Nigeria
Thu, 01 Jul 2021 06:46:38 GMTScientists Begin Research to Boost Food Security
[Premium Times] The official says the exclusion of women from past projects on climate change had affected food security in the country.
Thu, 01 Jul 2021 04:36:29 GMTCountry Misses Out On $4.4bn World Bank Covid-19 Vaccine Rollout Package
[Vanguard] The World Bank has announced a provision of $4.4 billion for the purchase and deployment of COVID-19 vaccines for 51 developing countries, but Nigeria is not listed among the benefiting countries half of which are in Africa.
Thu, 01 Jul 2021 04:36:08 GMTHow to Tackle Country's Power Crisis, Challenges - Minister, Experts
[Premium Times] The experts, who brainstormed on the nation's energy sector crisis, agreed that urgent reforms were needed to bring the sector to par with global standards.
Thu, 01 Jul 2021 04:35:52 GMTWe're to Blame for Injustices, Not Religion, Ethnicity - Buhari
[Vanguard] Abuja -- President Muhammadu Buhari has said that neither ethnicity nor religion is to blame for the myriad of problems facing the country, "but we ourselves," for inherent injustices.
Thu, 01 Jul 2021 04:35:45 GMTSenate Amends Sanctions for Illegal Importation, Sale of Firearms
[Premium Times] The Senate increased the fine from N1,000 to N5 million or imprisonment for three years, or both.
Thu, 01 Jul 2021 04:35:42 GMTWhy We Are Yet to Rescue 136 Abducted Islamiyya Pupils - Niger Official
[Premium Times] Niger state governments says it knows the location of the abductors but chose to negotiate with the kidnappers to avert harming the students in a military rescue operation.
Thu, 01 Jul 2021 04:31:52 GMTHow Secessionist Leader Nnamdi Kanu Was Arrested
[DW] Nigeria's justice minister Abubakar Malami said Nnamdi Kanu was seized with Interpol's help. Local media claim the leader of the Biafra independence movement was picked up in Ethiopia.
Thu, 01 Jul 2021 06:32:20 GMTResidents Panic As Lagos Govt Moves to 'Develop' Another Slum
[Premium Times] "Development" and "regeneration" euphemistic terms are often used by the state government when it is set to demolish poorer communities. They are then rebuilt with upscale properties, which the original residents of the communities ca...
Thu, 01 Jul 2021 05:24:36 GMTTraders, Experts Worry As Naira Free Fall Continues
[Daily Trust] The Naira has failed to appreciate as the United States dollar sells for N500+ with traders and experts calling on the federal government to take urgent actions in saving the economy from total collapse.
Thu, 01 Jul 2021 04:36:22 GMT7 Journalists Killed, 300 Assaulted in 6 Years - Report
[Daily Trust] A 2021 press freedom report has revealed that the media industry recorded seven unresolved killings, 300 violations and abuses, affecting 500 journalists, media workers, and media houses since 2015 under the administration of President ...
Thu, 01 Jul 2021 04:36:01 GMTHow EU Solar Project Is Transforming Lives in Borno
[This Day] Lives are being saved, injuries are being treated immediately, babies are being successfully delivered, vaccines are being stored correctly, doctors and nurses can work more productively, clean water now available to thousands of project b...
Thu, 01 Jul 2021 08:49:32 GMTElectricity Consumers Await Revised Tariff Today
[Daily Trust] Electricity consumers are expecting a new tariff decision today that will be active for the next six months barring changes by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC).
Thu, 01 Jul 2021 08:27:26 GMTEx-Federal Lawmakers Want Special Courts for Kidnapping, Banditry, Others
[Daily Trust] The Forum of Former Federal Lawmakers yesterday advocated establishment of special courts for the quick dispensation of justice to tackle kidnapping, banditry, cybercrimes, insurgency and other new forms of crimes.
Thu, 01 Jul 2021 08:10:19 GMTHow Kanu 'Orchestrated Killing of 60 Persons in 4 Months' - Nigerian Govt
[Premium Times] "In under four months this year, IPOB has carried out over fifty-five (55) violent acts in various parts of South-east Nigeria killing scores of people and destroying many properties..."
Thu, 01 Jul 2021 08:10:18 GMTCovid-19 - Nigeria Records 75 New Cases
[Premium Times] The NCDC data showed that the country's active COVID-19 cases are still over 1,254.
