Nigeria’s Senate rejects diaspora vote, special seats for women
Nigeria's Senate on Tuesday voted to reject changes to the constitution to allow citizens living abroad to vote in national ...
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President Buhari condemns ‘bad treatment’ of Nigerians fleeing Ukraine, Ambassador says students evacuated to Romania
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed displeasure at reported incidents of the mistreatment of some Nigerian nationals attempting to flee ...
Nigerian MPs back local vaccine development
Nigerian MPs have thrown their weight behind the establishment of a local vaccine development plant. On Tuesday, the lower house ...
Economic Diversification: Can Nigeria look beyond oil?
Oil has an outsize influence on Nigeria's economy despite representing a relatively small proportion of its GDP, about 9 percent ...
Nigeria receives 2 million doses of J&J COVID vaccine from EU countries
Nigeria has received 2 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine from Finland, Greece and Slovenia, with more ...
Giant Dangote oil refinery to begin production in third quarter
Nigeria's giant new Dangote oil refinery will start processing crude in the third quarter of this year. Mechanical work on ...
Nigeria lifts Twitter ban after seven months
Nigeria has lifted its ban on Twitter - seven months after clamping down on the social networking site. Nigeria's government ...
APC Chieftain and former governor of lagos state delares ambition for Nigeria’s presidency
Bola Tinubu, former governor of Lagos state and a leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party, delcared on ...
Nigeria declares bandits as terrorists
The Nigerian Government has finally designated bandits as terrorists after a court gave the order. A government gazette announcing the ...
Nigeria’s auditor general report flags missing police firearms
Nigeria’s police could not account for thousands of firearms, including 88,078 AK-47 rifles, an audit report published by the auditor ...