Nigeria

Nigeria lost 619.7 million barrels of crude oil valued at $46.16bn or N16.25tn in 12 years, from 2009 to 2020, the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, has said. It disclosed this in a statement issued by its Head,…

Nigeria is home to 50 per cent of Africa’s neglected tropical illnesses and has the highest rates of Tuberculosis, paediatric HIV, and malaria in Africa, according to the World Health Organisation. The WHO Country Representative, Dr…

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, on Thursday, said the AIDS-related deaths in the country declined from 264,463 in 2015 to about 51,000 in 2022. Mustapha stated this at an event in Abuja in commemoration…

A small museum in south-east London has begun the official process of returning looted Benin artefacts to Nigeria. The Horniman Museum, which houses a collection of 72 treasured items that were taken by force from Benin City in 1897,…

The new NDDC board as announced by President Mohammadu Buhari, is a misplaced decision. What happened to the board members of NDDC he earlier submitted their names to Senate for clearance and duly cleared? They didn't sit one…

The International Monetary Fund has said that Nigerians should brace up for higher food prices/ risks in 2023 due to recent floods and high fertilizer prices. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, food inflation hit 23.72 per…

Nigeria now ranks seventh on Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries’ crude oil production list, according to the organisation’s Monthly Oil Market Report for November, which examined oil production performance in October.…

In 1989, academics Bill Ashcroft, Gareth Griffiths and Helen Tiffin published to great acclaim their study of the evolution of the diverse dialects of the English language from different Empire. Their title was The Empire Writes Back. The…

The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has warned that Nigeria may go bankrupt due to its piling debts. The Director, Auwal Rafsanjani spoke in Abuja on Thursday, November 17, 2022, at a dialogue on Modality for Setting…

The United Nations Children’s Fund has again raised the alarm that Nigeria loses about 100 children per hour due to malnutrition. This translates to about 2,400 deaths daily. It, therefore, called for increased funding and other measures…