Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari will sign the 2018 budget into law on Wednesday, a presidency spokesman said. Femi Adesina, in an emailed statement issued on Tuesday, said the spending plan passed by parliament last month would be signed on Wednesday at 12 p.m. (1100 GMT). Africa’s top oil producer emerged from its first recession in […]
Author: Isaac Umunna
NiMet predicts thunderstorms, rains on Tuesday
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted possible thunderstorms over the central cities of the country, including Abuja, Jos, Lafia, Minna, Bida, Makurdi, Lafia and Ibi later in the day on Tuesday. Other cities listed are Bauchi, Gombe, Kaduna, Jalingo and Mambilla Plateau, Ilorin and Ibbi in Taraba. NiMet’s Weather Outlook issued by its Central […]
Soccer-Stranded Nigeria fans trickle out of Kaliningrad
About 100 Nigerian soccer fans stranded in Kaliningrad following their team’s loss to Croatia in their World Cup opener were finally on the move on Monday after what was described as a visa gaffe. Most of the supporters had planned to take the train from Kaliningrad back to Moscow following the Super Eagles 2-0 loss […]
Oil rises ahead of OPEC, China tariffs loom over U.S. prices
Oil prices rose on Monday in volatile trade as this week’s OPEC meeting raised the specter of production increases and as investors assessed the impact of a trade dispute between the United States and China. U.S. crude oil (CLc1) edged up 6 cents a barrel to $65.12 a barrel by 12:43 p.m. EDT (1643 GMT). […]
Nigeria’s Abuja airport records 1.02m passengers in Q1 – FAAN
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) says that no fewer than 1.02 million passengers travelled through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja during the first quarter of 2018. FAAN’s First Quarter Report obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Monday, in Abuja showed a 38.9 per cent growth from 623,727 recorded during […]
Nigeria to shut borders over rice smuggling
The Nigerian Government says it will shut the land border between it and a neigbouring country in a few days time to avoid smuggling of foreign rice into the country. Chief Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, made the disclosure in Abuja on Monday while speaking with youths in a leadership clinic […]
Nigeria power generation drops after ruptured gas pipe shuts six power stations
Nigeria experienced a sharp drop in power after a gas pipeline rupture caused six power stations to halt operations temporarily, the electricity grid operator said, underscoring the chronic instability of the country’s power infrastructure. The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), the grid operator, said late on Sunday that the rupture on June 15 and “technical […]
NiMET predicts cloudy weather for Monday
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted cloudy weather conditions over the Central States of the country on Monday with chances of thunderstorms over Ilorin in the morning hours. NiMet’s Weather Outlook by its Central Forecast Office in Abuja on Sunday also predicted day and night temperatures in the range of 27 to 36 and […]
Nigeria Govt loses N100billion on aviation charges’
An aviation expert, Capt. John Ojikutu (retd.) says the Federal Government lost over N100 billion in Ticket Sales Charges (TSC) and Cargo Sales Charges (CSC) in the aviation sector between 2013 and 2017. Ojikutu, a member of the Aviation Round Table (ART) and Chief Executive Officer of Centurion Securities said this in a statement on […]
Spain welcomes vessels with 630 migrants
No fewer than 600 migrants arrived in the port of Valencia, Spain, on Sunday after being rescued at sea and turned away from Italy and Malta. The Aquarius rescue ship and two Italian Navy Vessels carrying 630 migrants from 26 countries, mostly Sudan, docked in the harbor in Valencia as interpreters and Red Cross workers […]