Category: Nigeria
Nigeria is rudderless, Says Falana
… Wonders why there are inconsistencies in oil regime. Human rights lawyer,Femi Falana ,has said that the apparent inconsistencies in the management of the fuel...
Petrol subsidy/COVID-19 vaccines:Governors meet Thursday to take decisions
The governors of the 36 states in Nigeria, under the umbrella of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) will meet on Wednesday to discuss issues related to petrol...
23.9 million Nigerians out of job in 2020-NBS
…Figure represents 33% The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has reported that about 23.19 million Nigerians were unemployed in the fourth quarter of 2020,...
Nigeria’s public debt now N39.2trn
Nigeria’s total public debt rose to N32.9tn at the end of December 2020, the Debt Management Office said in a statement on Monday. From its last report on public debt,...
Nigeria vaccinates 8000 in 35 states, Kogi not yet ready
No fewer than 8,000 persons have so far been vaccinated in 35 states and the FCT, the Presidential Task Force (PTF), on COVID-19, said on Monday in Abuja. The...
Grab opportunity to be at centre of Nigerian politics, Lawan tells Igbos
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has advised the Igbos in the Southeast to seize the opportunity provided by the Buhari administration to gravitate to the centre of...
SERAP sues Buhari over move to borrow N895bn from Nigerians’ dormant accounts
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit asking the Federal High Court in Abuja “to restrain and stop President Muhammadu Buhari...
He laugh last:How dismissed police officer was recalled after 21 years , promoted to ASP
History was made on Tuesday, 16 February, 2021 when a police officer from Ini Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Celestine Obot Williams, who was...
Govt magic: FG jerks up petrol price to N212 per litre
…Yet, NNPC said on March 1 there was no plan to raise fuel prices The Nigerian government has increased the pump price of petrol to N212.61 a litre, less than two...
Kidney diseases on the rise in Nigeria-Expert warns
A Consultant Nephrologist, Dr Abdulwasiu Busari, has decried the increasing rate of kidney diseases in Nigeria, saying it is currently about 20 to...
