News

South Africa has temporarily closed its diplomatic missions in Nigeria following reprisal attacks by Nigerians triggered by xenophobic violence in South Africa. Between Sunday and Wednesday, mobs looted and destroyed shops, many of them foreign-owned, in South Africa’s commercial hub, Johannesburg. Nigeria’s government has been outspoken in its condemnation of the violence. Police say the unrest has subsided and more than 420 arrests have been made. South Africa’s Foreign Minister, Mrs Naledi Pandor, called the violence an embarrassment for her country. “Our government regrets all violence against foreign-owned stores or Africans from other countries who are resident in South Africa,”…
National Chairman of ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has advised the federal government to take steps to nationalise all South African companies operating in Nigeria to protest the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians. Oshiomhole, who gave the advice on Thursday at a press briefing in Abuja, also urged President Muhammadu Buhari to cut off all diplomatic ties between the two countries. He advised Mr Buhari to bar South African Airways from flying to any part of the country to protest the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and implored all Nigerians to stop patronising South African businesses in Nigeria in order to show…
Nigeria said on Wednesday it would boycott an Africa economic summit in Cape Town, intensifying a diplomatic row after a series of deadly attacks on foreigners in South African cities. The withdrawal of Nigerian Vice President Yemi Osinbajo from the World Economic Forum gathering has cast a cloud over initiatives to boost intra-African trade. He was scheduled to address a panel on universal energy access on Thursday. The rioting has killed at least five people in Johannesburg and Pretoria in recent days, and on Wednesday South African companies MTN (MTNJ.J) (MTNN.LG) and Shoprite (SHPJ.J) closed stores in Nigeria after retaliatory…
As outrage over violence against foreign nationals in South Africa spreads, Nigerian High Commissioner to South Africa, Mr Kabiru Bala, would return home for consultation any moment from now. Foreign Affairs Minister, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, who spoke to journalists after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, said the Federal Government has drawn ‘a red line’ with South Africa, insisting that Nigeria would not ‘cave in’ on the matter. “We want to assure all Nigerians that this government is determined, that red line has been drawn and that we will not cave in on this occasion. “South African government has to assume…
A former Minister of Education, Mrs Oby Ezekwesili, and Chairman of Zenith Bank Plc, Mr Jim Ovia, have drawn the ire of some Nigerians over their attendance of World Economic Forum on Africa holding in South Africa amid protests by Nigerian and other countries against xenophobic attacks by South Africans. Ezekwesili, who is former presidential candidate of Allied Congress Party of Nigeria in the 2019 general elections, and Ovia were panellists at ongoing international economic summit, despite the Federal Government shunning the forum to protest the xenophobic attacks against Nigerians residing in South Africa. President Muhammadu Buhari’s Personal Assistant on…
Nigerian police plan to boost security at embassies and foreign businesses in the country in the wake of violence targeted at South African-owned companies, the police said on Wednesday. Violence erupted in Nigeria against South African companies in retaliation for attacks on Nigerians and other Africans in South Africa aimed at foreign-owned businesses. MTN, and Shoprite closed their stores in Nigeria on Wednesday. Reuters
A dying Irishman went for one last big score in Nigeria. The project failed, but a London tribunal says his company’s owed $9 billion and counting. Gaslighting The oilfield fires of the Niger Delta burn day and night. Metal pipes snake through the swampland, spewing flames so vast they cast the sky in apocalyptic orange. Southern Nigeria sits atop a bubbling stew of oil and gas. Companies want only the former, so they incinerate the latter. The industry calls it “flaring.” For millions of Nigerians, flaring is a curse. It fills the air with toxic fumes that cause respiratory disease…
Federal government is considering a national tax policy to boost revenue, reduce the cost of doing business and curb tax inequity in Nigeria. A technical committee constituted to work out the fine details of the policy said on Wednesday in Abuja it was putting together a national tax policy bill to be submitted to National Assembly soon for consideration. The Technical Committee of the National Tax Policy Implementation Committee is expected to present a Finance Bill and Policy Note to Minister of Finance and Budget Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed. The committee is headed by Executive Chairman of Federal Inland Revenue…
Thursday, 05 September 2019 05:49

NDDC owes over N2 trillion debt – Minister

Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr Godswill Akpabio, has said Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has over N2 trillion debt to settle. Akpabio stated this at a meeting with management team of NDDC on Wednesday in Abuja. He said that the commission had not performed well in its main responsibility, which was the development of Niger Delta region. The minister said that the impact of the commission on the entire region would have been more, but for some factors such as personal interest and undue interference, among others. He stressed the need for collaboration between the ministry and the commission…
Prime Minister Boris Johnson called Wednesday for a national election on Oct. 15, saying it was the only way out of Britain’s Brexit impasse after lawmakers moved to block his plan to leave the European Union next month without a divorce deal. But Parliament delivered Johnson his third defeat in two days and turned down a motion triggering a vote. Johnson indicated he would try again, saying an election was the only way forward for the country, and accusing opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn of being afraid of the public’s judgment. “The obvious conclusion, I’m afraid, is that he…
January 16, 2025

USSD debt: NCC approves disconnection of FCMB, Zenith, 7 other banks

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has authorized Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) – MTN, Airtel, Globacom,…
January 11, 2025

Ohanaeze Ndigbo gets new President-General

John Azuta-Mbata, a former senator, has been elected as the new president-general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo,…
January 15, 2025

Essential skills needed to make money online in 2025

Melissa Houston Due to technological advancements and global digitization, there are growing opportunities to make…
January 04, 2025

Shy man cuts off 4 fingers instead of telling boss he wanted to quit his…

A 32-year-old Indian man admitted to cutting off four fingers on his left hand to…
January 14, 2025

Boko Haram’s strategy created 60,000 child fighters, military chief says

Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Christopher Musa, has disclosed that over 60,000 children are among…
January 16, 2025

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 468

Israel, Hamas ceasefire accord followed by airstrikes on Gaza, residents say Israel intensified strikes on…
December 25, 2024

Stem cell therapy to correct heart failure in children could 'transform lives'

Renowned visionary English physician William Harvey wrote in 1651 about how our blood contains all…
January 08, 2025

NFF appoints new Super Eagles head coach

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has appointed Éric Sékou Chelle as the new Head Coach…

NEWSSCROLL TEAM: 'Sina Kawonise: Publisher/Editor-in-Chief; Prof Wale Are Olaitan: Editorial Consultant; Femi Kawonise: Head, Production & Administration; Afolabi Ajibola: IT Manager;
Contact Us: [email protected] Tel/WhatsApp: +234 811 395 4049

Copyright © 2015 - 2025 NewsScroll. All rights reserved.