•Protest in northern Nigeria Desperate Nigerians have been protesting against soaring food prices as an economic crisis forces people to skip meals and eat poor-grade rice used as fish food. To feed their children, women in northern Nigeria have even resorted to digging up anthills in search of grain stored by the insects, according to [&helli...
•Sultan and Tinubu The Northern Traditional Council under the chairmanship of the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has warned that with challenges of insecurity, poverty and rising rate of unemployment in Nigeria, North in particular, the country was sitting on a keg of gunpowder, ready to explode any moment soon, if urgent so...
•The United Kingdom Minister for Business and Trade, Kemi Badenoch and Nigerian Trade Minister Doris Nkiruka Uzoka-Anite, at the signing yesterday in Abuja. The federal government has retracted its earlier statement on the legal aspect of the Enhanced Trade and Investment Partnership signed with the United Kingdom yesterday. This came f...
Despite the high inflation, cash squeeze and high fuel cost, Nigerian couples and lovebirds are determined to celebrate Valentine’s Day with joy and love. Valentine’s Day, for every couple, is to relive the unique bond they share, and when someone somewhere finally decides to tell that one special person how much they mean to them, […]...
•Nurses The Registrar of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN), Faruk Abubakar yesterday, said 42,000 nurses have left the country in the last three years. Faruk’s comment came on the heels of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) protest against the new certification verification guidelines issued by th...
•Femi Falana As a way to strengthen the naira against the dollar, human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has urged the federal government of Nigeria to join economic bloc BRICS and sell the Nigerian crude to foreigners in naira and not in the United States’ currency. He also said the federal government should reduce its reliance […]
•Kemi Badenoch The United Kingdom and Nigeria are set to sign a partnership agreement that will permit British legal practitioners to operate businesses and render services in Nigeria. In a press release on its website today, the partnership deal between the UK and Nigeria is to promote trade and investment and open new prospects for […...
•Archbishop Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji The President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) and Archbishop of Owerri Metropolitan, His Grace Most Rev Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, has said that the Nigeria is obviously very sick nation and that it is not only quarantined in the intensive care unit and also on life support. This is […]...
•Elephant tusks The Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted 52 units of elephant tusks in Mfum, a border town of Ikom Local Government Area of Cross River. The Area Comptroller of Cross River/CFTZ/Akwa Ibom Command of the NIS, Ahmed Waziri, said this at a news conference in Calabar today. Waziri said the arrest was made by […]
•Nigeria’s players greet CAF President Patrice Motsepe(R) after the final match The federal government has sent out a congratulatory message to the Super Eagles despite their loss to Ivory Coast at the AFCON 2023 tournament last night. Sebastien Haller scored a dramatic late winner as the hosts fought back to complete the most remarkable of [&...

