[Vanguard] Makurdi -- The United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, says with an estimated 19.9 million survivors, Nigeria accounts for the third highest number of women and girls who have undergone Female Genital Mutilation, FGM, globally.

[Premium Times] The cost of IELTS, which currently stands between N80,000 and N90,000 in Nigeria, is almost three times the country's minimum wage of N30,000.

[Vanguard] The Presidency, yesterday, rejected a Financial Times article, which described President Muhammadu Buhari's handling of the nation's economy and security as poor.

[Vanguard] The remaining kidnapped Bethel Baptist High School student who was held in the kidnappers den, has allegedly refused to return to his family and expressed that he was now comfortable staying with the terrorists.

[Premium Times] In joining the cancer awareness campaign, PREMIUM TIMES will, in the coming days and weeks, give a special attention to the coverage of cancer care in Nigeria.

[Vanguard] A new African industrial giant is emerging from the Lekki coastline of Lagos, the Dangote Refinery project, an integrated refinery and petrochemical complex, which is a multi-billion dollar project that is expected to create a market for $...

[Vanguard] The National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency, NOSDRA, has classified the latest Shebah Exploration and Production Company Limited, SEPCOL, oil spill under a tier 2.

[Premium Times] The parents said the strike was having negative impact on their children and appealed for a speedy resolution.

[Vanguard] The Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Vitafoam Nigeria Plc, Mr Taiwo Adeniyi, has identified some structural issues that Nigeria should address in order to benefit from its membership of African Continental Trade Agreeme...

[Vanguard] Makurdi -- A foremost journalist, Mr. Joseph Waya who is also the uncle of Kidwaya, the popular BBNaija 2020 Housemate, has joined the Benue state gubernatorial race.

[Vanguard] The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, are watching each other and playing mind games over the zoning of 2023 presidential ticket.

[This Day] The United Nation Children's Fund (UNICEF) yesterday warned that female genital mutilation (FGM), otherwise called female circumcision, was on the rise in Nigeria especially among girls aged below 15 years.

[This Day] Financial Services Leader and Chief Economist at PwC Nigeria, Mr. Andrew Nevin has stated that the federal government must unlock dead assets across the country that are not producing returns and also focus on service export growth to sust...

[This Day] The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has instituted a legal action against an online publisher, Mr. Jackson Ude over alleged libelous publication.

[This Day] An additional 1,500 ex-agitators have benefitted from the Presidential Amnesty Programme's (PAP) single-digit interest loans by the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL).

[This Day] The Abia State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed worry over the reported moves by some governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to work against the president assenting to the amended Electoral Act.

[This Day] Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, has advised the federal government to re-introduce aerial border patrols across the country as one of the ways to check the influx of gunmen men into the country.

[This Day] The federal government has stated that it would not be excited about the rising prices of crude oil in the international market as long as fuel subsidies regime remained in Nigeria's domestic market.

[This Day] The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently review and rescind his reported approval for security agencies to access peoples' personal details via NIN-SIM linkage without du...

[This Day] To provide adequate maritime security, especially in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) waters, the Nigerian Navy (NN) recently strengthened partnership with its French counterpart.

[Leadership] The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) and the National Metallurgical Development Centre (NMDC) located in Jos, Plateau State have started a working collaboration toward exploring value addition in the mi...

[Premium Times] ICPC arraigned the ex-AFN official 10 charges of corruption, including money laundering and fraudulent diversion of public funds allegedly meant for the 2017 Warri Relay Competition.

[This Day] Over 22,160 kilograms of Codeine syrup, Methamphetamine and Skunk have been seized at the Apapa seaport and a notorious drug den, Akala, Mushin, Lagos in two major operations in the state by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement ...

[This Day] Fitch Solutions, an affiliate of global rating agency, Fitch, has predicted that Nigeria's weak performance in the oil and gas sector may continue to slow down the country's economy in the coming years. In its latest report on the state of...

[This Day] The Presidency, yesterday, faulted a report on security challenges in the country, published in the January 31, 2022 edition of Financial Times of London Newspaper, saying banditry has been caged to the level that no territory in the count...

[This Day] Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has concluded plans to announce his presidential ambition immediately after the All Progressives Congress (APC) national convention, slated for Saturday, February 26.

[This Day] President Muhammadu Buhari and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed have stressed that Africa's growth and development would require strong, visionary leadership that caters for the needs of the people.

[This Day] Five days after a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) facility belonging to Shebah Exploration and Production Company Limited (SEPCOL) exploded in Warri, the company yesterday announced that three crew members aboard the ship...

[This Day] The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has said he nearly lost his life to the dreaded COVID-19 when he was quarantined for three weeks after testing positive to the disease at the end of last year.

[This Day] The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has said that the government of President Muhammadu Buhari was in a hurry to develop Nigeria.