[This Day] The ECOWAS Parliament has cautioned against the use of cryptocurrencies as a means of exchange and commerce.

[This Day] The upper chamber of the National Assembly has approved President Muhammadu Buhati's request for the authorisation of $6.183 billion (N2.343trn) as external borrowing in the 2021 Appropriation Act.

[Premium Times] The regional court fixed July 9 for the government to argue its application for the consolidation of the four suits challenging the suspension of Twitter.

[Premium Times] The minister said the new Chief of Army Staff has been given the mandate to end banditry, kidnapping and insurgency in the country.

[Premium Times] The governors also urge President Buhari to establish a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for the Mambilla Hydroelectric Power Project.

[Vanguard] The International Committee on Nigeria (ICON) in collaboration with the International Organization for Peace Building and Social Justice (PSJ) has published a report on genocide, religious persecution, among other crimes in Nigeria.

[The Conversation Africa] Nigeria's north central region, consisting of the country's capital city Abuja and six other states, is home to several minority ethnic groups. More than 200 languages are spoken there. The region is vulnerable to several fo...

[The Conversation Africa] Recent disturbing events in different regions of the world poignantly reveal how the creative arts can contribute to making sense of difficult situations and stressful times. This is particularly true of performance art.

[This Day] The ongoing forensic audit of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has uncovered 12,128 abandoned projects without a trace of contractors who the jobs were awarded to, Minister of Niger Delta Affairs Godswill Akpabio, has disclosed.

[Premium Times] PREMIUM TIMES highlights the history and components of the Petroleum Industry Bill that is again close to being passed by the National Assembly

[This Day] The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has expressed concern over growing attacks on schoolchildren, as well as child abductions in Nigeria, with a call on authorities in the country to do more to ensure that children can safely live ...

[Premium Times] The rise in federal budget deficit will exceed the limit allowed by the Fiscal Responsibility Act, and the government plans to borrow to close the gap.

[Premium Times] In April, the National Assembly had approved loan request of $1.5billion and ?995million for the Buhari administration.

[Nigeria Health Watch] As the COVID-19 virus spread across the world in 2020, the world was gripped by the massive global health crisis. Countries around the world were plunged into chaos as the virus travelled at liberty across national borders. In ...

[Premium Times] According to the official, revenue is projected to increase in 2023 to N9.15 trillion.

[Premium Times] Food insecurity threatens an estimated 4.4 million people, 775,000 of whom are at extreme risk.

[Premium Times] For the umpteenth time, Lagos topped the chart on Wednesday having recorded more than half of the daily figure with 88 out of 110.

[Vanguard] Youths in Niger Delta have rejected the provision of the three per cent equity stake in the Host Community Trust in the just-passed controversial Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, to host communities, saying it is unacceptable.

[Vanguard] Ohanaeze Youth Council, OYC, the youth wing of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has urged the federal government to address the issues causing agitations in the South East part of the country.

[Vanguard] Airlines operating in Nigeria may be in for tough times over flight delays and cancellations, as the regulatory agency, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, and Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, FCCPC, bare th...

[This Day] The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, has defended the arrest of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, saying there was no illegality in the manner ...

[This Day] A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress APC in Niger state Alhaji Usman Tinau Mohammed has joined the Southern Governor's in the call for the presidency of the country to be zoned to the southern part of the country by the ruling part...

[This Day] The Federal Government has pleaded with the United Nations and its agencies to support the country with her numerous environmental challenges.

[Vanguard] Scores of Yoruba Nation agitators, yesterday, staged a protest in Ibadan, Oyo State, demanding the release of agitators arrested by the Department of State Service, DSS, and other security agencies, just as they warned the Federal Governme...

[Vanguard] TWO recent developments firmly establish Nigeria's future as a fossil fuel economy. One is the newly-passed Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, under which 30 per cent of profits accruing to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, wou...

[Vanguard] Warri -- SOLDIERS of the military Joint Task Force, JTF, have locked down Egbema Kingdom, Warri North Local Government Area, Delta State, in the last five days, following an attack and killing of soldiers by suspected hoodlums at a militar...

[Vanguard] Birnin Kebbi -- A non-governmental organization named "Tallafin mata" in collaboration with gender and constitution reform network (GECORN) have stepped up efforts through advocacy to stamp out or reduce to a very large extent cases of gen...

[Vanguard] The ex-Commonwealth and WBA Light Heavyweight boxing champion, Peter Oboh, has urged Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to ensure adequate security during the burial of late Prophet TB Joshua of the Synagogue Church of All Nations.

[Vanguard] YEAR 2020 was a significant one for all people worldwide with the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was a year in which all aspects of our lives were drastically affected, exposing our collective fragility and increasing feelings of fe...

[Vanguard] A mobile court in Benin, Edo, on Wednesday, convicted 24 persons of illegal parking and displaying of wares for sale in unauthorised places.