September 07, 2022
Nigeria: Truck Driver Kills Motorcyclist in Anambra - FRSC
The driver was driving against the traffic, according to an FRSC official. Read more »
Nigeria: Owo Attack - Three Months After, Ondo Govt Donates to Victims
The government said it would continue to disburse funds to the victims as more funds are received Read more »
Nigeria: Falcons Suffer Second Defeat to U.S. in Four Days
A second-half consolation from Uchenna Kanu broke the 20-year-long jinx of not scoring against the Americans. Read more »
September 06, 2022
Nigeria: Govt Suspends Proposed Tax On Phone Calls
The communications minister says the planned excise duty on telecommunication services has been suspended. Read more »
Nigeria: Tribunal Raises Hope Over 'Pay-As-You-View' TV Subscription Plan
Two petitioners had demanded that MultiChoice, the operator of DSTV and GOTV, should be ordered to adopt a 'pay-as-you-view' TV subscription regime in Nigeria as it does in other… Read more »
Nigeria: Govt Constitutes Another Committee to Review Briggs-Led Team's Report
The newly constituted 14-man committee is to be chaired by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, said the Federal Ministry of Education Spokesperson, Ben Goong, on Tuesday. Read more »
Nigeria: International Literacy Day - Adult Illiteracy in Nigeria Now 31% - Minister
Last year, while marking the annual event, the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, put the figure at 38 per cent. Read more »
Nigeria: ASUU Strike - Nigerian Govt May Withdraw From Future Negotiations, Vows to Resolve Current Impasse
The minister made this disclosure on Tuesday during a meeting with the pro chancellors and vice-chancellors of federal government-owned universities. Read more »
Nigeria: 2023 - Nigerian Fact-Checkers Coalition Hold Conference On Information Disorder
The coalition includes the ICIR, Dubawa, Africa Check, FactMattersNG, the Insight, FactCheckHub, the Cable and Daily Trust. Read more »
Nigeria: Igbinedion Varsity to Absorb Students From Ukraine - Official
Many Nigerian students studying in Ukraine have been shut out from schools because of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. Read more »
Nigeria: Nigerian Bank Wants Students to Suggest How Govt, ASUU Can Resolve Conflict
According to Foundation, only digitally sent applications will be assessed. Read more »
Nigeria: Buhari to Address UN General Assembly 21 September
Mr Buhari will be the fourth African leader to address the General Assembly and first speaker on the second day of the session. Read more »
Nigeria: PDP Candidate Attacks Jigawa Governor for 'Abandoning' Flood Victims
Tinubu, Lalong and Adamu visit Jigawa and announce donations to the victims. Read more »
Nigeria: Falana Sues Buhari, NASS Over Lack of Security Gadgets in Nigerian Prisons
The suit comes on the heels of a terrorist attack at the Kuje Correctional Centre in Nigeria's capital city, Abuja, in July. Read more »
Nigeria: MTN Nigeria Looks to Raise N23 Billion Through Commercial Paper
The transaction completes a broader debt-raising programme in which N150 billion will be sourced in all. Read more »
Nigeria: MTEF - Reps Panel Directs Minister to Sack FCCPC Director Over N5 Billion Extra-Budgetary Spending
FCCPC generated N4.021 billion in 2021 but remitted N1.3 billion to the Consolidated Revenue Fund while in the current fiscal cycle, it generated N3.661 billion but remitted N1.2… Read more »
Nigeria: Electoral Act Violation - INEC Replies CSOs, Says Voter's Register Display Will Hold
A coalition of CSOs, on Monday, accused INEC of non-compliance with Section 19 (1) of the Electoral Act, which spells out how voters' registration should be displayed across the… Read more »
Nigeria: Tariff Hike - Tribunal Orders Multichoice to Produce Audited Financial Report
MultiChoice had disregarded a restraining order of the tribunal, going ahead to increase hike the tariffs of its products and services. Read more »
Nigeria: How 18 Passengers Were Abducted in Ondo - Official
The commissioner said the kidnappers are demanding between N3 million and N10 million ransom. Read more »
Nigeria: Reverse Ban On Open-Grazing, Miyetti Allah Begs Soludo
"Majority of us do not know any business other than the rearing of cattle." Read more »
Nigeria: Again, EFCC Arrests Ogun Assembly Speaker, Clerk, Accountant
The Speaker was detained when he reported ot the EFCC office on Monday Read more »
Nigeria: Central Bank MPC Members Express Concern Over Nigeria's Rising Inflation Rate
Last month, the CBN monetary policy committee unanimously voted to increase the benchmark interest rate from 13 percent to 14 percent, to address the nation's rising inflation. Read more »
September 05, 2022
Nigeria: OPEC Agrees On Oil Production Cut
OPEC had last month agreed to raise oil output by 100,000 barrels per day. Read more »
Nigeria: Report Reveals Monkeypox Infection Could Cause Heart Injury
The CDC's 2022 monkeypox global map shows that 100 countries have reported 53,027 confirmed cases, with 93 of the countries said to be non-endemic. Read more »
Nigeria: Lagos Urban Development Commissioner Resigns a Day After Deadly Collapse
It is unclear if his resignation had anything to do with the seven-storey building which collapsed in the state on Sunday. Read more »