Nigeria, Oct. 8 -- A bill seeking to impose a 10-year ban on the issuance of international passports to Nigerians convicted of crimes abroad and subsequently deported has passed second reading at the ... Read More
Nigeria, Oct. 8 -- On Tuesday, Mahmood Yakubu, who headed Nigeria's electoral commission, INEC, for a decade, bowed out and handed over to May Agbamuche-Mbu as acting chairperson. Mr Yakubu left the ... Read More
Nigeria, Oct. 8 -- A court-ordered forensic examination of a phone central to the fraud trial of former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele has stalled in Lagos. Both the prosecuti... Read More
Nigeria, Oct. 8 -- President Bola Tinubu has asked the Senate to approve a fresh $2.3 billion external loan incorporated into the 2025 budget. The request was contained in a letter read by the Senate... Read More
Nigeria, Oct. 8 -- The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has approved the constitution of its Rebranding and Constitution Review committees. The ADC National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, di... Read More
Nigeria, Oct. 8 -- The House of Representatives has directed its Committees on Diaspora, University Education, Foreign Affairs, and Anti-Corruption to investigate the Federal Scholarship Board (FSB) o... Read More
Nigeria, Oct. 8 -- The Nigerian Government hopes to approach the Eurobond market before the year winds down to raise $2.3 billion, its second return to the international bond market since last Decembe... Read More
Nigeria, Oct. 8 -- The newly elected senators representing Edo Central and Anambra South senatorial districts, Joseph Ikpea and Nwachukwu Chibuzor, have been inaugurated as members of the 10th Senate.... Read More
Nigeria, Oct. 8 -- The House of Representatives has expressed serious concern over a bill recently introduced in the United States Senate seeking to classify Nigeria as a "Country of Particular Concer... Read More
Nigeria, Oct. 8 -- In the wee hours of 29 September, Nigeria lost Somtochukwu Christelle Maduagwu, a talented journalist, model, lawyer and shining star during an armed robbery attack at her residence... Read More