Nigeria: EFCC's Application to Shield Witness Stalls Maina's Trial

The trial of the former chairman, Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, on Tuesday was stalled due to the inability of the anti-graft agency to use screen shield for… Read more »

Nigeria: Court Remands 60 Shiite Members in Correctional Centres

A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Apo, on Tuesday, ordered the remand of 60 members of the Shiite Islamic Movement of Nigeria(IMN) in the correctional centres in Kuje,… Read more »

Nigeria: Govt Launches N46.83bn Agric Scheme in Nine Oil Producing States

The federal government on Tuesday launched 129.17 million U.S. dollars (N46.83 billion) agricultural scheme to enhance food security and income generation in the country. Read more »

Nigeria: Oyo Govt Recalls 300 Sacked Workers

The Oyo State Executive Council on Tuesday approved the re-instatement of 300 out 1,803 civil servants sacked by the immediate past administration of Abiola Ajimobi. Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerian Banks Not in Distress - NDIC

The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) on Tuesday said the country's banks remain stable in spite of a negative rating on Nigeria by global credit rating agency, Moody's. Read more »

Nigeria: Buhari Sacks Banire As AMCON Chairman, Names Replacement

President Muhammadu Buhari has replaced Muiz Banire as the head of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON). Read more »

Nigeria: Borno Governor Suspends 200 'Absentee' Teachers

The Governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum, on Monday ordered the immediate suspension of 200 primary school teachers for not showing up in classes in Bama town. Read more »

Nigeria: Forgive Me, Fayose Tells Aggrieved Ekiti PDP Leaders

A former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, on Tuesday urged members of the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who may be aggrieved by any of his actions in… Read more »

Nigeria: Senate Moves to Rename Federal Polytechnic After Late Senator

A bill to rename the Federal Polytechnic In Daura, Katsina State, to immortalise a late senator, Mustapha Bukar, passed second reading at the Senate today. Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerian Govt Spending Much On Fuel Subsidy - Should Increase VAT - Fashola

The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, says the federal government still owes contractors working on federal road projects up to N306 billion, defending why the… Read more »

Nigeria: Falana to Govt - Stop Subjecting Sowore to Media Trial

The Federal Government has been cautioned to stop its "media trial" of the detained publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore. Read more »

Nigeria: How Corruption Triggers Agitations for Revolution - Soyinka

Nigeria's foremost writer and Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, has blamed corrupt practices of political leaders in Nigeria for the call for revolution in the country. Read more »

Nigeria: Stay Woke - the Government Wants to Gag You On Social Media

Finally, the government is aware that social media is the new information and organising frontier, and the weapon of the information war is the smart phone. With cellphones in… Read more »

Nigeria: Use Technology to Curb Corruption, UNODC Urges Governments

A UN agency has called on governments to deploy technology for 'monitoring and reporting' in the fight against corruption. Read more »

Nigeria: Fowler's Last Official Outing As FIRS Chairman

The last official public outing of the immediate past Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Tunde Fowler, before he was removed from office on Monday was the… Read more »

Nigeria: Gunmen Kidnap Director, Principal, Others in Adamawa

Suspected gunmen have abducted a judicial officer, a school principal and at least one other person at Sangare, near Modibbo Adama University of Technology (MAUTECH), Yola. Read more »

Nigeria: Winners Emerge in Wole Soyinka Investigative Journalism Awards

Ibanga Isine, a journalist with the Next Edition newspaper, has won the 2019 Nigerian Investigative Journalist of the Year Award given by the Wole Soyinka Center for Investigative… Read more »

Nigeria: Vice President Osinbajo Speaks On Court Invasion, Activist's Rearrest

Nigeria's Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has subtly condemned the SSS invasion of a court and re-arrest of Omoyele Sowore, by declining to receive an anti-corruption award days… Read more »

Nigeria: Sowore - Civil Society Groups Vow Mass Protests

A coalition of civil society organisations in Nigeria has issued a 14-day ultimatum to President Muhammadu Buhari to release Omoyele Sowore and other illegal detainees in SSS… Read more »

Nigeria: Ganduje Appoints Emir Sanusi As Head, Kano Council of Chiefs

The Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, on Monday appointed the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, as the Chairman of Kano State Council of Chiefs. Read more »

Nigeria: Orji Kalu Will Receive Full Salaries, Allowances in Prison - Senate

The convicted Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Kalu, will continue to receive his salaries and all other entitlements while in prison, the Senate has said. Read more »

Nigeria: Two Directors Resign From Julius Berger

The management of Julius Berger Nigeria Limited on Monday announced the resignation of two directors on its board. Read more »

Nigeria: Revenue Service - Fowler Thanks Buhari, Says There's 'Nothing Automatic About Second Term'

The immediate past Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Tunde Fowler, Monday thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for the privilege he had to serve the… Read more »

Nigeria: Malaria - EU/Unicef Programme Treats 16,992 Children in Adamawa

No fewer than 16,992 children below the age of five were treated of malaria under the EU/UNICEF Maternal, New-born and Child Health and Nutrition (MNCHN) project in Adamawa. Read more »

Nigeria: Alleged P&ID Scam - Court Dismisses Briton's Bail Variation Application

The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, dismissed the application for bail variation filed by a British national, James Nolan. Read more »