October 28
Nigeria: How I Met, Married Ned Nwoko - Regina Daniels
Premium Times
"When I started with my husband, I even forgot I was supposed to have boyfriends because I had twenty boyfriends at that time..." Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria Football League Faces Fresh Crisis As Startimes Pulls Out of Broadcast Deal
Premium Times
This termination is coming just months after its signing in November 2023. Read more »
Nigeria: Time for Supreme Court to Be Counted - EFCC [opinion]
Vanguard
What started as a routine exercise to expand the frontiers of constitutional governance and the boundaries of Nigeria's federal arrangement when an initial 16 states sought the… Read more »
Nigeria: How I Shunned CV Writing, Shattered Family Success Expectations - Davido
Premium Times
"I come from a family with a clear structure--go to school, and after that, go directly to work. You either join my dad's company or find work elsewhere..." Read more »
Nigeria: Basketball - Hoopers Begin Title Defence With Rout of Delta Force
Premium Times
Just as Coach Ogor Odaudu promised, the Kingsmen delivered a 38-point win over their first opponents on Sunday. Read more »
Nigeria/South Africa: Siasia Confirms Talks With South African Clubs
Leadership
Former Super Eagles head coach, Samson Siasia has revealed he is in talks with clubs in South Africa. Read more »
October 27
Nigeria: Calling Tinubu 'T-Pain' Is Mischievous, Says Presidency
Leadership
Presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, has said his principal, President Bola Tinubu, was fully aware of the economic challenges being faced by Nigerians and was committed to… Read more »
Nigeria: Ndume Backs Tinubu On De-Dollarisation Policy
Leadership
Senator representing Borno South at the National Assembly, Ali Ndume, has expressed support for the recent de-dollarisation policy introduced by President Bola Tinubu… Read more »
Nigeria: Delta Communities Get Electricity After 15 Years of Darkness
Leadership
Electricity has been restored to Ekuku-Agbor and its adjoining communities in Ika South local government area of Delta State after 15 years. Read more »
Nigeria: 13 Die in Kaduna-Abuja Expressway Crash
Leadership
The Kaduna sector command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said that 13 persons died in a road crash on Friday on the Kaduna-Abuja Expressway. Read more »
Nigeria: Tinubu's Cabinet Shake-Up - Beyond the Musical Chairs
Leadership
If anyone thought President Bola Tinubu would run a business-as-usual administration, Wednesday's surgical operation on his cabinet should put that notion to rest. In one fell… Read more »
Nigeria: 10 Dramatic Suicides Linked to Hardship in Nigeria
Vanguard
Nigeria has witnessed a surge in suicide cases in recent times with several individuals taking their own lives or attempting to do so due to various reasons. Read more »
Nigeria: Helicopter Crash - Search Continues As Labour, Pandef Demand Thorough Investigation
Vanguard
Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Pan-Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, have urged the Federal Government agencies investigating the helicopter crash in Port Harcourt to do a thorough… Read more »
Nigeria: NSIB Intensifies Search for Victims of Helicopter Crash, Pandef, NLC Demand Probe
This Day
The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has intensified search for the victims of the Sikorsky SK76 helicopter with registration number, 5NBQG, which crashed near Bonny… Read more »
Nigeria: Many People Trapped in Abuja Collapsed Building
Leadership
An unconfirmed number of people were trapped in a building that collapsed in the Sabon Lugbe community of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) late yesterday. Read more »
Nigeria: Obasanjo to Wealthy Nigerians - Assist the Downtrodden
Vanguard
FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, urged affluent Nigerians to assist in reducing the effects of the current economic hardship on the less privileged Nigerians. Read more »
Nigeria: How I Met, Collaborated With Damian Marley On 'Heavier Yet' Album - Seun Kuti
Premium Times
"The Kutis and Marleys have never made music. How weird is that? Our fathers both stood for the same thing with their music; they sang to and for the restoration of our people's… Read more »
Nigeria: Fresh Crisis in Nigerian Universities As SSANU, NASU Declare Nationwide Strike
Premium Times
The JAC of both unions said the strike action begins on Monday 28 October and continues indefinitely. Read more »
Nigeria: Seven Dead, Many Injured in Abuja Building Collapse
Premium Times
This newspaper learnt that the building was one of those marked for demolition by the Abuja authorities because it was built without approval. Read more »
Nigeria: Blackout - Solving Nigeria's Power Crisis Not Rocket Science - Obi
Daily Trust
Presidential Candidate of Labour Party (LP) in 2023 elections, Peter Obi, has said the continued power outages in many parts of the country, particularly in the northern and… Read more »
Nigeria: Cabinet Reshuffle - PDP, APC Chieftain Ask Tinubu to Relinquish Petroleum Ministry
Daily Trust
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and a chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to transfer the leadership of the petroleum… Read more »
Nigeria: Dangote Backs Tinubu's CNG Drive With N460bn Investment in Trucks, Others
Daily Trust
As a demonstration of support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's CNG Initiative, Dangote Cement Plc, has invested $280 million (over N460bn) in compressed natural gas (CNG)… Read more »
Nigeria: Withheld Salaries - NASU, SSANU Declare Nationwide Strike
Daily Trust
The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of non-teaching staff unions in the universities, has directed its members to proceed on a nationwide indefinite strike on Monday. Read more »
Nigeria: Hunger - Provide Food Vouchers for Poor Nigerians, Jimoh Ibrahim Tells Govt
Premium Times
Mr Ibrahim said the food vouchers will be more effective in addressing the hunger crisis ravaging the nation than the cash transfer initiative being implemented by the government. Read more »
Nigeria: On Guardian's 'Desperate Choices'
Leadership
I was puzzled by the Guardian Newspapers' big story of Friday, October 25, 2024; colorfully accompanied by a front page cartoon of a military tanker surrounded by civilians, egging… Read more »
