National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said the average retail price of a litre of petrol witnessed a drop from N1,184.83 in October 2024 to N1,052.31 in October 2025. The NBS made this known in its Petrol Price Watch for October 2025 released in Abuja on Wednesday. It stated...
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Department of State Services (DSS) on Tuesday arraigned activist and Sahara Reporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore, before the Federal High Court in Abuja on allegations of cyberbullying President Bola Tinubu. Sowore appeared before Justice Mohammed Umar, where he firmly entered a plea of not guilty. Drama unfolded early in the...
House of Representatives has demanded the immediate transfer of more than ₦30 billion recovered from investigations into alleged financial misconduct at the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA) into the Treasury Single Account (TSA). The resolution followed a motion of urgent national importance raised on Tuesday by Rep. Saidu...
Abia State Government has debunked viral claims that Governor Alex Otti’s motorcade came under attack, clarifying that the incident involved only a small advance team heading to the airport. Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Ukoha Ukoha, set the record straight in a statement released in Umuahia on Tuesday....
NNPC Foundation has clinched five top awards at the 19th SERAS Africa Sustainability Awards, including Most Responsible Organisation in Africa (Overall Winner), Best in Decent Work and Economic Growth, Best in Stakeholder Engagement, Best in Poverty Reduction, and the Africa Sustainability Professional of the Year, awarded to the Managing...
In a decisive nationwide offensive, the Nigerian Army delivered major blows to criminal networks between 29 November and 1 December 2025, neutralizing eight terrorists, arresting 51 suspects, rescuing 27 victims and seizing a substantial cache of weapons and illicit items across several operations. “In the North East, troops of...
Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has raised a serious alarm over what he described as a grand plot by the Presidency to assassinate former Vice President Atiku Abubakar ahead of the 2027 general elections. Frank said the sudden withdrawal of...
The National Parent Teacher Association of Nigeria (NAPTAN) has endorsed the decision of the House of Representatives to closely monitor the proposed Computer-Based Testing (CBT) Examinations by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), National Examinations Council (NECO), and National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB). In a statement issued...
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, convened a high-level consultative meeting on Monday with the leadership of Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) and Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). The meeting, held at the Government House in Maiduguri, focused on strengthening collaborative efforts between the state government and religious bodies...
A Third Prosecution Witness, PW3, in the ongoing matter of former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye, told Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal High Court sitting in Apo, Abuja, that former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo expressed his desire to make himself available to testify in any...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has noted President Bola Tinubu’s gesture of granting asylum and providing protection to Mr. Fernando Dia Da Costa, the opposition presidential candidate in the recently concluded Guinea-Bissau Presidential Election. According to information credited to the Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar, and his...
Leadership of the Labour Party (LP) has called on its members across the 35 states of the federation, with exception of Abia state to troop out en-mass and elect their leadership in all wards, Local Government Areas and state chapters in Nigeria. The Labour Party in a statement signed...
Borno State Commissioner of Police, CP Naziru Abdulmajid, has commended the Divisional Police Officer of Mallamfatori Division and his team for their exemplary professionalism and integrity in recovering valuable property (gold) belonging to a female resident of the community. CP Abdulmajid gave the commendation in a statement issued on...
Nigeria has stepped into a tense political moment in Guinea-Bissau, granting temporary asylum to opposition presidential hopeful Fernando Dia Da Costa, who is currently taking refuge inside the Nigerian Embassy in Bissau. The move follows mounting security concerns and credible threats to his life as the country edges toward...
Osun State’s political landscape shifted on Tuesday as Governor Ademola Adeleke formally severed ties with the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), deepening the turmoil already gripping the party at the national level. In a resignation letter dated November 4, 2025, and delivered to PDP leaders in Sagba Abogunde, Ward 2...
Fresh moves are underway in Nigeria’s security leadership as former Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, is tipped to step in as the new Minister of Defence following the abrupt resignation of Alhaji Mohammed Badaru Abubakar on Monday night. Musa, who bowed out of service on October 24,...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), on Monday, 1 December 2025, re-arraigned Akindele Akintoye before Justice Ekerete Akpan of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on an amended six count-charge bordering on dishonesty and conversion of $35m Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Project, NCDMB Project. The two other...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The Presidency announced on Monday the resignation of Nigeria’s Defence Minister, Alhaji Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, from office. A statement issued in Abuja by the Special Adviser to the President (Information and Strategy), Bayo Onanuga, said Badaru resigned his appointment, with immediate effect. According to...
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, has renewed his administration’s drive to expand opportunities for women’s education, announcing a ₦50 million boost for the Women’s Adult Islamic School in Maiduguri. The pledge was delivered on Sunday during a colourful Qur’anic graduation ceremony for 65 women who completed the...