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2027 Elections: INEC trains Communication Officers on addressing misinformation, voter trust

*Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission discloses the two-day sessions are aimed at strengthening the capacity of state-level Communication Officers to ...

Shell reinforces safety commitment at Contractor CEOs’ Forum in Lagos

*Shell hosts Chief Executives Officers of contracting companies in Lagos, emphasising the need for the International Oil Company's businesses to ...

NITDA: FDX by GITEX set to unveil blueprint for Africa’s inclusive financial future

*The National Information Technology Development Agency affirms GITEX NIGERIA is West Africa’s largest tech, AI, and startup show, which holds ...

Tinubu appoints new Head of Civil Service, urges consolidation of reforms, innovations

*President Bola Ahmed Tinubu charges Abel Olumuyiwa Enitan, the incoming Head of the Civil Service of the Federation to consolidate ...

Safety: FCCPC directs manufacturers, importers, retailers to remove mislabelled products from markets

*The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission directs manufacturers, importers, distributors, and retailers to immediately review inventories, and withdraw from ...

Government adopts NCC’s 112 emergency number for medical exigencies, releases state numbers (Full List)

*The National Emergency Medical Service and Ambulance System affirms 112 serves as a central contact for faster, emergency medical assistance, ...

Health Alert: Lagos warns consumers against harmful products with fake expiry dates in circulation

*Afolabi Solebo, General Manager/CEO, Lagos State Consumer Protection Agency, warns Nigerians against buying expired and near-expired products purportedly being reintroduced ...

Dangote Petroleum Refinery secures $1bn backing ahead of proposed IPO

*The Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited, Lagos, successfully completes a US$1 billion underwriting programme in connection with its planned ...

NELFUND highlights modalities for repayment of student loans after graduation

*Nigeria's Students Loans (Access to Higher Education) Act, 2024 regulating the Nigerian Education Loan Fund highlights the beneficiaries will not ...

Femi Otedola raises stake at FirstHoldCo with N20.7bn additional shares

*Femi Otedola, Nigerian billionaire investor and Chairman of FirstHoldCo Plc, increases his shareholding in the foremost financial institution to 27.49 ...

Food Security: Nigeria lauds Japan for $3.5m grant to boost rice seed production

*The Japanese Government provides equivalent $3.5 million to Nigeria as part of measures to boost rice seed production, agricultural productivity, ...

2027: Tinubu signs peace accord ahead of Presidential Election, urges issue-based campaigns

*President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, inks a peace accord with the National Peace Committee ahead of the commencement of political ...

FCCPC: Cement costlier in Nigeria than Kenya, Tanzania, S’Africa, others over alleged price fixing, anti-competition

*The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, in recent findings, reports Nigeria's cement prices are higher than those of Kenya, ...

FAAC shares over N3trn July revenue among Federal, State and Local Governments

*Nigeria's Federation Account Allocation Committee approves the disbursement of a total of ₦3.007 trillion to the Federal Government, the 36 ...

Osun: Adeleke faces Accord Party’s leadership legal battle after electoral victory

*Prof. Chris Imumolen, fractional National Chairman of the Accord Party, warns Governor Ademola Adeleke's latest election victory in Osun State ...

Public Health: How NDLEA destroys N301bn worth of cocaine, heroin, meth, opioids, others in Lagos –Marwa

*Brig.-Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd.), Chairman/CEO, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, lauds President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his administration's strategic ...

Nigerian banks, OFIs, FinTechs report 42,082 ‘suspicious transactions’ to Financial Intelligence Unit

*The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, in its analysis of the 2025 Suspicious Transaction Reports discloses the Deposit Money Banks remained ...

Nigeria targets $1bn major investment in sugar sector to boost economy

*Kamar Bakrin, Executive Secretary, National Sugar Development Council, in Nigeria, discloses the country's target is to make a major investment ...

Osun: Adeleke extends olive branch to co-contestants, says ‘no victor, no vanquished’

*Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State of Nigeria, is re-elected for another term of four years in the last gubernatorial ...

NASENI begins FutureMakers Virtual Hackathon and Pitch sessions across Nigeria

*Nigeria's National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure activates FutureMakers by its Virtual Hackathon and Pitch sessions, involving 60 participants ...