The Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, threatened to withdraw oil blocks from owners that have failed to develop them. This is against the backdrop of the Federal Government calling on international oil companies operating in Nigeria to ramp up investment in the country’s oil and gas sector, emphasising that the current […]
Nervous US allies at NATO are scrambling to keep President Donald Trump engaged by upping defence spending, vowing to take the reins on Ukraine and queueing for face time at the White House. But as his administration savages Europe, undercuts Kyiv and warms to Russia, Western diplomats fret that even if the alliance is salvaged […]
Thirty-five states voted N214 billion for local security outfits, defence initiatives, and the purchase of arms and equipment in their 2025 budget. Despite the substantial funding allocated to eliminate insecurity, no fewer than 367 individuals have been killed during Yuletide and Sallah celebrations between 2019 and 2025. The states’ budgets are contained in Open States, […]
Lagos State generates an average of 13,000 tonnes of waste daily, the state waste management agency has said. Dr Muyiwa Gbadegesin, Managing Director of Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), gave the figure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. Gbadegesin said that the authority had been effectively evacuating the […]
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has arrested 51 illegal immigrants at New Nyanya, Karu Local Council of Nasarawa State. The illegal migrants, who are all Malians between the ages of 17 and 25, were arrested at their hideouts, following credible intelligence. According to the NIS Public Relations Officer, ACI A.S Akinlabi, 11 of them are […]
US President Donald Trump is poised to unveil sweeping new “Liberation Day” tariffs on Wednesday but kept the world guessing until the last minute about the scope of an onslaught that could spark a global trade war. Trump will roll out the measures flanked by cabinet members in the Rose Garden of the White House […]
The sluggish progress of end-user metering by distribution companies (DisCos) may keep most consumers under arbitrary billing for another decade or more. This comes as all the DisCos, despite funding from the Federal Government and a deregulated metering scheme, were only able to meter only 542,738 customers in 2024, leaving the number of customers placed […]
The All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party, on Tuesday, dismissed as fake the copies of the purported judgment of the Edo State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal that flooded the internet on Tuesday. APC Publicity Director, Bala Ibrahim, who is confident that the ruling party will win today’s judgment, claimed that the PDP leaked […]
Vice President Kashim Shettima has urged Nigerians to embrace unity, peaceful coexistence, and tolerance as key pillars for national progress, drawing from the lessons of Ramadan. The Vice President also called on Nigerians to support the administration’s ongoing economic reforms, assuring that short-term difficulties would yield long-term benefits for the country. Speaking on Monday in […]
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Engineer Bashir Bayo Ojulari to replace Mele Kyari as the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited group chief executive officer (GCEO). Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga, in a statement, said Tinubu also sacked the NNPC board chairman Pius Akinyelure who was replaced by Ahmadu Musa Kida. Tinubu removed all other board […]
