Nigeria
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 06:32:05 GMTNigeria Issues Travel Advisory to Citizens in U.S., Europe
[Premium Times] Mr Mohammed said he was not issuing a travel advisory but merely giving a piece of advice to Nigerians who may be visiting these countries.
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 05:59:37 GMTGovt Banks On Energy Transition Plan to Pull 100m Nigerians Out of Poverty
[This Day] For the umpteenth time, the federal government has hinged its target of pulling 100 million Nigerians from the shackles of poverty on the implementation of Nigeria's Energy Transition Plan (ETP).
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 05:33:45 GMTDoctors for Change - From a WhatsApp Group to a Movement
[Nigeria Health Watch] It can be quite devastating when your doctor tells you that the specialist care you urgently need is not available in Nigeria. I have been there before, so I know what it feels like. First you count the cost of treatment -- inc...
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 05:33:34 GMTBuhari Vows to Restore Political Stability, Security in West Africa
[Premium Times] Mr Buhari says Nigeria is committed to supporting ECOWAS institutions to ensure that the countries in the region are all returned to constitutional rule.
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 05:32:50 GMTAdeleke Issues Six Executive Orders, Sacks Hundreds of Osun Workers Employed By Oyetola
[Premium Times] "The Orders signed this morning by His Excellency covered chieftaincy matters, appointments issues, setting up of review panel, staff audit and employment matters,"
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 04:32:31 GMTDenmark Finds Nigerian Guilty in Pirate Trial
[DW] The man was part of a group of suspected pirates involved in a firefight with Danish soldiers in the Gulf of Guinea, but won't face jail despite his conviction.
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 06:32:05 GMTLondon Museum Returns Looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
[Premium Times] The Horniman Museum houses a collection of 72 treasured items that were taken by force from Benin City in 1897.
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 09:07:38 GMTCOP27 - the Real Deal At the Red Sea
[Vanguard] IN the Holy books of the Abrahamic religions of Christianity and Islam, the Red Sea is symbolic as a place of significant events and the beginning of liberation from oppression. Will the Red Sea town of Sharm El Sheik be recorded in histor...
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 08:23:06 GMTGovt Ratifies 14-Day Paternity Leave for Public Servants
[This Day] The federal government has approved the commencement of 14-working-day paternity leave for federal civil servants.
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 08:22:57 GMTWe've Responsibility to Save Public Varsities From Collapse - ASUU
[Leadership] Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said the union would continue to protect public universities from collapse and fight for the interest of its members as well as that of Nigerians students despite the federal government's s...
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 08:21:31 GMTTinubu's Campaign Denies Apologisng to Ex-Cross River Gov Over 'Use' of Picture in Documentary
[Premium Times] Former Cross River governor, Donald Duke, had claimed his picture was used in a documentary to depict the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu.
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 07:23:37 GMTASUU-Govt Standoff - All Roads Still Lead to Government
[Premium Times] Whatever model is adopted, national governments are still responsible for education worldwide, even if they don't carry the entire burden of paying for it.
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 07:22:54 GMTFire Guts 150 Shops in Kachako Market in Kano
[Premium Times] The official said the incident occurred on Monday afternoon.
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 07:18:18 GMTBuhari'll Hand Over Safer Country - Presidency
[Vanguard] The Presidency said yesterday that President Muhammadu Buhari has done enough to leave a safer nation.
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 07:18:00 GMT2023 - Buhari, Sultan, Lumumba Seek End to Ethno-Religious Politics
[Vanguard] With barely three months to the 2023 general elections, President Muhammadu Buhari, the Sultan of Sokoto, Mohammed Abubakar Sa'ad lII, and a former Director of Kenyan Anti-Corruption Agency, Prof. Patrick Lumumba, are seeking an end to eth...
