Nigeria Today: Top 5 News Stories, Wednesday, Nov 2nd 2016

  1. Globacom has launched a new product- Glo Borrow Me Data- which allows subscribers to borrow data credit of up to 2GB when they run out of data bundles. 2. Former CBN Deputy Governor, Mr Ernest Ebi has been

Nigeria Today: Top 5 News Stories, Tuesday, Nov 1st 2016

1. General Electric has carried out the repair of one of Dangote’s gas turbines and says it is committed to investing $2 billion in Africa. 2. The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has said that the Warri-Ajaokuta-Obaro-Abuja central rail project

Nigeria Today: Top 5 News Stories, Monday, Oct 31st 2016

1. To ensure that manufacturers get the required FOREX for their businesses, the Central Bank of Nigeria will sell $500 million to banks. 2. The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun has urged women to take advantage of the 62%

ExxonMobil Discovers 1 Billion Barrels of Oil in Bayelsa

American oil and gas company, ExxonMobil says it has discovered about 1 billion barrels of oil off the coast of Bayelsa State, in Nigeria’s far south. An e-mailed statement from the firm describes the find as “significant”, and suggests that

Nigeria Today: Top 5 News Stories, Friday, Oct 28, 2016

1. ExxonMobil has announced its discovery of up to 100 million barrels of oil in Owowo offshore fields, Bayelsa State. 2. The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, LCCI has stated the recent admission of 169 new firms into the

Nigeria Today: Top 5 News Stories, Wednesday, Oct 26, 2016

1. NNPC has urged Nigerians not to panic, as there are no plans to increase in fuel price. 2. The House of Representatives has opposed the plans by the Federal Executive Council to concede rail lines to General Electric. 3.

Nigeria Today: Top 5 News Stories, Tuesday, Oct 25, 2016

1. APC accepts responsibility for the country’s economic failure. According to Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha after a meeting between the APC governors forum and the President, “As APC, we are responsible for everything happening in Nigeria, we are responsible:

Nigeria Today: Top 5 News Stories, Monday, Oct 24, 2016

Dangote sacks 36 expatriate and 12 Nigerian workers as recession continues to grapple Nigeria’s economy. A civil society organisation, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP), has challenged the Chief Justice of Nigeria to speak out on the recent case of

Nigeria Today: Top 5 News Stories, Friday, Oct 21, 2016

To regain its share in the global oil market, NNPC offers discounts on crude oil. President Buhari has released names of 46 ambassadorial nominees to the Senate. The militant group, Niger Delta Avengers, have pulled out of dialogue proposed by

Nigeria Today: Top 5 News Stories, Thursday, Oct 20, 2016

The Central bank of Nigeria discloses banks with lowest and highest lending rates, and will subsequently do so every Wednesday in selected national newspapers and on the CBN website. ExxonMobil sells 60% equity stake in Mobil Oil Nigeria to NIPCO.

Journalist and Former Presidential Adviser, Ken Saro-Wiwa Jr, Dies At 47

Ken Saro-Wiwa Jr, journalist, author, and son of the late environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa is dead. He is reported to have passed on following a brief illness. His family has said that he died after suffering a stroke. He was

Nigeria Today: Top 5 News Stories, Wednesday, Oct 19, 2016

Ken Saro Wiwa Jr dies at 47. Bosch Group to open a training centre in Nigeria by end of the year. FG announces plans to locate job centres in all local government areas by the end of March. Emirates and

Nigeria Today: Top 5 News Stories, Tuesday, Oct 18, 2016

Federal Government to sign a $15 billion deal with India for crude purchases. The National Universities Commission (NUC), scraps pre-degree and diploma programmes in Nigerian universities. Banks reject naira for visa payment due to dollar scarcity and volatile FOREX market.

Nigeria Today: Top 5 News Stories, Monday, Oct 17, 2016

  President Muhammadu Buhari returns from his three-day official visit to Germany. 21 Chibok Girls who were released from the captivity of the Boko Haram sect on Thursday, reunite with their parents. Reno Omokri appeals to the Emir and the

Nigeria @56: President Buhari’s Independence Day Address

Today – 1st October is a day of celebration for us Nigerians. On this day, 56 years ago our people achieved the most important of all human desires – freedom and independence. We should all therefore give thanks and pray

Nigeria’s Paralympic Team Gets ₦18 Million From House of Representatives

    The inspiring performance of Nigeria’s athletes at the just concluded Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro has been recognized by the nation’s lawmakers. The House of Representatives has decided that it will be giving the sum of N18

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