Nigeria mandates 1.9 million Point of Sale (PoS) agents to register with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) to curb rising fraud incidents, which accounted for 26.37% of cases in 2023. This directive aims to enhance transparency in financial transactions and improve regulatory oversight in...
Nigerians question government integrity as Education Minister announces crackdown on fake certificates. Amid rising concerns over academic fraud, the Minister pledges to root out perpetrators.
In a bid to uphold educational integrity, Education Minister Tahir Mamman unveiled a comprehensive...
Amidst World Press Freedom Day, Nigeria's Information Minister defends Tinubu's administration, claiming no journalist faced incarceration. Recent incidents, like the detention of Segun Olatunji and Daniel Ojukwu's abduction, challenge this stance. SERAP and NGE call for press freedom...
Vice-President Kashim Shettima has recently addressed Nigeria's economic challenges, attributing them to the policies of the previous administration under President Muhammadu Buhari. Speaking at the 2nd Chronicle Roundtable in Abuja, Shettima emphasized that the economic crisis inherited by...
In a heart-wrenching viral video circulating online, an elderly man is seen in tears after purchasing fuel at an exorbitant price, reflecting the ongoing fuel crisis in Nigeria. The video has sparked a wave of emotions across social media platforms, with Nigerians expressing sympathy and...
In response to recent allegations of misinformation regarding Maersk's purported $600 million investment in Nigeria, the Nigerian government's media has shared a video of a meeting they claim took place in February. The government asserts that this video depicts a recent meeting with Maersk...
Multichoice Nigeria, a prominent Pay TV provider, has proceeded with the upward adjustment of its prices for DStv and GOtv subscribers, despite a recent court ruling prohibiting the company from raising rates.
On April 24, the company announced its intention to increase prices for its DStv and...
In an unexpected turn of events, power reportedly went off at the National Assembly while the Minister of Power was present in the building. This incident sparked a flurry of reactions on social media platforms, ranging from humor to cynicism.
Some users found irony in the situation...
A resurgence of petrol scarcity has engulfed various states in Nigeria, accompanied by long queues at petrol stations, crowded bus stops, and escalated traffic woes. Frustrated residents, facing soaring petrol prices approaching N2000 per liter, are resorting to purchasing fuel in jerrycans...
In his address at a counter-terrorism meeting in Abuja, Nigeria's National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, highlighted significant strides in the country's security landscape, attributing them to government actions aimed at curbing the proliferation of small arms and light weapons.
Ribadu...
The former President of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, Joe Uwakwue, revealed that the Tinubu Administration is still paying fuel subsidies, proposing a significant increase in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) to N925 per liter.
Uwakwue's statement implies that despite the...
During a joint press conference at the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank in Washington D.C., Finance Minister Wale Edun revealed that Nigeria has qualified for a $2.25 billion loan from the World Bank, described as "virtually a grant" due to its...
The Anambra State Government has arrested a 40-year-old man named Anietie Tim for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl in the Onitsha area. The arrest comes after Tim had evaded operatives of the Anambra State Ministry of Women Affairs and Children's Welfare, with the help of some military...
Nigeria was thrust into darkness once again as the national power grid collapsed for the fifth time in 2024, triggering widespread power outages across the country. Reports indicate that the blackout struck various regions at different times, with some areas experiencing the outage as early as...
A decade after the infamous abduction of 276 schoolgirls from Chibok secondary school in Nigeria by Boko Haram insurgents, a harrowing Amnesty International report sheds light on alarming allegations. Since that tragic event in April 2014, at least 1,700 children have been abducted in mass...
The National Coordinator of the Financing Safe Schools Initiative, Halima Iliya, has unveiled plans to bolster security measures in schools across Nigeria by actively involving hunters and vigilantes in intelligence gathering. In an interview in Abuja on Sunday, Iliya outlined the initiative's...
Students from various Nigerian universities, including UNILAG, U, and FUTA, have voiced diverse reactions to the recent ranking by Times Higher Education, which positioned Covenant University as the top tertiary institution in Nigeria, surpassing longstanding academic giants like the University...
Nigeria's health regulatory authority, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has initiated a recall of a batch of Johnson & Johnson's children's cough syrup due to the presence of a dangerously high level of diethylene glycol, a potentially fatal toxic...
Minister of Works, David Umahi, has vowed to educate former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on the financial intricacies of the Lagos-Calabar coastal road project after Atiku criticized its cost and procurement process.
Atiku alleged that the project was awarded without competitive bidding and...
On Monday, April 8, Nigerians were treated to a celestial spectacle as a partial solar eclipse graced the skies above Oyo and Kano states. Despite being calculated as total in regions like Mexico’s Pacific, Canada, and certain parts of the US, some netizens in Nigeria reported witnessing the...
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