Nigeria: Nigerian Military Deactivates 74 Illegal Refineries in Two Weeks - Official

DHQ said the troops, in the conduct of Operation Octopus, also destroyed 341 storage tanks, 31 wooden boats, 260 ovens and 15 dugout pits. Read more »

Nigeria: Supreme Court Removes Shekarau As Kano Senator-Elect

Mr Shekarau was the flagbearer of the NNPP for the Kano Central Senatorial zone before he ditched the party for the PDP. Read more »

Nigeria: NLC Goes On Strike in Imo, Accuses Govt of Using Thugs, Police to Disrupt Its Election

"The allegation is nonsense," says a spokesperson to Governor Hope Uzodinma. Read more »

Nigeria: Former Nigerian Statistician General, Yemi Kale, Gets New Job

Mr Kale will lead the firm's view on macroeconomics and enhance the breadth of solutions involving economic modelling Read more »

Nigeria: Court Remands Ex-Imo Deputy Governor in Prison

His lawyers said his arraignment was politically-motivated. Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerians Lament As Traders, Motorists Reject Old Naira Notes

Despite lamenting the ripple effect of the cash crunch on their businesses, traders refused to accept the old Naira notes from customers. Read more »

Nigeria: INEC to Appeal Ruling On Voting With Temporary Voter Cards - Official

A court had on Thursday, ordered INEC to allow some two Nigerians to vote with their Temporary Voter Cards (TVC). Read more »

Nigeria: UN Condemns Killing of Civilians in Borno

The civilians were reportedly ambushed and killed brutally. Read more »

Nigeria: IWD 2023 - Nigeria Falling in Women's Political Participation

Despite excelling in the private sector, Nigerian women are underrepresented in elective offices. Read more »

Nigeria: Federal High Court Judges Recalled From Compulsory Retirement Set to Begin Sitting

The judges of the Federal High Court were recalled after obtaining separate court judgments that overturned the National Judicial Council (NJC)'s disciplinary action against them. Read more »

Nigeria: Troops Foiled Thugs' Attempt to Disrupt Presidential, NASS Elections in Kogi, Others - DHQ

The troops also recovered three pump action guns, two locally fabricated AK 47 rifles, six locally made assorted guns and two daggers from the thugs. Read more »

Nigeria: U.S. Varsity Speaks On Certificate Forgery Allegation Against Rhodes-Vivour

Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour has been at the centre of a certificate forgery allegation after an email that purportedly emanated from the office of the Registrar of MIT appeared on social… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria's Foreign Trade Fell in Q4 2022 - NBS

Data on Nigeria's exports to her trading partners showed that Spain was Nigeria's top export destination in Q4 2022 Read more »

Nigeria: PDP Challenges YPP to Provide Evidence Gov Emmanuel Visited INEC Office

The PDP spokesperson in the state, Borono Bassey, said in a statement on Tuesday in Uyo that the allegation against the Akwa Ibom governor and the PDP was "wild" and "false". Read more »

Nigeria: P&ID - Nigeria Govt Wants UK Court to Overturn $11bn Judgement Debt

Nigeria's lawyer told the court that P&ID obtained its contract "by telling repeated lies and paying bribes to officials." Read more »

Nigeria: #NigeriaDecides2023 - NILDS, CSOs Lament Decline in Number of Women Elected Into National Assembly

Results of the recent national elections showed a general decline in female representations at the National Assembly. Read more »

Nigeria: 100 Days in Office - APC, PDP Disagree Over Governor Adeleke's Scorecard in Osun

Opposition APC says Governor Adeleke's performance has been so far woeful in Osun State. Read more »

Nigeria: Enugu Business Owners Continue to Reject Old N500, N1,000 Notes

A food vendor said she would not collect the old notes because nobody was ready to collect them from her. Read more »

Nigeria: Two Killed As Train Crushes Lagos Staff Bus

Two female staff members of the state government died in the accident. Read more »

Nigeria: Can Catholic Priest Help APC Reclaim Benue State From PDP?

Hyacinth Alia, 56, ditched his cassock last year and emerged as the governorship candidate of the APC in Benue State. Read more »

Nigeria: Buhari Returns From Qatar, Arrives Daura for Saturday's Elections

Mr Buhari joined the UN Secretary General, António Guterres, and other world leaders to mobilise political will, solidarity and actions to transform LCDs. Read more »

Nigeria: Train Accident - Sanwo-Olu Suspends Campaign, Declares 3-Day Mourning

Governor Sanwo-olu also declared that national flags be flown at half-mast to mourn the victims of the train crash for the next three days. Read more »

Nigeria: #NigeriaDecides2023 - Only 27% of Eligible Voters Decide Who Becomes Nigeria's President

Mr Tinubu, the winner of the election, has a total of 8,794,726 votes, which accounts for 10.08 per cent of all eligible voters. Read more »

Nigeria: X-Raying Major Upsets in Nigeria's February 25 Elections

There may be more upsets in the gubernatorial and state assembly elections on Saturday based on the surprises of the 25th February elections. Read more »

Africa: Why Africa Deserves Its Grammy Equivalent - Congolese Music Star, Mohombi

Following the global appreciation of Afrobeats, Mohombi, who won Grammys in 2016 and 2018, recently visited Nigeria to record a new album and collaborate with indigenous artistes. Read more »