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Akwa Ibom, Rivers excluded from post-subsidy fiscal assessment because of missing data

Nigeria, Sept. 12 -- Akwa Ibom and Rivers states have been excluded from a major assessment of how Nigerian states managed the financial gains of the post-subsidy era because they failed to publish co... Read More


Ultimate Championship: Amusan hits jackpot in Budapest

Nigeria, Sept. 12 -- Nigeria's Tobi Amusan has earned $75,000 (about N100m) after finishing second in the women's 100m hurdles at the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest, Hunga... Read More


Kayinsola Ajayi eyes $150,000 jackpot as Nigerian Sprint star targets Ultimate Championship glory

Nigeria, Sept. 12 -- Nigeria's Kayinsola Ajayi will be aiming to put the finishing touch to his breakthrough season when he lines up in the men's 100m at the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Champio... Read More


Akor Adams nets first Serie A goal

Nigeria, Sept. 12 -- Super Eagles striker Akor Adams opened his league goalscoring account for the campaign, but his effort was not enough as newly promoted Venezia suffered a 4-2 defeat to Fiorentina... Read More


Nigeria begins local production of insecticide-treated mosquito nets

Nigeria, Sept. 11 -- Nigeria has commenced local production of insecticide-treated mosquito nets as part of efforts to strengthen malaria prevention and reduce reliance on imported health products. T... Read More


Zimbabwe declares President's birthday an annual public holiday

Nigeria, Sept. 11 -- The Zimbabwean government has declared President Emmerson Mnangagwa's birthday, 15 September, an annual national public holiday. The new holiday was introduced through a new regu... Read More


Nigeria-China Aquatic Products Protocol: A new frontier for economic transformation

Nigeria, Sept. 11 -- The recently signed Nigeria-China Aquatic Products Protocol represents a significant development in Nigeria-China relations and provides a practical demonstration of what a proper... Read More


Lecturers suspend indefinite strike in Nigerian university, give reason

Nigeria, Sept. 11 -- Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka (NAU) Chapter, have suspended the indefinite strike at the university. NAU, a federal ... Read More


Xenophobia: Nigerian lawmakers boycott SA-hosted legislative conferences, urge state assemblies to follow suit

Nigeria, Sept. 11 -- Members of Nigeria's National Assembly have resolved to suspend official visits to South Africa and boycott legislative seminars, conferences and other activities organised or hos... Read More


Man arrested for accusing police chief of collecting N4.2m bribe

Nigeria, Sept. 11 -- A social critic, Justice Ozobi, who accused the commissioner of police in Ebonyi State of collecting N4.2 million bribe, has been arrested. The police spokesperson in Ebonyi Stat... Read More