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Nigeria Pays Oil Majors $3 Billion, Moving Closer To Ending Arrears Due
Nigeria reimbursed oil companies including Exxon Mobil Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell Plc $3 billion, moving closer to…
Nigeria’s Battered Farmers To Get $20 Million To Aid Crop Output
Mary Daniel, a slight woman in her 40s, weeds by hand a field dotted with trees and scraggly sesame plants.
A…
Losses Mount From Nigerian Police Brutality Protests
Protests against police brutality in Nigeria, Africa’s largest oil producer, have cost the economy an estimated 700…
Govt To Remove Expiry Dates From National ID Card
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, has disclosed that the federal government is…
Nigeria Venture Plans To Raise $1.2 Billion To Fix Power Gap
(Bloomberg) -- A Nigerian venture plans to raise 480 billion naira ($1.2 billion) over the next three years to buy…
Nigeria’s Lagos Imposes 24-Hour Curfew After Anti-Police Protests Turn…
Nigeria's Lagos state government on Tuesday imposed a 24-hour curfew, saying anti-police protests have…
FG Reiterates Commitment To Concession Onitsha River Port, Says Moghalu
The Federal Government on Monday reassured the business community in the South East of its commitment to concession…
Governors Call For End To Nationwide #EndSARS Protests
The 36 State Governors under the aegis of Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) have called for end to the nationwide…
Death Toll Climbs As Nigeria Protests Spiral
Crowds have taken to the streets of Nigeria in protest against police brutality. The demonstrations come as the…
I Am Proud That Young Nigerians Are Driving Change – We Will No Longer Be Ignored
Growing up in Nigeria, I heard of great activists, including Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, a Nigerian educator, political…
Nigerian Protesters Shut Down Africa’s Largest City, Escalating Standoff With…
LAGOS, Nigeria—Tens of thousands of protesters brought the largest city in Africa to a standstill on Monday,…
#EndSARS: Airlines Increase Airfare Of Domestic Flights
Following the ongoing protests against police brutality in the country, airfares on domestic routes have increased.…
With Instagram, Hashtags And Bitcoin, Young Nigerians Boost Anti-Police Protests
Ozioma Egemasi says Nigerian police slapped, whipped and struck him with the butt of a pistol when he refused to…
Edo Govt Declares 24-Hour Curfew
The Edo State Government hereby imposes a 24-hour curfew across the state until further notice.
The curfew is to…
Govt Expecting One Million MT Steel From $1.5bn Plant
The Federal Government has said that the $1.5bn steel plant that is nearing completion in Kaduna State will attract…
Nigeria Commodity Exchange To Support Farmers
The Nigeria Commodity Exchange has pledged to support farmers in Borno State to boost the level of agricultural…
Govt To Raise Local Content In Oil And Gas Sector To 40%
The Minister of State Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, says Nigeria will raise local content in the oil and gas…
Fitch Revises Kaduna’s Outlook To Stable On Sovereign Action; Affirms At…
Fitch Ratings has revised the Outlook on Kaduna State's Long-Term Foreign- and Local-Currency Issuer Default…
Showdown Looms As Protesters Plan Lockdown Of Abuja, Lagos Today
A showdown between security forces and #EndSARS activists may be in the offing as the protesters yesterday unfolded…
Nigerian Embassy In France Call Police On EndSARS Protesters, Demonstrators Vow To…
Despite the presence of the French police, the demonstrators, who stormed the embassy at the Victor Hugo area of…
#ENDSARS: Police Killed My Cousin In 2013, Says Canadian Minister
Nigerian-born Canadian Minister for Justice, Kaycee Madu has supported ongoing #ENDSARS protests, narrating how his…
Nigeria’s Rising Inflation Worrisome, Experts Say
Two financial experts on Friday expressed concerns over the country’s rising inflation rate and urged the Federal…
‘CBN Did Not Enter Into Any Trade Agreement With Zamfara’
The state government explained that it does not directly mine the gold for itself, but purchases the gold from the…
You Can’t Control Minerals, FG Tells States
The Federal Government on Thursday told state governments that they could not control the mineral deposits in their…
I’m Not Aware Of Waiver For Foreign Vessels – Amaechi
The Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, has dismissed claims that he had knowledge of waiver granted to foreign…
Court Vacates N24b Order Against Central Bank Of Nigeria
A Federal High Court in Abuja has set aside an order against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in respect of a…
Nigeria: Despite #EndSARS Protests, Investors Gain N121 Billion in Equities…
Investors this week gained N121 billion on the Nigerian equities market, in a trading week marred by #EndSARS…
Nigeria: Border Closure Boosts Rice Sufficiency, Manufacturing, Says FG
The Federal Government on Thursday said the closure of Nigeria’s land borders was good for the economy as the…
Protesters March On Nigerian Parliament After Army Threatens To Step In
Hundreds of protesters marched to the gates of Nigeria's parliament on Thursday, hours after the army said it was…
Banking Czar, Jim Ovia Acquires $10.5m Apartments, Guest House For His Sons
Jim Ovia perfected the money attitude while his peers cut their first tooth in banking. He was the enthralling…