Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) incurred about N27.76 trillion in cost of sales, distribution expenses, and general and administrative expenses in 2025. The amount, which puts the company ahead of its peers in operating cost, is about 80.4 per cent of the N34.52 trillion revenue reported by the group in the financial year. […]

Akwa Ibom State chapter of the Nigeria Democratic Congress has expressed anger over the police cancellation of a two-million-man march organised by “Obidient Movement” scheduled for the presidential candidate of the party, Peter Obi and his running mate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, in Uyo. It was gathered that the state Commissioner of Police, Baba Azare, had issued […]

Opposition voices yesterday challenged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Independence Day declaration that Nigeria has entered an “age of prosperity”, arguing that rising prices, insecurity and declining household purchasing power tell a different story. Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, accused the Tinubu administration of worsening the cost-of-living crisis and failing to […]

The Oyo State Rule of Law Enforcement Authority, in collaboration with security operatives, has impounded 20 cows in two separate enforcement operations in Ibadan over alleged open grazing, residential rearing and destruction of farm crops. OYRLEA, Justice Aderonke Aderemi (retd.) on X on Thursday, said the first operation was carried out at dawn on Wednesday, […]

Despite President Bola Tinubu’s directive that transportation fares should begin to fall from October 1 through the deployment of Compressed Natural Gas-powered buses, commuters across several states have continued to pay the same, and in some cases higher, fares. While some state governments have introduced subsidised or free CNG-powered transportation schemes, the initiatives remain limited […]

Four persons have been sentenced to death by the Edo State Special Criminal Court for their roles in the kidnapping of a woman at the Vegetable Market, off Airport Road in Benin City. Justice Aigbona Momodu handed down the sentences while delivering judgment on an 11-count charge involving kidnapping, conspiracy, armed robbery, cultism and unlawful […]

The National Assembly will soon deepen the digitisation of parliamentary records by translating Nigerian laws into Igbo, Hausa, Yoruba and other local languages to expand public access to legislative information. Executive Secretary, National Assembly Library Trust Fund, Mr Henry Nwawuba, disclosed this while declaring open the 2026 National Assembly Library Week on Monday in Abuja. […]

President Bola Tinubu has ended his working vacation in France and departed Paris for Lagos, where he is expected to hold strategic meetings with political leaders and associates ahead of the 2027 elections. Tinubu’s aircraft is expected to land at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, later on Tuesday, according to a statement issued on Tuesday […]

The National Universities Commission has approved 30 new programmes for the Federal University Dutse, including Artificial Intelligence, Law, Data Science, Medical Laboratory Science and Community Health. This was contained in a statement signed and made available to journalists on Tuesday in Dutse, the Jigawa State capital, by the Acting Director, Public Affairs, Federal University Dutse, […]

US President Donald Trump said Monday that British police should not have released on bail five men who were arrested near an airbase used by the United States over a suspected bomb plot. Trump added that the case “might be” linked to Iran, but declined to give details. “I’m surprised that they released them, I […]

Chairman of the Advocacy for Nigeria Football Reform Initiative, Harrison Jalla, has criticised the Confederation of African Football (CAF) over its decision to nullify Edo Queens’ WAFU-B Women’s Champions League qualifying final victory against Ghanaian side Ampem Darkoa Ladies FC. Jalla described the decision as another administrative setback for CAF, arguing that Edo Queens should […]

Head coach of Guinea-Bissau, Djurtus Emiliano Té believes his team is capable of beating the Super Eagles of Nigeria when both teams face off later today in the second round of the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. Té, however, admitted that it’s going to be difficult to secure maximum points against the three-time African […]