Nigeria Finance Minister: Low Oil Output Barely Enough to Cover Petrol Imports
May 27, 2022 Low crude oil production means Nigeria is barely able to cover the cost of imported petrol from its oil and gas revenue, Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed told…
Africa CDC warns on vaccine hoarding amid monkeypox outbreak
May 27, 2022 The acting director of Africa’s top public health agency said on Thursday that he hoped vaccine hoarding, as seen by wealthier nations during the COVID-19 pandemic, would…
We’re not collaborators of banditry – Abuja-Kaduna highway communities plead not to be relocated
May 27,2022 Three communities along Abuja-Kaduna highway namely Akilibu, Rijana and Katari have appealed to Gov Nasir El-rufai not to relocate or clear their settlements. On May 19, El-Rufai had…
AfDB to send emergency fertiliser to west Africa sourced from Nigeria, Morocco
May 27, 2022 The African Development Bank is looking to source around 500,000 tonnes of fertiliser for west Africa by the end of August as an emergency stopgap to avert…
Court Declares Jonathan Eligible To Contest Presidential Election
May 27, 2022 The Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa has ruled that former President Goodluck Jonathan is eligible to contest the 2023 presidential election. Channels Television reports that the…
Police arrests fake revenue collectors in Lagos
May 27, 2022 The Police Command in Lagos State has arrested four men for allegedly extorting motorists and posing as officials of the disbanded Lagos State Committee on the Removal…
Abaribe leaves PDP, resigns as Senate minority leader
May 27, 2022 The Senate minority leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe has resigned as Senate Minority Leader, dumping the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Senator Abribe disclosed this in separate letters to the…
Police in Kaduna kills 1, arrests 6 suspected bandits, recover 210 livestockÂ
May 27, 2022 Police in Kaduna State, said on Friday that their operatives killed one bandit and arrested six suspected bandits on Monday in Unguwan Haske village in Kauru Local…
Alleged fraud: Court refuses to grant Okorocha’s bail
May 27, 2022 A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday, refused to admit Sen. Rocha’s Okorocha, who is currently at the EFCC’s custody to a bail. Justice Inyang…
Alleged N96bn Fraud: Court Dismisses Amaechi’s Appeal, Orders Him To Pay Wike N1m
May 27, 2022 The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal filed by Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi seeking to stop his probe over an alleged N96 billion fraud. Channels television…