Nigeria: Court Orders Nigerian Govt to Pay N60m to Victim Shot By Police - Official

The ECOWAS Court ordered the Nigerian government to pay N60 million to a victim who was shot by a police officer in Kaduna. Read more »

Nigeria: Reps Criticises CBN's Policy On 'Social Media Scrutiny', Calls for Its Suspension

The CBN, in its latest policy, said the inclusion of social media handles in the "Know Your Customer" details will provide insights into customers' online presence and activities… Read more »

Nigeria: 'Gangs of Lagos - Oba of Lagos Condemns Portrayal of Eyo Masquerade, Lists Conditions

Gangs of Lagos, since its release, has been a subject of controversies among the indigenous people of Lagos State, with the Isale Eko Descendants Union claiming that the film… Read more »

Nigeria: Carbide-Ripened Fruits May Cause Cancer, Kidney Failure - NAFDAC

Mrs Adeyeye said the ripening of fruits with carbide is a public health challenge and that the agency has deployed a multifaceted approach to tackle the menace. Read more »

Nigeria: Insecurity - Drug Hawkers in Nigeria Supply Narcotics to Bandits, Robbers - NAFDAC

NAFDAC said drug hawkers constitute a serious threat to national security, and that anyone caught will be prosecuted. Read more »

Nigeria: Anambra - Unicef Trains Health Workers to Curb Maternal, Infants' Deaths

"The maternal mortality rate in the state is 281 per 100,000. This is the statistics from public health facilities; it can be more if we add private hospitals." Read more »

Nigeria: Plateau Insecurity - GOC Holds Peace Meeting With Warring Parties

The army said the discussion between both ethnic groups was fruitful. Read more »

Nigeria: Abia Govt to Prosecute Owners of Illegal Buildings - Commissioner

"The era of under the table deals where people collect bribes to give approvals indiscriminately is gone." Read more »

Nigeria: Flutterwave Launches 'Tuition' to Enable Nigerians, African Students Abroad Pay School Fees With Local Currency

Tuition is designed to solve the challenges in paying school fees for students studying abroad and at home and aims to ensure payments ease when making the transactions Read more »

Nigeria: Soludo Awards Scholarship to UTME Top Scorer

The development comes days after Ejikeme Mmesoma, a student of the Anglican Girls Secondary School in Nnewi, confirmed that she forged her UTME scores. Read more »

Nigeria: Insecurity - NYSC Relocates Orientation Camp in Plateau

Though NYSC did not give specific reasons for the decision, the development may not be unconnected to the degenerating security situation in the state. Read more »

Nigeria: First Lady's Aide Debunks Closure of Aso Villa Chapel

Mrs Kukoyi noted that the accusation making the rounds on social media was a "fabrication and totally false representation of the true situation". Read more »

Nigeria: World Bank Names Nigerian, Other CEOs to Scale Transition Finance in Emerging Markets

The Lab's initial focus will be on scaling transition finance in renewable energy and energy infrastructure Read more »

Nigeria: Who Is Afraid of Muhammed Pate?

For a man who decided, without a gun to his head, to decline an offer already accepted, Mr Pate is not the competition here; far from it. Read more »

Nigeria: Diphtheria - Osun Confirms Death of Six-Year-Old, Activates Emergency Centre

The government said the deceased who died in Osogbo developed symptoms of diphtheria on 25 June and died of the infection on 7 July. Read more »

Nigeria: NYSC Certificate Scandal - EFCC to Arraign Stella Oduah Tuesday

Stella Oduah is accused of misrepresenting facts about whether or not she participated in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and was issued a certificate to that effect. Read more »

Niger: Odinkalu Resigns Membership of NBA Electoral Committee

Mr Odinkalu cites reasons for his resignation from the NBA electoral committee in a letter to the association's president. Read more »

Nigeria: Naija Super 8 - Akwa United FC Book Semi-Final Ticket As Rivers United FC Crash Out

Akwa United are through to the semi-final, and Coach Osho says they are now thinking of clinching the Naija Super 8 title Read more »

Nigeria: FIBA AfroCan - Host Angola Overpowers Nigeria's D'Tigers

The host secured a 57-48 points victory over the Nigerian team in a Group B game Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerian Economy - the Pains and Gains of Reform

Understandably, these adverse outcomes are fuelling a concerted pushback against the Tinubu administration's apparent preference for market-based solutions to some of the economy's… Read more »

Nigeria: North-West States Take Flood Mitigation, Relocate Potential Victims

In Kaduna, the state government said it had dredged River Kaduna as part of measures to reduce triver's annual floodingver and its tributaries. Read more »

West Africa: We Will Not Tolerate Coups in West Africa - Tinubu

Between August 2020 and now, five coups have occurred in three West African countries - Burkina Faso, Mali and Guinea with attempts in The Gambia and Guinea-Bissau foiled. Read more »

Nigeria: Ex-Ohaneze President-General Joe Irukwu Dies At 89

Mr Irukwu, a lawyer, lecturer, author and insurance guru, was the founding managing director of Nigerian Reinsurance Corporation. Read more »

Nigeria: Flood - Edo Govt, NEMA Urge Residents to Relocate to Higher Grounds

"But, we are finding it difficult to get them to move; lots of them don't want to go to the camp." Read more »

Nigeria: PDP Governorship Candidate Adebutu, Nine Others Arraigned for Vote Buying

Mr Adebutu was charged in absentia on Monday as he has been out of the country since shortly after the 18 March poll. Read more »