Thu, 01 Jul 2021 08:10:15 GMTFUOYE Students Lament Shortage of Classrooms
[Premium Times] "This is no longer a new thing in FUOYE as we have even had a class by the dumpsite."
Thu, 01 Jul 2021 08:10:13 GMTImo Road, Flyovers Cost N12 Billion in 11 Years but Remain Uncompleted
[Premium Times] The road project has passed through four different administrations in the Imo State, with each showing interest in completing it due to the road's importance.
Thu, 01 Jul 2021 08:10:11 GMTIncoming Passengers to Perform PCR Test 3 Days Before Boarding - Nigerian Govt
[Premium Times] The PSC chairman also said that foreigners without PCR test would be deported.
Thu, 01 Jul 2021 08:03:55 GMTNigerians, Not Ethnicity, Religion Responsible for Injustice in Nigeria, Says Buhari
[This Day] President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday blamed Nigerians for the inherent injustices plaguing the country, saying neither ethnicity nor religion is responsible for the myriad of problems facing the country.
Thu, 01 Jul 2021 08:03:51 GMTBill to Give More Powers, Responsibilities to LGs Passes Second Reading
[This Day] A bill for an Act to amend the provision of the constitution to give more power and responsibilities to the local government authorities has passed second reading in the House of Representatives.
Thu, 01 Jul 2021 08:03:48 GMTKyari - Nigeria Needs Framework On Energy Security
[This Day] The Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Malam Mele Kyari, has stressed the need for Nigeria to develop a framework on energy security in order to have diversified sources of petroleum products supply an...
Thu, 01 Jul 2021 08:03:44 GMTEkiti Distributes 70,000 Tree Seedlings to Residents to Stop Desertification
[This Day] The Ekiti State Government has distributed 70,000 various species of tree seedlings to serve as a springboard for aggressive afforestation move in the state.
Thu, 01 Jul 2021 08:03:40 GMTHouse Investigates Non-Payment of Allowances to Army Personnel From 2017
[This Day] The House of Representatives has ordered an investigation into the non-payment and under utilisation of non-regular allowances of army personnel from 2017 despite increment in budgetary provision for the allowances in 2020 and 2021.
Thu, 01 Jul 2021 08:03:36 GMTBuhari Approves Pencom's Payment of Outstanding Workers' Pension Liabilities
[This Day] President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the request by the National Pension Commission (PenCom) to pay the outstanding pension liabilities of the federal government under the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS).
Thu, 01 Jul 2021 07:57:02 GMTPeter Oboh Disagrees With Buhari On Restructuring
[Vanguard] Ex-Commonwealth and British boxing champion, Peter Oboh, has disagreed with President Muhammadu Buhari on his statement that there was nothing to restructure in Nigeria.
Thu, 01 Jul 2021 07:52:05 GMTPress Freedom - Report Indicts Govt, Govs, Senators As Greatest Violators
[Vanguard] Abuja -- The Nigeria Union of Journalists NUJ and Media Foundation for West Africa have released a report detailing atrocities, murder, torture and rights abuses of journalists practising in Nigeria, naming the administration of President ...
Thu, 01 Jul 2021 07:51:58 GMTPIB - South-South Senators, Others Set for Showdown Today
[Vanguard] STRONG indications emerged, yesterday that South-South senators and others from the oil-producing states are poised for a showdown today as the Senate considers the report of the Joint Committee on Petroleum (Downstream) Petroleum (Upstrea...
Thu, 01 Jul 2021 07:41:25 GMTOur Position On Nnamdi Kanu - British Govt
[Vanguard] The British High Commission in Nigeria said yesterday that the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office stood ready to provide 'consular' assistance on the issue of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu's British nationality.
Thu, 01 Jul 2021 07:41:23 GMTReps Divided Over Motion to Reopen Nigerian Land Borders
[Vanguard] Abuja -- Members of the House of Representatives were divided yesterday over a motion seeking the reopening of the Idiroko border and others in the country.
Thu, 01 Jul 2021 07:41:20 GMTPIB - Petroleum Minister, NNPC GMD to Brief Senators in Closed Session Thursday
[Vanguard] President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva and the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari, would tomorrow brief Senato...