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    The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has directed the Nigeria Civil Aviation Agency to place Fuji musician, Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, better known as K1 De Ultimate, on a no-fly list.   Keyamo, who announced this in a post on his X handle on Thursday, said the artiste would be on […]

“When the stomach aches, fine clothes can’t hide the pain.” This Yoruba proverb resonates loudly across today’s Nigeria – a country grappling with poverty, economic despair, and deep systemic dysfunction. And yet, amid this reality, President Bola Tinubu’s administration has rolled out a golden carpet of rewards to the Super Falcons for their remarkable victory […]

Bayo Ojulari, Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), was sighted at an event organised by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (Nigerian Council) in Lagos on Monday.   A video shared to online by participants of the event showed Ojulari, who is one of the keynote speakers, delivered a message […]

Reports have emerged suggesting that Bayo Ojulari, Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), was allegedly pressured into signing a resignation letter on Friday night by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).   The incident, described by some sources as a ‘civilian coup,’ is said to have […]

President Bola Tinubu has approved a one-year extension of the tenure of the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi.   Adeniyi, whose tenure was initially set to expire on August 31, 2025, will now remain in office until August 2026.   According to a statement signed by the President’s Special Adviser on […]

The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Bayo Ojulari, has firmly ruled out the sale of the Port Harcourt Refining Company, declaring that the company remains committed to completing its full rehabilitation and retaining the asset under national control.   Ojulari made the clarification during a company-wide town hall […]

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of DCG Olumode Adeyemi as the new substantive Controller-General of the Federal Fire Service (FFS), effective 14th August 2025.   The appointment was announced in a statement by the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB), signed by its secretary, Abdulmalik Jibrin.   “This appointment follows […]

President Bola Tinubu on Friday appealed to power generation companies (GENCOs) to give the federal government more time to complete the verification and validation of longstanding debts owed to them.   During a meeting with members of the Association of Power Generation Companies, led by Col. Sani Bello (rtd), at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, […]

The Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, has convicted a former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Olufemi Thomas, for breaching Nigeria’s cash transaction limit law.   The court, however, cleared him of all money laundering allegations. Delivering judgment, Justice Olayinka Faji acquitted Thomas on five of the six counts filed […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday elected Professor Nentawe Yilwatda as its new National Chairman, as President Bola Tinubu called on governors to focus more on grassroots engagement to meet the expectations of Nigerians.   At the party’s 14th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in Abuja, Yilwatda, the party’s national legal adviser and deputy […]

    President Bola Tinubu has approved the full payment of allowances and match bonuses for the Super Falcons, ahead of their final match against Morocco in the 2025 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON).   The announcement was made on Thursday by the Chairman of the National Sports Commission, Shehu Dikko, who confirmed that […]

The Senate on Wednesday formally received four lawmakers who have defected from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), further strengthening the party’s hold on the upper chamber.   The defectors include: Senator Ekong Samson (Akwa Ibom South), Senator Etim Bassey (Akwa Ibom North East), Senator Francis Fadahunsi (Osun […]