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Nigeria

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 06:48:01 GMT
Lecturers, Students Unmotivated, Traders Excited As Universities Reopen
[Premium Times] While many students have returned to the campuses, those living in private hostels are unhappy that eight months of their rent have been wasted.

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 06:22:10 GMT
Displacement Camp Closures in Nigeria Worsen Suffering
[HRW] The decision by Nigeria's Borno State to shut down its camps for people displaced by the Boko Haram conflict has pushed over 200,000 people into deeper suffering and destitution

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 04:54:46 GMT
Anti-Graft Agency Raids Black Market Forex Offices As Naira Falls Rapidly
[Premium Times] Naira plunged rapidly between Monday and Tuesday to more than 840 in Abuja a week after the the Central Bank of Nigeria said it will replace higher notes.

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 08:57:23 GMT
Addax Petroleum Exits Nigeria, Transfers Assets to NNPC
[Premium Times] Addax has ceased to be the Production Sharing Contract (PSC) contractor for the Oil Mining Leases (OML) 123/124 and OMLs 126/137.

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 08:28:38 GMT
Lagos Govt Shuts 42 Illegal Health Facilities
[Vanguard] At least 42 health facilities out of about 1040 in Lagos were shut down by the state Health Facilities Monitoring and Accreditation Agency, HEFAMAA, between January to September 2022, over illegal operations and other related offenses.

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 06:47:53 GMT
Kwankwaso Unveils Manifesto, Presents Position On Restructuring, Education, Security
[Premium Times] Mr Kwankwaso promised to make all entry examinations into tertiary institutions free for Nigerian citizens.

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 05:56:19 GMT
Nigeria, Others Move to End Tax Incentives, Waivers to High Net Worth Individuals, Businesses
[This Day] The federal government of Nigeria and the African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF) have announced their resolve to stop tax waivers and incentives to high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) and multinationals in Nigeria and other African countri...

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 05:56:10 GMT
Aramco, BP Beat Expectations With Record Quarterly Profit of $42bn, £8bn
[This Day] Saudi Aramco's continued its historic run yesterday, achieving a profit surge of 39 percent in the third quarter of 2022 and surpassing the average forecasts.

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 05:55:53 GMT
Buhari, Atiku, Soludo, Others Mourn As Mbazulike Dies At 93
[Leadership] President Muhammadu Buhari has extended heartfelt condolences to the Amaechi family, the government and people of Anambra State and Ohanaeze Ndigbo on the passing of Chief Mbazulike Amaechi, elder statesman, First Republic parliamentaria...

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 05:55:43 GMT
2023 Campaign - Atiku, Tinubu, Kwankwaso Offer Solutions to Ailing Economy
[Leadership] As the campaigns for the 2023 polls gather momentum, three of the leading presidential candidates yesterday gave indications of how they would revive Nigeria's failing economy.

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 05:30:45 GMT
Terror Alerts Devastating to Economy - Federal Govt
[Leadership] Minister of information and culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed yesterday said that the terror alert issued by the United States and the United Kingdom high commissions in Nigeria affected the economy of the country negatively.

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 05:30:32 GMT
Terror Alert Is a Ploy to Destabilise Nigeria, Experts Claim
[Leadership] Security experts have said the terror alert on Abuja is a ploy by the United States and its allies to destabilise the country.

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 05:30:23 GMT
Redesigning Naira Won't Check Rising Inflation - Analysts
[Leadership] Economic and finance experts have said the move by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to redesign and print new N200, N500 and N1000 denominations would have no major effect in lowering the rising inflation in the country.

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 05:30:15 GMT
How Loan Growth, Others Drove Interest Income Across Banks in 9 Months
[Daily Trust] An across-the-board rise in loans and advances by Nigeria's Tier-1 lenders in the first nine months of the year led to increased interest income earnings in the banks, their results for the period have revealed.

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 05:29:56 GMT
Passenger Sues Azman Air Over Failed Services
[Daily Trust] A 72-year-old Kano-based businessman, Yahaya Imam, has sued Azman Air Services before a Federal High Court sitting in Kano presided over by Justice Simon A. Amobida over failed service and inability to tender an apology.

