Nigeria
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 06:17:15 GMT158 Dead As Lassa Fever Outbreak Doubles in Nigeria
[CAJ News] Abuja, Nigeria Nigeria Bureau -- THE death toll in Nigeria's Lassa fever outbreak has doubled over the past year.
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 06:17:12 GMTChecking Three Claims About Nigeria's Ever-Controversial Fuel Subsidy
[Africa Check] Would the amount saved from keeping the country's pump prices artificially low be enough to build a new 650,000-barrel-a-day oil refinery every year?
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 05:43:14 GMTNigerian Churches On Alert After Deadly Church Shooting
[VOA] Nigerian churches are introducing armed security and entry searches after a deadly June 5 attack on a Catholic church blamed on the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP). Security experts fear the attack in Nigeria's southwest Ondo stat...
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 04:52:41 GMTHow Nigeria Can Turn Its Huge Cashew Waste Into Valuable Citric Acid
[The Conversation Africa] Nigeria - the sixth largest producer of cashew nuts globally - exports more than 80% of its raw cashews primarily to Vietman and India where they are processed into variuous consumer products such as butter, food and cosmeti...
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 08:24:53 GMTWhy Price of Cooking Gas Increased Across Nigeria - Marketers
[Premium Times] Mr Olatunbosun also said the federal government removed VAT from the gas sector to maintain price stability but the middlemen continue to maximise profit by as much as 100 per cent.
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 06:22:57 GMTNigerian Police Give 15 Tips On How to Stay Safe
[Premium Times] Virtually all parts of the country currently battle with one form of insecurity or the other.
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 06:22:57 GMTNigerian Lawmakers Oppose Medical Council's Policy On Ukrainian Degrees
[Premium Times] The Medical and Dentistry Council of Nigeria (MDCN) said recently that henceforth it would not allow medical certificates from Ukraine because of the effect of the ongoing war in that country.
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 06:17:26 GMTDisease Control Agency Decries Misinformation About Monkeypox Infection in Nigeria
[Premium Times] Mr Adetifa said Monkeypox is not a plot to cause lockdowns like COVID-19 and that there is no evidence of the release of the virus from a laboratory.
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 06:17:22 GMTBuhari Leaves for Portugal On State Visit, to Attend UN Ocean Conference
[Daily Trust] President Muhammadu Buhari will today, June 28, leave Abuja on a state visit to Portugal on the invitation of President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.
Tue, 28 Jun 2022 12:46:26 GMTAgain, Court Rejects Biafra Leader Nnamdi Kanu's Bail Application
[Premium Times] Ruling on Tuesday, the judge, Binta Nyako, held that Mr Kanu's second bail request amounts to an abuse of court process, after a similar application was rejected on May 18.
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 08:43:09 GMTStrike - Ogun Governor Meets Workers
[Premium Times] The workers began an indefinite strike on Tuesday.
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 08:43:08 GMTLagos Develops Guidelines On Safe, Lawful Abortion
[Premium Times] "In 2011, the Lagos State House of Assembly updated the criminal code, providing for abortion to save the life and protect the physical health of the woman."
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 08:43:08 GMTMarriage Crash - Chacha Eke's Husband, Austin Faani, Breaks Silence
[Premium Times] It is the first time Austin Faani, whose 2010 movie, 'The Bank Job', gave him a big break, would react to his marital crisis since his wife made it public for the first time in October 2020
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 08:43:07 GMTPress Freedom Groups Condemn Arrest of Bauchi Journalists
[Premium Times] The newspaper reported that the party chairman died in mysterious circumstances in a hotel in Bauchi.
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 08:24:55 GMTPress Freedom Groups Condemn Arrest of Bauchi-Based Journalists Over Stories About APC Chairman
[Premium Times] The newspaper reported that the party chairman died in mysterious circumstances in a hotel in Bauchi.
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 07:25:20 GMTEx-CJN Must Be Probed in Judiciary's Interest - Senate
[Vanguard] Despite is resignation, the Senate, yesterday insisted it would go ahead with the probe of former Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad.
