Nigeria

The Presidency on Sunday said only a handful of the 1,411 Nigerian delegates who registered to attend the COP28 Climate Summit in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, are sponsored by the Federal Government. This was, as it…

Nigeria has the highest number of registered delegates from Africa at the ongoing COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. According to a list published by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Nigeria is…

Nigeria and Germany on Friday signed the Presidential Power Initiative agreement to improve electricity supply in Africa’s most populous nation. This was disclosed in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President, Ajuri…

Barely a few days after berating his aides over what he described as poor misrepresentation of his administration, Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has directed the freezing of all state and local government accounts with immediate…

The Ambassador of China to Nigeria, Cui Jian Chun, on Wednesday, said his country would like to establish its military industry in Nigeria. According to him, this would support local production of military equipment in Nigeria,…

The senate has asked Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), to revisit the $460 million spent by the federal government on a closed-circuit television (CCTV) project in Abuja. The upper legislative chamber took…

Two important agreements were signed in Berlin on Tuesday by German and Nigeria businesses, marking a significant step towards deeper commercial connections. The $500 million agreements, which include a gas export contract and a…

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar believes the merger of Nigeria’s opposition parties will help in forming a stronger front against the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Atiku, who was the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…

The Federal Government has said that the Government of Saudi Arabia pledged to invest in revamping the country’s refineries to get them working and reforming the Central Bank of Nigeria. This was made known in a press statement by…

The National Lottery Trust Fund (NLTF) executive secretary, Bello Maigari, claims that despite their difficult financial situation, Nigerians spend billions of dollars annually on betting. This was revealed by Maigari at the biennial…

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 2023 presidential election, has stated that nothing should prevent the Supreme Court from accepting his new evidence as it prepares to hear…

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has forecasted that South Africa could surpass Nigeria to become the largest economy in Africa. According to the IMF’s World Economic Outlook, South Africa, which is one of the most…

The commencement of hostilities between Israel and Hamas has prompted a request for a ceasefire and for talks from the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Hamas, a Palestinian military organisation, attacked Israel on Saturday. The…

The proscribed Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) says it is ready to negotiate with the federal government over a peaceful separation of Biafra from Nigeria. IPOB is asking for a United Nations supervised referendum to extricate…

The approval of a N25,000 short-term allowance for junior government employees for the ensuing six months has been announced by President Bola Tinubu. According to him, the approval came after talks with labour unions and other…