Nigeria: Nnamdi Kanu Accuses Nigerian Govt of Sponsoring Simon Ekpa

Mr Ekpa is a Nigerian-Finnish citizen who has been linked to the growing insecurity in the region. Read more »

Nigeria: Subsidy Removal - Justice Ministry Disagrees With Falana, Restates Warning Against NLC Strike

The Justice Ministry restates its warning against the NLC strike over the subsidy removal in a letter addressed to NLC's lawyer, Femi Falana. Read more »

Nigeria: O.B. Lulu-Briggs Foundation Awards Scholarships to 63 Rivers Law Students

The 63 recipients were the 2023 beneficiaries of the Foundation's Law School Students Scholarships, from which 868 have benefited since its inception in 2009. Read more »

Nigeria: Harsh Economy - NLC, CSOs Protest in Osogbo

The protest, which started at 8 a.m. on Monday, was tagged "Let the poor breathe" by the organisers. Read more »

Nigeria: Tinubu Decorates Service Chiefs, Urges Teamwork

President Tinubu appointed the four service chiefs on 19 June and they were confirmed by the National Assembly earlier in July. Read more »

Nigeria: Subsidy Removal - Govt to Provide Buses to Tertiary Institutions, Remove Restrictions to Students Loans

The desire of the president is to see that students can access their campuses without much difficulty as a result of higher transportation costs. Read more »

Nigeria: Police Alert Nigerians On New Trick Used By Kidnappers

Kidnapping is one of the dominant crimes in several Nigerian cities. Read more »

Nigeria: Lagos Reduces Bus Fares By 50%

The fare reduction for public buses takes effect on Wednesday. Read more »

Nigeria: New York's Apollo Theatre to Host Debut Naija to the World Showcase

Apart from live-curated concerts, the series will also produce themed biographies, biopics, and documentaries in partnership with select platforms. Read more »

Nigeria: Subsidy Removal - Nigerian Govt to Share 3,000 Buses, Saves N1 Trillion in Two Months - Tinubu

Some of the savings will be provided as loans for businesses, including small, medium and micro enterprises, the president said. Read more »

Nigeria: Food Security - Nigerian Govt Orders Release of 200,000 Metric Tonnes of Grains, Inputs

In the short and immediate terms, the president said the government would ensure staple food is available and affordable. Read more »

Nigeria: Senate Urges NLC to Suspend Planned Nationwide Strike

The NLC has scheduled a nationwide strike on 2 August over removing the fuel subsidy regime. Read more »

Nigeria: PDP Senators Fail to Oppose Wike's Ministerial Nomination

Mr Wike's nomination as minister by President Bola Tinubu had stirred some controversy as his party is still challenging Mr Tinubu's victory in court. Read more »

Nigeria: Govt to Support 75 Businesses With N75 Billion Credit - Tinubu

"Out of the sum, we will spend N50 billion on Conditional Grant to 1 million nano businesses between now and March 2024," Mr Tinubu said. Read more »

Nigeria: Govt, Labour Negotiating New Minimum Wage, Says Tinubu

"We will get out of this turbulence. And, due to the measures we have taken, Nigeria will be better equipped and able to take advantage of the future that awaits her," the… Read more »

Nigeria: Between Import Restrictions and a More Competitive Domestic Economy

Last week, I watched footage on social media that suggested that the domestic market for tie-and-dye/adire fabrics is being gutted by cheap imports of similar looking fabrics from… Read more »

Ghana: Ghana Tackles Illegal Loan Apps Over Fraud, Cyber-Bullying

Online loan apps are the new fraudsters in Ghana, targeting low-income earners with intrusive ads for soft loans. Read more »

Nigeria: Police Reunite Trafficked Children With Family - Official

The police said they are investigating the incident. Read more »

Nigeria: Protesting Workers Block Oyo Secretariat

The workers and pensioners were drawn from the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC), Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP), Nigeria Union of Local Government… Read more »

Nigeria: Tinubu to Address Nigerians Today

It will be President Tinubu's second broadcast since he assumed office on 29 May. Read more »

Nigeria: Supreme Court Judge Dies At 64

The jurist, until his death, ranked the fifth most senior among the 13 judges of the Supreme Court. Read more »

Nigeria: Ministerial Nominees - Senate Screens Wike, El-Rufai, Umahi, Adelabu, Others

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday forwarded a list of 28 ministerial nominees to the Senate for confirmation. Read more »

Nigeria: Settling Into Penury - Resettlement Schemes Leave Former Borno IDPs Distraught

In January 2021, the Borno State government began shutting down the IDP camps in the state and resettling the long-suffering occupants. Read more »

Nigeria: National Assembly's Obscene Largesse in a Season of Privation

New policies of the two-month old Bola Tinubu administration, headlined by petrol subsidy removal and merger of the foreign exchange rates in the official and parallel markets,… Read more »

Nigeria: Tinubu Appoints Another Spokesperson

He also was one of the spokespersons in the presidential campaign council of the All Progressives Congress in the 2023 general elections. Read more »