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 07:25:20 GMTTrial Census - NPC Commences 12-Day Training for 109 Field Personnel in Benue
[Vanguard] The National Population Commission, NPC, has commenced State Level Training for 109 field personnel in Benue state to be engaged in the coming Trial Census scheduled for Monday June 27 to Friday July 8, 2022.
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 07:25:18 GMTThrow Chief Medical Director's Position Open to All Health Workers, NUAHP Tells Federal, State Govts
[Vanguard] The Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals, NUAHP, has demanded immediate end to restriction of Chief Medical Director's position in hospitals to only medical doctors, saying the positions be henceforth thrown open to all health wor...
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 07:25:15 GMTSelf-Defence - Reps Ask Govt to Send Troops to Zamfara
[Vanguard] As the directive given by Zamfara State government to citizens of the state to acquire arms to defend themselves against bandits continued to generate reactions, the House of Representatives, yesterday, sought an urgent intervention of the...
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 07:25:12 GMT2023 - Buhari Assuages Aggrieved Senators, Prevents Exodus From APC
[Vanguard] President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday joined the efforts to save the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, from losing its majority hold on the National Assembly by meeting with some aggrieved senators at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 07:25:10 GMTGovt Hands Over 57 Oil Fields to Matrix, Ardova, Others
[Vanguard] Fifty-seven oil fields located onshore and swamps of the Niger Delta were yesterday handed over to local oil companies by the Federal Government, with a charge on them to quickly develop the fields and produce first oil.
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 07:25:08 GMTTerrorism Charge - Why Court Refused Nnamdi Kanu's Fresh Request for Bail
[Vanguard] The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, on Tuesday, failed to persuade the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to release him on bail, pending the determination of the treasonable felony charge, the Feder...
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 07:25:07 GMTBuhari Has Shown His Administration Won't Release Nnamdi Kanu - Ohanaeze
[Vanguard] Apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has expressed disappointment over the refusal of Abuja High court to grant the leader of the IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu bail yesterday.
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 07:25:02 GMTBloodbath in S-East - Many Dead, More Missing in Ebonyi, Benue Boundary Clash
[Vanguard] -As gunmen invade Enugu bar, kill pregnant woman, vigilante member
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 07:24:59 GMTRussian War - Blockade of Ukrainian Seaports Worsening Food Crisis in Africa - Enifome
[Vanguard] The blockade of Ukrainian seaports as a result of the Russian war against Ukraine has worsened the food crisis in Nigeria, and other nations in Africa, a public affairs analyst, Emesakoru Enifome, has said.
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 06:37:12 GMTWhy It Matters to Understand the Informal Economy in Nigeria
[Daily Trust] The term "informal economy" covers a vast array of circumstances and events throughout the country. In contrast, working in the informal economy (IE) is frequently based on small or undefined workplaces, unsafe and unhealthy working con...
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 06:37:12 GMTNigeria Issues 87 Marginal Oil Field Licences in 23 Years - Sylva
[Daily Trust] The federal government has issued Petroleum Prospecting Licences (PPL) for 87 marginal oil fields in 23 years, the Minister of State Petroleum Resources Timipre Sylva, has said.
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 06:37:09 GMTMixed Reactions From Stakeholders, As Increase in Aviation Fuel Price Threatens Airline Operations
[Leadership] The continuous increase in the price of aviation fuel, also known as, Jet A1 has continued to give stakeholders in the nation's aviation sector, concern over profitability and existence of airline operators.
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 06:37:07 GMTNigeria Generates N200bn, $7m From Marginal Fields Sale
[Leadership] The federal government said it has generated about N200 billion and $7million from the 2020 marginal fields bid round which it concluded with the award of oil petroleum prospecting licenses (PPLS) to winners in Abuja yesterday.
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 06:37:05 GMTMatawalle Signs Anti-Banditry, Kidnapping, Cattle Rustling Bill
[Leadership] Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has assented into law a bill passed by the State Assembly on the punishing of banditry, kidnapping, cattle rustling and related offences.