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 07:17:50 GMTIt's Doubtful Herders Wilfully Destroy Farms - Govt
[Vanguard] Despite frequent invasion of farms and killings of farmers in different parts of the country, especially in South East and Benue State, by armed herdsmen, the federal government said yesterday it was unsure herders intentionally unleash th...
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 07:17:41 GMTBlame Nigerian Army for Killings in Enugu, Rivers - IPOB
[Vanguard] Nnewi -- The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, yesterday, accused the 82 Division Enugu and 6 Division Port Harcourt of the Nigerian Army of being responsible for the killings by terrorist herdsmen in Enugu State.
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 06:32:05 GMTAttacks On Our Facilities Won't Stop 2023 Poll - INEC Chairman
[Premium Times] INEC offices have been attacked in three states - Ogun, Osun and Ebonyi States - in the last three weeks.
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 06:32:05 GMTBuhari Charges Nigerian Politicians to Emulate Late Saraki
[Premium Times] Mr Buhari says Mr Saraki, a former Senate Leader, who died in 2012, participated in the evolution of Nigeria's political development.
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 06:32:04 GMTBuhari Approves N80bn for Reconstruction of Edo, Delta Roads
[Premium Times] Mr Omo-Agege said he pleaded with Mr Buhari to consider the reconstruction Sapele/Benin Road and the Amukpe/Agbor/Uromi Road with funds from the NDDC's defrozen money.
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 06:31:55 GMTAnalysis - Adeleke's Inauguration in Osun and What It Means for Atiku
[Premium Times] With the swearing in of Ademola Adeleke on Sunday as Osun State governor, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) now has two governors in the South West and will be counting on the new governor to lead its onslaught in the four other stat...
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 06:06:58 GMTUN Deputy Scribe Lauds Nigeria's Participation in COP27
[Leadership] Deputy secretary-general of the United Nations (UN), Mrs Amina Mohammed, has commended Nigeria's participation at the just concluded UN Climate Change Conference - COP 27 in Egypt.
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 06:06:45 GMTInflation - Diesel Prices Rise By 215%, Gas 70.6 %, Petrol 17% in One Year
[This Day] Nigerians continued to grapple with growing energy prices caused by the challenges in the global oil and gas industry, the Russia-Ukraine war as well as local distortions in Nigeria's petroleum transportation and supply infrastructure in O...
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 06:06:36 GMTGovt Restates Commitment to Achieving Net-Zero Gas Emission
[This Day] The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva has restated government's commitment to achieving its net-zero emission targets by 2060.
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 06:06:26 GMTNigeria Earned $741.48bn From Oil, Gas Sales in 21 Years - NEITI
[This Day] The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative ((NEITI) has said that the country earned N741.48 billion from oil and gas sales between 1999 and 2020, a period of 21 years.
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 06:05:24 GMTEcowas Court Reverses Decision Suspending Proceedings From Three Member States
[Leadership] The ECOWAS Court of Justice has reversed its initial ruling of September 30, 2021 suspending proceedings three member states, Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso.
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 05:40:10 GMTInsecurity, Political Instability, Russia-Ukraine War Setback for Ecowas - Buhari
[Leadership] President Muhammadu Buhari has described threats to peace and security, political instability and the adverse impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the economies as well as the ongoing war in Ukraine as the biggest concerns of the region.
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 07:18:10 GMT$550m Foreign Loan Drives Nigeria's Rural Electrification Program
[Vanguard] *To supply power to 705,000 homes, 90,000MSMs - REA boss
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 05:33:08 GMTG-5 Governors, 2023 and Ortom's Novel "Bottom to Top" Mantra
[This Day] Tunde Olusunle writes about the recent meeting of the G-5 Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party in Makurdi, the Benue State capital during which the projects executed by Governor Samuel Ortom were inaugurated by his counterparts from R...
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 05:32:58 GMTGlobal Economic Crisis Causing Hardship for West Africans - Buhari
[This Day] * Promises to bequeath free, fair election legacy to ECOWAS