Nigeria
Tue, 25 Oct 2022 06:35:43 GMTAuthorities Say Cholera Hits Minawao, a Nigerian Refugee Camp
[VOA] Yaounde -- Authorities in Cameroon say they are struggling to contain a cholera outbreak in an overcrowded refugee camp on its northern border with Nigeria. In the past week, three people have died in the Minawao refugee camp and at least 81 ha...
Tue, 25 Oct 2022 05:02:27 GMTAfter Seven Years in Office, Buhari Asks Ministers to Develop Plan to Prevent Floods
[Premium Times] Many Nigerian states experience flooding annually during the rainy season.
Tue, 25 Oct 2022 05:01:31 GMTAppeal Court Rejects Nigerian Govt's Request for Adjournment of Hearing On Nnamdi Kanu
[Premium Times] The Nigerian government filed an application for a stay of execution of the Court of Appeal's verdict freeing Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of IPOB, from detention.
Tue, 25 Oct 2022 04:41:26 GMTWorld Polio Day 2022 - Is Polio Becoming a Wicked Problem?
[Nigeria Health Watch] Nigeria was declared wild poliovirus free on the 25th August 2020. The news was met with a lot of celebration. The long-fought battle towards a wild polio free status had been won in Africa. Nigeria was the final country in whi...
Tue, 25 Oct 2022 06:21:08 GMTNigeria Orders Final Seizure of Assets of Ex-Oil Minister
[Leadership] Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has ordered the final forfeiture of two Abuja properties and two luxury cars belonging to a former minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, to the federal g...
Tue, 25 Oct 2022 05:20:19 GMTNigeria Ranks 103rd Among 121 Countries Facing Hunger Crisis - AfDB
[Daily Trust] Nigeria occupies the 103rd position among 121 countries classified to be facing a hunger crisis, said the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina.
Tue, 25 Oct 2022 05:01:59 GMTMany Terrorists Killed As Airstrikes Hit Hideout of Zamfara's Terror Kingpin, Halilu Sububu
[Premium Times] It is unclear whether the gang leader, Mr Sububu, was also killed.
Mon, 24 Oct 2022 10:38:02 GMTUAE Jails Nigerian for Violating Cybercrime Law
[Premium Times] In the UAE, taking a video or photograph of someone without their consent and posting such on social media is a violation of the cybercrime act.
Mon, 24 Oct 2022 09:33:48 GMTFloods Devastate Farmlands, Raise Fear of Food Insecurity in Nigeria
[Premium Times] "The disaster has wiped away everything," Mr Ali said. "I was hoping to harvest over 200 sacks of rice looking at the prospect of the field ..."
Tue, 25 Oct 2022 08:53:04 GMTOver 10,000 Doctors Left Nigeria for UK in Last 7 Yrs - NMA
[Vanguard] The Kaduna State Chapter of Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, yesterday said no fewer than 10,000 doctors left Nigeria for the United Kingdom, UK, for greener pastures in the last seven years, saying Doctors in Kaduna State are the least ...
Tue, 25 Oct 2022 08:52:49 GMTAtiku Blasts Tinubu Over Dubai Comment
[Vanguard] The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has said presidential candidate whose health was shrouded in secrecy should not be taken seriously.
Tue, 25 Oct 2022 08:52:31 GMTFlood - Buhari Gives Minister 90 Days Ultimatum to Draw Up Plan
[Vanguard] WORRIED by the devastating effects of flood in the country, President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Minister of Water Resources to lead and coordinate with the Ministries of Environment and Transportation as well as state governments t...
Tue, 25 Oct 2022 08:52:18 GMTNigeria's Economic Diversification Policy Aligned With Canada's Export Capability - Christoff
[Vanguard] Canada's High Commissioner to Nigeria, H.E James Christoff has said that Nigeria's economic diversification policy aligned with Canada's export capability.
Tue, 25 Oct 2022 08:52:09 GMTAtiku's Campaign Document Filled With Buhari's Ongoing Projects - APC
[Vanguard] The All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential Campaign Council, PCC, has lampooned the the presidential candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Atiku Abubakar, for accusing his APC counterpart, Bola Tinubu, of plagiari...
