Nigeria

Nigerian wins Commonwealth Young Person of the Year 2019 award

  A Nigerian humanitarian worker, Oluwaseun Ayodeji Osowobi, has been declared the winner of the Commonwealth Young Person of the Year 2019 award, in...

Boeing 737 Max airplanes banned from Nigeria

The Federal Government has banned  Boeing 737 Max airplanes from flying into Nigeria’s airspace following a fatal crash in Ethiopia over the weekend,...

German govt. donates €15m to education for conflict affected children in Nigeria

The German Government has announced a new contribution of 15 million euros to UNICEF Nigeria, to support the provision of quality and equitable...

February N434.6bn equities gain boosts investors confidence 

Investors’ confidence in Nigeria’s stock market is seen bosted by a N434.6 billiion gained last month at the Nigerian Stock Exchange, analysts who...

SERAP drags FG, states to ECOWAS Court over ‘attacks on journalists, bloggers’

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has dragged the Federal Government and state governments to ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja over “the...

Buhari says next four years will be tough 

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday declared that the next four years will be tough even as he continues on his three point agenda...

Buhari wins presidential elections in bitterly divided Nigeria

President Muhammadu Buhari has won a second term of four years in a  nation notoriously divided by politics. The 2019 election has revealed...

China says foreign interference in Nigeria’s elections must end.

The Chinese government has declared that Nigeria is capable of managing its affairs without any interference. Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Geng Shuang, while...

Responsibility for delay of Presidential election lays with President Buhari, US congressman says

     • Calls on Trump administration, State dept. to focus attention on Nigeria     US congressman and immediate past chairman of...

President Buhari Assures Credible Poll As Atiku, others Sign Second Peace Accord

President Muhammadu Buhari, the candidate of the governing All Progressives  Congress (APC), and former vice President Atiku Abubakar, the candidate of the major...

Nigeria, India agree on stronger ties on energy sector    

The Nigerian government will deepen its commitment to stronger ties with the Republic of India towards enhancing the energy security of both countries,...

Rise in Lassa Fever Spurs WHO response in Nigeria

The World Health Organization (WHO), have stated that it is scaling up response to strengthen rapid containment of Lassa fever outbreaks in states...

Ignore Nigerian presidency, leaders of APC, Frank tells International communities

...Says Buhari won’t be president without UK, US Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has...

Nigeria scores 27% on Corruption Perception Index, again

Nigeria for the second running scored 27 percent in the Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index (CPI) for 2018 released on Tuesday, scoring 27...

Nigeria says it has raised $1.6bn to raise power geneneration to 20,000 MWs by 2021

A newly raised $1.6 billion will help the Nigerian goverment expand its power generation by as much as 400 percent by 2012, the...

Many States ‘will go bankrupt’, if we pay N30,000 minimum wage, Governor warns

With a hotly-anticipated N30,000 minimum wage decision looming, state governors are warning a staggering number of states are on the brink of financial disaster. ”...