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A health agreement that reframes US-Nigeria cooperation, By Chinedu Moghalu

Nigeria, Dec. 23 -- At a time when global attention is fixed on migration, visa restrictions, border controls, and the language of exclusion, Nigeria has concluded a bilateral health agreement with th... Read More


NCAA inspects operations of 3 domestic airlines amid passenger complaints

Nigeria, Dec. 23 -- The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) says it carried out an inspection of the Abuja operations of three domestic airlines on Monday, following multiple complaints about poo... Read More


Police arrest FIJ journalist after reportedly using wife, infant as bait

Nigeria, Dec. 23 -- Some police officers attached to the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Monitoring Unit, Lagos Annex, on Monday, arrested a journalist with the Foundation for Investigative Journali... Read More


No Xmas dinner for the fisherman, By Banji Ojewale

Nigeria, Dec. 23 -- Kotei chewed on the flameless cigarette between two fingers on his left hand, regretting it was the last he took from the pack. He wished the manufacturers could load more into the... Read More


Seplat switches onshore assets to new fiscal regime

Nigeria, Dec. 23 -- Seplat Energy said it has wrapped up the conversion of its two onshore operations, Seplat West and Seplat East Onshore, to a new industry fiscal system that gives more room for out... Read More


Oluwatosin Ajayi, IPI and a new tone for press freedom, By Abdullahi M Gulloma

Nigeria, Dec. 23 -- The relationship between those who guard the state and those who tell its story has always been delicate. One watches for threats in the shadows; the other shines light into public... Read More


Nigeria, Trump and the US, By Reuben Abati

Nigeria, Dec. 23 -- Nigeria seems to be making some progress in our engagement with the United States, against the background of the Trump administration's re-designation of Nigeria as a Country of Pa... Read More


Two Rivers senators dump PDP, defect to APC

Nigeria, Dec. 23 -- Two senators from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The lawmakers, who are from Rivers State, are Alwell O... Read More


Petrol tanker rams into Akpabio's convoy, kills dispatch rider

Nigeria, Dec. 23 -- A petrol tanker on Sunday rammed into the convoy of the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, killing a dispatch rider, Ibrahim Hussaini. Mr Akpabio disclosed the incident during pl... Read More


Obasanjo and the democratic apologia in Nigeria, By Adagbo Onoja

Nigeria, Dec. 23 -- The gap between democracy and the dividends associated with it between 1999 and today has called the concept of democracy into question. So much money is spent on conducting electi... Read More