Tue, 25 Oct 2022 08:46:01 GMTBiafra - Why We Won't Release Kanu, Govt Tells Appeal Court
[Vanguard] The Federal Government yesterday adduced reasons it has not obeyed the judgement of the Court of Appeal that ordered the release of leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, from detention.
Tue, 25 Oct 2022 08:28:35 GMTHow We Prevented Flights Suspension - Emefiele
[Vanguard] ... As Gbajabiamila seeks solution to trapped funds for foreign airlines
Tue, 25 Oct 2022 08:27:57 GMTHow I Plan to Fix Flooding If Elected President - Peter Obi
[Vanguard] ... Explains why Obidients're angry
Tue, 25 Oct 2022 08:26:27 GMT2023 - Why We Don't Have Atiku On Rivers PDP Campaign Materials - Wike
[Premium Times] The PDP is battling an internal crisis ahead of next year's general elections.
Tue, 25 Oct 2022 06:54:20 GMTNigeria's 2023 Election Could Affect West Africa Sub-Region - ECOWAS
[Premium Times] INEC chairman says it has invited international organisations to monitor the forthcoming poll.
Tue, 25 Oct 2022 06:53:48 GMT2023 - Fani-Kayode Speaks On 'Pain' Nigerians Will Feel If APC Wins
[Premium Times] Mr Fani-Kayode says the pain is the only necessary step to take to recover and restore the dwindling economy.
Tue, 25 Oct 2022 06:53:41 GMTHow Zamfara Governor Allegedly Purchased Multi-Billion Naira Abuja Properties With Funds Linked to the State's Treasury
[Premium Times] The nation's top anti-graft agency had gathered and presented to the court seemingly incontrovertible evidence that Mr Bello Matawalle laundered Zamfara State's money running into billions of naira
Tue, 25 Oct 2022 06:21:51 GMTEnugu Community Seeks Divine, Govt's Intervention - Ekweremadu
[This Day] The people of Mpu in Aninri Local Government Area (LGA) of Enugu State, community of former Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu recently shut down their market in solidarity over the continued detention of their...
Tue, 25 Oct 2022 06:21:42 GMTOne-Third of Global Economy in Recession - Emefiele
[Leadership] Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele has said that about one-third of the world's economy is currently in recession due to the damaging effects of COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine...
Tue, 25 Oct 2022 06:21:35 GMTFinally, Atiku, Wike Reconciliation Collapses
[Leadership] Whatever hope that would have been left that Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, would have a rethink and file behind his party's presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, for the 2023 polls was finally dashed yesterday.
Tue, 25 Oct 2022 06:21:27 GMT2 Years of Polio Free - Emeka Offor Urges Sustenance of Gains
[Leadership] Rotary International Polio Ambassador to Nigeria, Sir Emeka Offor has stressed the need for the nation to bolster efforts to sustain the eradication of wild polio in Nigeria as the nation celebrates two years since the last reported case...
Tue, 25 Oct 2022 06:21:17 GMTNigeria Can End Food Insecurity in 10 Years - Osinbajo
[Leadership] With the launch of the Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone (SAPZ) programme, Nigeria can, in less than a decade, banish food insecurity, while radically improving export earnings from agriculture, creating millions of lucrative agro-...
Tue, 25 Oct 2022 06:20:59 GMTIslamic Dev't Bank Approves $1.8bn Financing for Nigeria
[Leadership] The Islamic Development Bank said it has approved a total financing of $1.8 billion for funding developmental programmes in Nigeria.
Tue, 25 Oct 2022 06:20:49 GMTHow NCC Convinced State Governments to Work On 70% Broadband Target
[Leadership] At the one-day Broadband Technical Awareness Forum (TAF) for Governors organised by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Thursday October 20, 2022, at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, stakeholders agreed that it was high tim...
Tue, 25 Oct 2022 06:20:41 GMTBuhari Gives Ministers 3 Months to Produce Flood Prevention Plan
[Leadership] President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the minister of water resources to lead and coordinate with the Ministries of Environment and Transportation as well as state governments to develop a comprehensive plan of action for preventing fl...
Tue, 25 Oct 2022 06:20:33 GMTMisinformation Fuelling Conflict, Insecurity, Distrust in Nigeria - Buhari
[Leadership] President Muhammadu Buhari and the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) have decried the role of fake news and misinformation, saying they have been used to aggravate conflicts and crises, exacerbate i...