Nigeria
Mon, 04 Apr 2022 06:12:41 GMTOne Week After Kaduna Train Attack, 168 Passengers Still Unaccounted for
[Premium Times] The Nigerian Railway Corporation has said its manifest showed that there were 362 passengers on board the train before the attack happened.
Mon, 04 Apr 2022 04:48:37 GMTAmid Extradition Uncertainties, U.S. Court Picks Date for Abba Kyari's Fraud Trial
[Premium Times] Back in Nigeria, Mr Kyari faces a just-starting trial on charges of illegal dealing in cocaine, and extradition proceedings over a $1.1million fraud case involving Hushpuppi pending in the U.S. court.
Mon, 04 Apr 2022 04:48:34 GMTMisery of Agrarian Nasarawa Community Shows Pitfalls, Potential of Solid Minerals in Nigeria
[Premium Times] Years of uncontrolled mining of solid minerals and precious stones has turned many farmlands to pitholes in Angwan Kade in Nasarawa State
Mon, 04 Apr 2022 08:53:53 GMT2022 Grammys - Angelique Kidjo Beats Wizkid, Femi Kuti, Others to Win Best Global Music Album
[Daily Trust] Beninese singer-songwriter, actress, and activist, Angelique Kidjo, has beaten the likes of Wizkid, Femi Kuti, Made Kuti, Rocky Dawuni, and Daniel Ho & Friends to clinch her fifth Grammy Award.
Mon, 04 Apr 2022 08:33:35 GMTLawyer Seeks to Stop Extradition of Nigerian to U.S.
[Ghanaian Times] A private legal practitioner, Ralph Poku Adusei, has filed an application at the Accra High Court, seeking to stop what he says is an illegal attempt by the State to extradite his client, Blessing Adeleke Oluwadamilare, a Nigerian, f...
Mon, 04 Apr 2022 08:18:24 GMTTerrorists Threaten to Sink Nigeria As If There's No Soldiers - Abbas, Guber Aspirant
[Vanguard] A gubernatorial aspirant in Kaduna State on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP), Barrister Mohammed Sani Abbas,has said that terrorists were threatening to sink Nigeria, as if the country has no intelligence capabilities or...
Mon, 04 Apr 2022 08:18:20 GMTAkwa Ibom Evacuates Stranded Citizens From Katsina Over Bandits' Attacks
[Vanguard] Akwa Ibom State Government weekend evacuated from Katsina State a total of 34 of her citizens, who were stranded following attacks by bandits and insurgents in some parts of Katsina state.
Mon, 04 Apr 2022 06:37:29 GMTInvestment in Road Infrastructure Building Nigeria's Economy - Buhari
[Daily Trust] President Muhammadu Buhari has said his administration has focused on road infrastructure due to its effect in facilitating job creation and strengthening the economy.
Mon, 04 Apr 2022 06:37:25 GMTWe'll Clear Anything Blocking Our Way to Victory - Senator Adamu
[Daily Trust] The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu, has said the party under his watch will clear anything cloudy on its way to victory in the 2023 general polls.
Mon, 04 Apr 2022 06:37:22 GMTFresh Crisis Hits Lagos PDP As Elders Reject Congress Ratification
[Daily Trust] The crisis rocking the Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) took another dimension yesterday as some elders and leaders of the party rejected the ratification of the congress conducted recently by the Governor Douye...
Mon, 04 Apr 2022 06:37:18 GMTDrug Agency Seizes N5bn Tramadol Tablets At Lagos Airport, Abuja, Edo Raids
[Daily Trust] About 9.5 million tablets of pharmaceutical opioids - tramadol and Exol 5 - worth over N5bn have been seized at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja Lagos, the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja and Edo State by operat...
Mon, 04 Apr 2022 06:37:11 GMTGovt May Name Concessionaires for 4 Airports This Week
[Daily Trust] Barring last minute change, the Federal Government may name the concessionaires for the four international airports this week, Daily Trust gathered at the weekend.
Mon, 04 Apr 2022 06:12:42 GMTNigerian Professor Wins Distinguished Scholar Award in U.S.
[Premium Times] The award is given annually to the lecturer in the university who is most accomplished in scholarly and creative activity.
Mon, 04 Apr 2022 06:12:41 GMTBandits Invade Zamfara Town, Kill Many, Including Commissioner's Son
[Premium Times] Residents said the gunmen who invaded the town went on a shooting spree immediately after night prayer. Three people died from the attack.
