Nigeria
Wed, 31 Aug 2022 08:53:55 GMTHow Work Culture Promotes Consumption of Unhealthy Foods By Nigerian Journalists
[Premium Times] Studies have shown that a poor and unhealthy diet and eating unsaturated or trans fat can result in high cholesterol.
Wed, 31 Aug 2022 04:46:34 GMTNigeria's State Oil Firm in 'Locked Pact' to Supply Dangote Refinery Crude Oil for 20 Years
[Premium Times] The agreement will help Nigeria side-step the likely crude oil glut that will follow as more countries move away to cleaner energy.
Wed, 31 Aug 2022 04:46:33 GMTMany People Trapped As Storey Building Collapses in Kano Market
[Premium Times] Seven people have been rescued and are responding to treatment
Wed, 31 Aug 2022 04:45:48 GMTNigeria Threatens to Shut Down Domestic Airlines Over Debt, Gives 30-Day Deadline
[Premium Times] The NCAA says airlines must enter an MoU on how they will pay their debts in the next 30 days from August 30 or their licence will be suspended.
Wed, 31 Aug 2022 04:34:51 GMTNigerian Authorities Pledge Support to Find Missing People
[VOA] Abuja -- The International Committee of the Red Cross, or ICRC, says there were 64,000 cases of persons reported as having disappeared across Africa in the past year -- nearly one-third more than the previous year. The ICRC says armed conflict ...
Wed, 31 Aug 2022 04:46:25 GMT40% of Nigerian Children Not Registered At Birth - Report
[Premium Times] The data shows that birth registration in Nigeria increased from 47 per cent in 2016 to 57 per cent in 2021.
Wed, 31 Aug 2022 04:46:24 GMTTerrorists Collected U.S.$7 Million As Ransom in Zamfara, Displace 190,000 People in Eight Years - Official
[Premium Times] The committee, which was headed by a retired police chief, also revealed that 4,983 Zamfara women were widowed, and 25,050 children were orphaned within the period.
Wed, 31 Aug 2022 08:53:46 GMTLondon Parleys - Diplomats, Others Lash At Wike, Tinubu, Atiku, Others
[Daily Trust] The recent meetings of three presidential candidates with the Rivers State governor, Mr Nyesom Wike, in London have generated a lot of mixed reactions.
Wed, 31 Aug 2022 08:34:08 GMT#Under30EntrepreneursInNigeria - How Stitcher House of Fashion Came to Be - Jennifer
[Premium Times] "A key factor to hold on to in business is consistency - regardless of the big-sale days, big wins, small-sale days, small wins and no-sale days, you have to deliver and not give up."
Wed, 31 Aug 2022 08:30:58 GMT80% of Crude Oil Being Stolen With Connivance of Niger Delta Governors - Adebayo, SDP Presidential Candidate
[Vanguard] Presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, for the 2023 general election, Prince Adewole Adebayo, has said 80 per cent of the country's crude oil were being stolen with the connivance and quietude of state governors in Ni...
Wed, 31 Aug 2022 08:30:58 GMTGovt to Reopen Varsities, Calls Meeting of Pro-Chancellors, VCs - ASUU
[Vanguard] Lagos -- There are indications that despite the insistence of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to continue its lingering strike, the Federal Government is set to reopen shut universities.
Wed, 31 Aug 2022 08:30:52 GMTImmunisation - 64% of Nigerian Children Risk Childhood Killer-Diseases - Survey
[Vanguard] ... 6 in10 vulnerable to polio, others - Report
Wed, 31 Aug 2022 08:30:48 GMTNavy Disagrees With Petroleum Ministry, Others Over Quantity of Stolen Oil
[Vanguard] The Nigerian Navy has said it was impossible to have up to 200,000 barrels of crude oil stolen and ferried through Nigeria's waters. This is contrary to the position of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources and other agencies under it which ...
Wed, 31 Aug 2022 08:30:43 GMTWizkid 'Made in Lagos' Makes African History With U.S. Gold Certification
[Vanguard] Afrobeats superstar singer, Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun "Wizkid" has achieved another incredible feat in his stellar career.
