposed budget for WEE is the lowest since 2019. Read more »

Nigeria: Tinubu Alarmed By Nigeria's '20 Million' Out-of-School Children, Suggests Solutions

Only India has more children out of school than Nigeria, according to the UN agency. Read more »

West Africa: France Strategizes to Regain Lost Grounds in Sahel

To lead this team, France's current Ambassador to Nigeria, Emannuelle Blatmann, will return to Quai d'Orsay as the Head of Africa and Indian Ocean at the Ministry of Foreign… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerian Firm Plans First-Ever Gas Supply Deal to South Africa

"We'd probably very early in the year close out another segment of the market, an off-take for South Africa," David Ige, the CEO of the Lagos-based energy firm, said. Read more »

Nigeria: Militants Intensify Attacks After Military Operations in North-West Nigeria

Residents say terrorists launch "merciless" attacks after every military operation. Read more »

Nigeria: Hilda Baci, Ilebaye, Very Dark Man, Other Breakout Celebrities of 2023

2023 witnessed a rise of several talents who grew from relative obscurity to stardom. Read more »

Nigeria: 2024 Budget - Justice Ministry Significantly Slashes Amount to Prosecute Boko Haram Suspects

The allocation for the prosecution of Boko Haram suspects received N500 million in each of the 2022 and 2023 appropriations of the immediate-past administration of President… Read more »

Nigeria: Niger Governor Denies Authorising Ban On Alcohol

The controversy began on Wednesday when an official announced the implementation of the state's liquor law which he said prohibited the sale of the product in certain parts of the… Read more »

Nigeria: Group Kicks Against Marriage of Four-Year-Old Girl to 54-Year-Old Man in Bayelsa

Nigeria's Child Rights Act, which Bayelsa State has domesticated, criminalises child marriage. Read more »

Nigeria: PDP Insists On Declaring 26 Defected Rivers Lawmakers' Seats Vacant

The PDP and the 26 lawmakers are in the court over the issue. Read more »

Nigeria: Court Extends Interim Order Against INEC, PDP Over 26 Defected Rivers Lawmakers

The legal fireworks continued in court despite a peace deal brokered by President Tinubu in the Rivers political crisis. Read more »

Nigeria: Saint Obi, Murphy Afolabi, Fadeyi Oloro, 21 Other Celebrities Who Died in 2023

Here, PREMIUM TIMES recalls some celebrities who sadly passed on in 2023. Read more »

Nigeria: Plateau Attack - Why There's Growing Insecurity in Nigeria - Ohanaeze

Some gunmen attacked 15 communities in Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi Local Government Areas of Plateau State on Christmas Eve, killing over 100 people and destroying about 221 houses. Read more »

Nigeria: Union Bank Controversy - CBN Investigator Rejects Request of Titan Trust Bank Investors

Tunde Lemo and the two major investors in Titan Trust Bank and Union Bank had requested to delay their appearance before the Special Investigator. Read more »

Nigeria: Israel Pushing Palestine Towards Economic Disaster - Embassy

Israel said in November that it would withhold funds bound for Hamas-ruled Gaza, even though the Palestinian authorities cover public sector expenses. Read more »