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Reps move to enshrine timely budget presentation in constitution, pass bill for second reading

Nigeria, Oct. 21 -- The House of Representatives has passed, for second reading, a bill seeking to amend the 1999 Constitution to compel the President to present annual budget estimates to the Nationa... Read More


Tanker explosion kills many on Niger highway

Nigeria, Oct. 21 -- A tanker carrying petrol has exploded at a village on the Bida-Agaei road in Niger State, killing an unspecified number of people. The accident, according to a Facebook post by on... Read More


JUST IN: Tanker explosion kills scores on Niger highway

Nigeria, Oct. 21 -- A tanker carrying petrol has exploded at a village on the Bida-Agaei road in Niger State, killing an unspecified number of people. The accident, according to a Facebook post by on... Read More


UPDATED: Tanker explosion kills many on Niger highway

Nigeria, Oct. 21 -- A tanker carrying petrol has exploded at a village on the Bida-Agaei road in Niger State, killing an unspecified number of people. The accident, according to a Facebook post by on... Read More


Terrorist Bello Turji releases more captives after peace talk in Zamfara

Nigeria, Oct. 21 -- Zamfara terrorism kingpin, Bello Turji, has released another set of kidnapped persons following another meeting with local authorities and some Islamic clerics in the Shinkafi Loca... Read More


Supreme Court reserves judgement on Rivers emergency rule

Nigeria, Oct. 21 -- The Supreme Court has reserved judgement in a suit filed by governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), challenging the 18 March declaration of a state... Read More


Hoodlums set Ekiti ADC secretariat ablaze, disrupt party excos' inauguration

Nigeria, Oct. 21 -- There was chaos in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, on Tuesday, after some suspected political thugs set ablaze the State Secretariat of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). ... Read More


SPOTLIGHT: Meet Giddy Girls, teenage vocal group powering Afrobeats' biggest hits

Nigeria, Oct. 21 -- They've been heard across millions of streams, yet few listeners know their names. A group of teenage girls from a Lagos secondary school is being formally introduced as the vocal... Read More


REPORTER'S DIARY: From National Assembly to Hilton, I was glad it was teargas, not gunshots

Nigeria, Oct. 21 -- I heard gunshots, so I thought. For a second, my mind was blank. I recall lying flat beside my colleague on the freshly mowed lawn at the entrance of the Transcorp Hilton Hotel. I ... Read More


Moniepoint raises extra $90 Million to power expansion into UK, Kenya

Nigeria, Oct. 21 -- Nigeria's fintech unicorn, Moniepoint, has secured $90 million in additional cash to extend its footprints beyond its home country into the UK and Kenya in a capital raise taking i... Read More