May 31, 2023
Nigeria: Scorecard - How Buhari's Anti-Corruption War Switched From Fighting to Encouraging Corruption
Mr Buhari campaigned for office in 2014 promising to fight corruption headlong. Read more »
Nigeria: Femi Adesina, Buhari's Ex-Spokesperson, Gets New Job
Mr Adesina will be returning to The Sun newspaper as executive vice chairman. Read more »
May 30, 2023
Nigeria: Divided Nigeria, Bruised Economy, Insecurity - Biggest Challenges Ahead of Bola Tinubu
Nigerians still face most of the challenges that his party promised to fix eight years ago but President Tinubu says no more excuses. Read more »
Nigeria: Tinubu Asks Presidential Election Court to Dismiss Petition Alleging Shettima's Nomination
Mr Tinubu's candidature is being challenged at the presidential election court in APM's petition anchored on Mr Shettima's alleged double nomination. Read more »
Nigeria: Akwa Ibom Governor Appoints SSG, Chief Press Secretary
The governor has appointed a chief protocol officer and economic adviser. Read more »
Nigeria: Tinubu Assumes Duty At Aso Rock Presidential Villa
Mr Tinubu was received by the Vice President Kashim Shettima, who had earlier assumed duty, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, and other government… Read more »
Nigeria: Ebonyi Governor Orders Freezing of State Government Bank Accounts
The statement containing the governor's order was made available to reporters on Tuesday. Read more »
Nigeria: Did Buhari Lose Weight in Eight Years?
A new race of men is springing up to govern the nation; they are the hunters after popularity, men ambitious...the demagogues, whose principles hang laxly upon them, who follow not… Read more »
Nigeria: Enugu Governor Appoints SSG
The governor announced the appointment in a statement he issued himself. Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria's Dollar Bonds Surge After Tinubu's Plan to Unify Exchange Rates, Scrap Subsidies
Eurobonds, which have 2047 as their maturity, had risen 3.9 per cent to 67.1 cents on the dollar as of 12:30 p.m. in London. Read more »
Nigeria: Auxiliary - One Dies As Police Parade 78 Suspects, Recover 20 Guns
The police said they acted to thwart an alleged plan by Auxiliary, a motor parks union leader in Ibadan, to violently protest his sack Read more »
Nigeria: SSS Siege On Our Lagos Office Strange, Shocking - EFCC
The EFCC, in a statement on Tuesday, said that their operatives arrived at the office and were denied entry into their building. Read more »
Nigeria: Expert Warns Petrol Marketers Against Hoarding
"It is risky for any marketer to attempt to hoard the product...," the professor said. Read more »
Nigeria: Fuel Queues - Nigerian Regulatory Agency Warns Against Panic Buying
"We, therefore, call on Nigerians to remain calm and resist the urge to stockpile as it poses a significant safety hazard," an official said. Read more »
Nigeria: Makinde Dissolves Park Management Committee Headed By Auxillary
The dissolution of the PMS Committee, headed by Mukaila Lamidi, popularly known as Auxillary, was contained in a statement issued in Ibadan. Read more »
Nigeria: SSS Blocks EFCC Officials From Accessing Lagos Office
"They even placed an armoured tank just to scare us away," one EFCC official told this newspaper. Read more »
Nigeria: State Security Service Blocks EFCC Officials From Accessing Lagos Office
"They even placed an armoured tank just to scare us away," one EFCC official told this newspaper. Read more »
Nigeria: Kano Governor Makes First Appointments
The appointees were selected based on their track records, commitment and loyalty, an official said. Read more »
Nigeria: Nigerians Don Colourful 'Aso-Ebi' At Tinubu's Inauguration
"We chose a dress code to identify with the new administration," one of the attendees said of the aso-ebi Read more »
Nigeria: NNPC Speaks On Subsidy Removal, Cautions Against Panic Buying
"Subsidy has been a major challenge for NNPC's continuous operations." Read more »
Nigeria: Tinubu, Atiku, Sanwo-Olu, Others Mourn Dokpesi
Mr Dokpesi died on Monday at an Abuja hospital. Read more »
Nigeria: New Kano Governor Vows to Re-Introduce Murder Case Against Doguwa
The new administration said it would resume and pursue the case to a logical conclusion. Read more »
Nigeria: Why Nigeria Must Prioritise Birth Registration - UNICEF
Birth registration is a permanent and official record of a child's existence, and provides legal recognition of that child's identity. Read more »
Nigeria: FIFA U-20 World Cup - Flying Eagles Arrive in SAN Juan for Crunch Clash Against Argentina
The Flying Eagles have a daunting task ahead of them as they plot to navigate past Argentina into the quarter-final Read more »
Nigeria: How I Survived in Three-Person Cell Alongside 30 Other Inmates - Seun Kuti
"They put me in cell one, where you have kidnappers, robbers, rapists and all such. It has no window. You can't tell the time. Day goes just dey break, but you know go know." Read more »