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 05:29:48 GMT
Nigeria May Collapse, If an Inexperienced Person Succeeds Buhari - PDP
[Daily Trust] The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) has said the country needs an experienced president after 2023, noting that electing an inexperienced leader may lead to the collapse of the country.

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 04:56:03 GMT
We Intentionally Prioritised Development of Nigeria's Mineral Resources - Buhari
[This Day] President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday said his administration in 2015 intentionally prioritised the development of the country's mineral resources as one of the frontiers for economic growth.

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 04:55:53 GMT
Africa's Leaders Pursue Fossil Fuels, Ignore Interests of People and Climate Crisis
[Daily Trust] Last month, Frans Timmermans, the European Union Commission vice-president and the person in charge of leading its work on the European Green Deal and the European Climate Law, delivered a revealing speech to a delegation of African lea...

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 04:55:53 GMT
Africa Needs $40bn Annual Grid Investments for Stable Electricity, Says Adesina
[This Day] African countries will require an average of $40 billion power grid investments annually for about five years to deliver stable electricity to citizens on the continent, the Group Managing Director, Sahara Power Group, Kola Adesina, has sa...

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 04:55:44 GMT
Presidential Aspirants Condole With Davido Over Son's Death
[Leadership] The news of the death of popular singer, Davido's first son, Ifeanyi has been received with shock with popular Nigerians and fans mourning and sending their condolences.

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 04:55:27 GMT
Nigeria Invites Bids for Zungeru Hydropower Plant Concession
[Premium Times] The country's privatisation agency has set November 24 as deadline for the Request for Qualification.

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 04:55:18 GMT
Nigeria Needs Prayers From U.S., Not Terror Alert - Defence Minister
[Premium Times] "I think what we need is prayers from the United States, not giving us information that will make our citizens to be either confused or not being able to take appropriate action."

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 04:55:11 GMT
Govt Lacks Adequate Funding to Tackle Fake News, Says Mohammed
[This Day] The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said his ministry is incapacitated in the war against fake news , disinformation and hate speech currently ravaging Nigeria.

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 04:54:54 GMT
Keep Polio At Zero Level in Nigeria - Rotary to Govt
[Daily Trust] The Rotary Club of Nigeria has called on the Federal Government and other stakeholders to redouble their efforts on funding and advocacy towards keeping polio at zero level in the country.

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 04:54:35 GMT
NDLEA Declares Lagos Socialite Wanted
[Premium Times] He was declared wanted after he failed to honour the agency's invitation for questioning.

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 04:36:33 GMT
Nigerian Authorities Dismiss Terror Warnings By U.S., Other Foreign Missions
[VOA] Abuja, Nigeria -- Nigerian authorities on Monday dismissed recent terror warnings by foreign missions for the capital, Abuja, as "false" and "irresponsible." Heads of Nigerian security agencies made the comments to journalists after an emergenc...

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 15:10:44 GMT
Serena Williams' Investment Shows That Tech Sector Is Attractive - But Things Can Be Better
[The Conversation Africa] Nigeria is the leading African destination for foreign direct investments in technology startup businesses. Between 2015 and 2022, Nigerian technology startups have secured funding totalling just over US$2 billion. This is t...

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 15:08:13 GMT
Nigeria At Risk of Importing Ebola Virus, NCDC Warns
[Leadership] Following the outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Ugandan, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has alerted that Nigeria is at high risk of Importation of the disease, based on available data and risk assessment conducted.

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 15:08:06 GMT
Police Arsenal Boosted By 631 APCs, 895 Firearms, 3,000 Grenades, 75 GRPGs - Inspector-General
[This Day] Abuja -- Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, said yesterday that the federal government had significantly boosted the arsenal of the Nigeria Police.

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 15:07:56 GMT
$1.3m Fraud - EFCC Declares Kano APC Senatorial Candidate Missing Before Court
[This Day] The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday told a Kano Federal High Court that the Kano Central Senatorial Candidate of the All Progressive Congress(APC) Abdulsalam Abdulkarim-Zaura, who is standing trial for an alleged ...



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