Wed, 31 Aug 2022 08:29:19 GMTPolice Arrest Man Who Shot Dead 11-Year-Old Boy While Testing Locally Made Gun
[Premium Times] "The little boy will get justice."
Wed, 31 Aug 2022 08:29:19 GMTEnugu Govt Orders Closure of Unapproved Schools
[Premium Times] "The state government shall in two weeks from the date of this announcement, embark on the forcible closure of any defaulting school, prosecute and punish any person or group of persons still flouting the directive."
Wed, 31 Aug 2022 08:29:19 GMTI Am Considering Govt of National Unity - Atiku
[Premium Times] Atiku also said Nigeria needed to bake a bigger cake and not bigger debts.
Wed, 31 Aug 2022 08:29:19 GMTTinubu Visits Jonathan, Seeks Support
[Premium Times] The meeting was part of efforts by Mr Tinubu to get the support of all critical stakeholders for his presidential ambition.
Wed, 31 Aug 2022 08:29:19 GMTGovernment, Regulation and the Lagos State Parking Levy
[Premium Times] If the right motive is not applied at the onset, we will lose another good opportunity to improve our transport system.
Wed, 31 Aug 2022 08:29:16 GMTLabour Party Unveils Rhodes-Vivour As Lagos Guber Candidate Presents Certificate of Return
[Premium Times] The party warned Mr Awamaridi to stop parading himself as their governorship candidate
Wed, 31 Aug 2022 08:25:57 GMTSanwo-Olu to Raise Lagos Education Sector Budget Above 10%
[Vanguard] Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, yesterday, promised to prioritise the development of the education sector in the state through increased budget allocation to the sector which stands at 10 per cent presently.
Wed, 31 Aug 2022 08:25:48 GMTNCAA Threatens to Suspend 23 Domestic Airlines Over N46bn Debt Owed Agencies
[Vanguard] The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, has threatened to suspend no fewer than 23 domestic airlines over the N46 billion owed agencies in the sector.
Wed, 31 Aug 2022 08:25:44 GMTN2.74 Trillion Agric Goods Imported Last Year - Senate
[Vanguard] THE Senate yesterday frown on the huge amount of money the country was spending on food importation at the expense of post-harvest losses in the country.
Wed, 31 Aug 2022 05:37:42 GMT40 Years After, Lagos Airport's New Terminal Changes Travel Experience
[Daily Trust] Six months after its commissioning, the new terminal of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos is set to witness an increase in activities with the planned relocation of five airlines to the ultra-modern, state-of-th...
Wed, 31 Aug 2022 05:37:39 GMTDangote Sugar to Cut Imports By 40%, Forex Pressure
[Daily Trust] Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc has resolved to significantly reduce the importation of sugar into the country by 40 per cent, thus paving the way for the employment of over 30,000 youths and help the country save scarce foreign exchange.
Wed, 31 Aug 2022 05:37:36 GMT2023 Polls - Buhari Meets Governor, Says Nigerians Will Appreciate APC in 6 Months
[Daily Trust] President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, said non-interference in elections gives credence to the political process, ensures participation and inclusiveness and shows that the governing APC respects the electorate.
Wed, 31 Aug 2022 08:34:42 GMTReps Panel Queries Office of Accountant General of Federation Over Discrepancies in Remittances By MDAs
[Premium Times] The committee said the figures presented by the OAGF were different from those of the MDAs because it uses the analogue system of accounting.
Wed, 31 Aug 2022 08:25:44 GMTForeign Meetings By Nigerian Politicians 'Clownish', Focused On Allocating Political Positions
[Premium Times] "During the gravest period of our existence, our civil war, and peace meetings/conferences were held only in Africa. None was held in Europe or the Americas," the group said.
Wed, 31 Aug 2022 06:42:24 GMTWhy We Awarded Multi-Billion Naira Pipeline Protection Contract to Tompolo - NNPC
[Premium Times] The clarification came amid reports that NNPC Limited awarded a N48bn pipeline surveillance contract to Tompolo.
Wed, 31 Aug 2022 06:42:24 GMTNigeria Losing 95 Percent Oil Production At Bonny Terminal to Theft - Kyari
[Premium Times] "I can tell you in one line just less than 200 kilometres we had 295 illegal connections and you see the data".