Mon, 04 Apr 2022 06:12:41 GMTGrammys 2022 - Wizkid, Femi Kuti Lose to Angelique Kidjo (Full List of Winners)
[Premium Times] The win is the Beninese singer's fifth of her 40-year- career
Mon, 04 Apr 2022 06:12:41 GMTWe've Spent Over N157 Billion On Second Niger Bridge So Far - Finance Minister
[Premium Times] "For me, I can report to Mr President and say I have seen where all the N157 billion has gone to."
Mon, 04 Apr 2022 06:12:37 GMTWhy I Accepted to Lead Yahaya Bello's Presidential Campaign - Hafsat Abiola
[Premium Times] Hafsat Abiola expressed the confidence that Mr Bello would clinch the ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) irrespective of the zone of the national chairman.
Mon, 04 Apr 2022 05:13:26 GMTHushpuppi - U.S. Court Fixes October 11 for Abba Kyari's Trial
[Leadership] A United States (US) court has fixed October 11, 2022 to hear the case against suspended Nigerian super cop Abba Kyari.
Mon, 04 Apr 2022 05:13:23 GMTTuberculosis - Despite 50% Increase in Notification, Huge Tracing Gap Still Exists
[Leadership] Despite recording a 50 per cent increase in Tuberculosis (TB) notification from 138,591 cases in 2020 to 207,785 in 2021, huge tracing gap still exists in Nigeria.
Mon, 04 Apr 2022 05:13:21 GMTFemi Kuti, Wizkid, Made Lose to Angelique Kidjo At Grammys 2022
[Leadership] Afrobeat star, Femi Kuti, his son, Made Kuti and Wizkid, have lost out of the race to win a Grammy at the 64th edition at the MGM Arena in Las Vegas.
Mon, 04 Apr 2022 05:13:17 GMTEcowas Court Nullifies Section 24 of Nigeria's Cybercrime Act Registration March 26
[Leadership] Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice has declared Section 24 of Nigeria's Cybercrime Act as inconsistent and incompatible with freedom of expression and media freedom.
Mon, 04 Apr 2022 05:13:12 GMTSecond Niger Bridge - Federal Govt Commends NSIA, Julius Berger On Quality of Work
[Leadership] Minister of finance, budget and national planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, has scored the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) and Julius Berger Plc high on the execution of the 2nd Niger Bridge Project.
Mon, 04 Apr 2022 08:40:29 GMTGrammys - Nigerians React As Angelique Kidjo Beats Wizkid, Femi Kuti, Made Kuti in Global Music Album Category
[Vanguard] Beninise singer and songwriter, Angelique Kidjo's 'Mother Nature' has won in the Best Global Music album category at the 2022 Grammys awards.
Mon, 04 Apr 2022 07:56:53 GMTNigerians Not Safe On Road, Train, Airport - Obasanjo
[Vanguard] Former president Olusegun Obasanjo, has said that no place in Nigeria is safe. He stated this at his residence in Ogun State while receiving a People's Democratic Party presidential aspirant, Dr Ugochukwu Williams.
Mon, 04 Apr 2022 07:31:39 GMTTrain Attack - Nigerian Railway Corporation Confirms Safety of 186, Says 22 Missing
[Vanguard] The Nigerian Railway Corporation, NRC, in fulfillment of its pledge to provide updates on the bombed Kaduna-bound train penultimate Monday, has confirmed the safety of additional 14 persons on board the ill-fated train.
Mon, 04 Apr 2022 06:29:34 GMTGunmen Kill Two Federal Road Safety Corps Officials in Anambra
[Premium Times] The gunmen opened fire on the officials while they were conducting routine patrol operations, an official said.
Mon, 04 Apr 2022 06:12:42 GMTPolice Kill Suspected Kidnapper, Rescue 13 Victims in Delta
[Premium Times] Mr Edafe said the suspect was shot dead on Sunday, April 3, by a combined team of Police operatives attached to the Ogwashi-Uku Division and a local vigilante.
Mon, 04 Apr 2022 06:12:41 GMTNigerian Democracy in Peril As Country Descends Into Lawlessness
[Premium Times] The first task before the next president (there will be an election, the question is what kind) is to put Nigeria back in sync.
Mon, 04 Apr 2022 06:12:41 GMTGunmen Kill 10 Persons, Injure 19 During Cultural Festival in Plateau
[Premium Times] The Plateau police command says it has mobilised armed officers to the place to restore normalcy.
Mon, 04 Apr 2022 04:48:42 GMTObasanjo - Security Challenges Have Overwhelmed Buhari's Govt, Nigerians No Longer Safe Anywhere
[This Day] Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said security challenges have overwhelmed the government of President Muhammadu Buhari.