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President Bola Tinubu has directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited to sell crude to Dangote Refinery and other upcoming refineries in Naira.   The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Publicity, Bayo Onanuga, made this known in a post via his official X handle on Monday.   Onanuga stated that the move, […]

Ahead of the planned nationwide protest slated to start August 1, police authorities are requesting the details of the demonstrators. While briefing journalists in Abuja on Friday, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, specifically asked all groups planning to participate in the demonstrations to submit their details to the commissioners of police in […]

As the planned ‘EndBadGovernance’ protest slated for August draws close, President Bola Tinubu on Thursday entered an emergency closed-door meeting with top traditional rulers, security top brass in his government and governors of his party, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).    The high-delegation meeting was held at the State House in Abuja, the nation’s […]

NNPC Group Chief Executive Officer, Mele Kyari, says he does not own a blending plant in Malta, adding that he does not know of any employee of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited who owns such a facility in the island country in Europe. Kyari, in a Tuesday post on X (formerly Twitter), asked the […]

Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote,  who is renowned for his monopolistic business tendencies, is been accused of same practices  and refining substandard petroleum products.in his new endeavor. However, Dangote has rejected claims that petroleum products from his refinery are substandard.Dangote rejected the allegations on Saturday when the leadership of the House of Representatives visited and […]

The House of Representatives on Thursday resolved to support the Federal Government with N648 million for six months by cutting down their salaries by 50% to support food sufficiency across the country and to address the high cost of food.   How ‘pregnant’ passenger stole my car, made me unconscious – 43-yr-old man narrates experience0.00 […]

The Education Minister Prof Tahir Mamman, has made a U-turn in his earlier statement, where he directed the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, to admit only candidates who have attained 18 years in tertiary institutions.   Mamman on Thursday, in an ongoing policy meeting organised by JAMB, in Abuja, announced that only applicants who […]

The Minister of Information Mohammed Idris says the Federal Government and the leadership of the Organised Labour have agreed on ₦70,000 as the new minimum wage for Nigerian workers.   The minister said the agreement was reached at a meeting between President Bola Tinubu and the leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the […]

Shaibu was impeached in April by the Edo State House of Assembly, ending months of tussle between him and Governor Godwin Obaseki over the former’s move to contest the Edo Governorship election.    Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja has reinstated Philip Shaibu as the Deputy Governor of Edo State, months […]

  The Federal Government has reached an agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to allow Nigerian passport holders to obtain visas for travel to that Arab nation starting today, July 15, 2024. The Minister of Information, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this on Monday when he briefed State House correspondents following the weekly Federal Executive Council […]

The headline inflation rate increased to 34.19% in the month of June, according to a report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).   The report said food inflation also increased to 40.87 percent on a year-on-year basis, which was 15.62% points higher compared to the rate recorded in June 2023 (25.25%).    It stated […]

Former President Donald Trump who was grazed by a bullet Saturday night at a political rally in Butler Pennsylvania,  said a bullet “pierced” part of his right ear, according to a statement he shared on Truth Social.   The statement was Trump’s first since the shooting, which happened around 6:15 p.m.    Full text of […]