[VOA] Geneva -- The United Nations is urgently appealing for $250 million to provide life-saving food assistance for millions of people in northeast Nigeria, many of whom risk starving to death.

[Premium Times] The trade body also considers Senegal and Rwanda.

[Premium Times] Governor Sani Bello says bandits are trying to force people of Niger to change their normal lives

[Premium Times] "In line with government directives, passenger flights to and from Nigeria (Lagos and Abuja) are suspended with effect from 21 June 2021 until further notice.

[Daily Trust] A coalition of women and civil society groups under #SecureOurLives is compiling the names of the hundreds of Nigerians killed across the country with the idea of building a database for victims of conflict and insecurity in the country...

[This Day] The Senate yesterday dismissed insinuations that the ongoing efforts by the National Assembly to amend the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Act and other media laws are a ploy to gag the media and stifle freedom of expression.

[Premium Times] Over 700 students have been kidnapped from their schools since December.

[Premium Times] Africa being worst hit with barely 2 per cent of the population vaccinated, compared with 30 per cent to 60 per cent in developed countries

[Premium Times] The president also approved a take-off grant of N4 billion each for the Universities of Technology and N5 billion each for the Universities of Health Science from the funding resources of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund)

[Premium Times] The bank's president said that the highway would link 85 percent of the trade volume in ECOWAS through the corridor.

[Vanguard] Former Nigeria coach Samson Siasia's life-ban from football for bribery has been reduced to five years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, CAS.

[Premium Times] Experts say solar-based generating units can be built up far quicker than traditional power plants and has proven capability to plug the gaps in Nigeria's energy requirements

[Daily Trust] Many motorists and residents of Kano on Monday expressed worry over the blockade of major roads in Kano State metropolis as a result of the planned visit of the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba. The IGP is expected to atte...

[Daily Trust] Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State on Monday, claimed that most of the bandits terrorising the country are not Nigerians.

[Daily Trust] President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of five new universities of technology and health specialized universities to close the huge gap in doctor-patient ratio as well as in medical research and production of pharmace...

[Daily Trust] The federal government on Monday directed banks to immediately pay all the participants of the Extended Special Public Works (ESPW) programme.

[Daily Trust] The Senate says it is has no plan to stiffen the media freedom in Nigeria.

[Daily Trust] The National Commission for Nomadic Education says it is planning to produce a curriculum guide for the education of pastoralists and migrant fisher-folk and farmers in four subjects: History, Islamic Religious Studies, Christian Religi...

[Daily Trust] President Muhammadu Buhari says so far, all the policies, initiatives, projects and appointments by his administration have been guided by equity and inclusiveness.

[Premium Times] With 52 out of the 89 infections, Lagos had the large chunk of Monday's daily tally

[Premium Times] "APC is willing to give Governor Obaseki the blueprint for a viable and sustainable water supply scheme for the State."

[Premium Times] The student, who says he has no regret, vows to fight back.

[Premium Times] "The culprit is a minor, so we must be sure of what we are doing."

[Premium Times] The last time new polling units were defined in Nigeria was 25 years ago by the defunct National Electoral Commission of Nigeria (NECON).

[Premium Times] The sector generated N79.96 billion in 2019 while oil and gas generated N13.9 trillion the same year.

[Premium Times] The chief agronomist, Nigeria Farmers' Group and Cooperative Society, believes that there are strategies and proactive measures farmers and the Nigerian government must adopt to solve problems.

[This Day] The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Maj. Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, has stated that over two million rural dwellers have benefited from the NYSC Health Initiative for Rural Dwellers (HIRD).

[This Day] Ebonyi State Police Command yesterday paraded 50 suspected criminal elements who allegedly masterminded the killings of security operatives and destruction of government facilities in the state.

[This Day] Five non-governmental organisations and four journalists have filed a suit against the federal government at the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice in Abuja.

[This Day] A faction of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), led by Mr. Jude Okeke, yesterday raised the alarm that the fears that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) might exclude the party from the Anambra State governorship...