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 »

Nigeria: Brazil, Turkey, South Africa, Egypt to Participate in 2023 Calabar Carnival

Cross River suspended the Calabar Carnival in 2021 because of the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »

Nigeria: Over 5,000km of Oil Pipelines Vandalised - NNPCL

NNPCL CEO, Mele Kyari, says the continuous vandalisation of the pipelines is causing a huge loss to the company. Read more »

Nigeria: 15-Year-Old Student Wins UBA Essay Competition, Receives N5 Million Scholarship

While the overall winner received a prize of N5 million in scholarship, the first and second runners-up received N3 million and N2.5 million grants, respectively, among other… Read more »

Nigeria: Lawmakers Okay Medium Term Spending Plan, Sets Exchange Rate and Oil Standards

The lawmakers slammed revenue-generating agencies of the federal government for running inefficient systems. Read more »

Nigeria: Bill to Stop Imprisonment of Issuers of Dud Cheques Passes Second Reading At Senate

The bill proposes a fine of N5 million against big business corporations and N1 million against small business entities found culpable of issuing dud cheques. Read more »

Nigeria: Akpabio Reshuffles Leadership of Senate Committees

In August, Mr Akpabio announced the leadership of 72 standing committees of the upper chamber. Read more »

Malawi: U.S., Malawi Strengthen Military Ties

The collaboration between the US and Malawi started in 2021. Read more »

Nigeria: Tinubu's Predecessors Battered, Neglected Nigeria Police - IGP

The IGP said Nigeria has about a 1:1,000 policing ratio as against the United Nations recommended policing ratio of one police to 400 citizens. Read more »