President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has explained that his administration maintains a strict policy against negotiating with criminals or paying ransom, saying the Federal Government recently rejected kidnappers’ demands for money and the release of detained members of their gang. The president stated this on Thursday at the State House, Abuja, while receiving traditional rulers from […]
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has completed the Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) for the first batch of three M-346 Fighter Attack (FA) aircraft at the Leonardo Aircraft Division facility in Venegono, Italy. The acceptance test was conducted from 29 June to 9 July 2026 by a joint delegation comprising representatives of the NAF and the […]
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Anambra State Command, has arrested a suspect identified as Sunday Ukeh over the alleged possession of a truck conveying 45,000 litres of suspected adulterated Premium Motor Spirit. The suspect was also accused of assaulting NSCDC personnel during the operation. In a statement issued on Monday, the Head of […]
The Federal Government has approved an upward review of hazard allowances and other earned benefits for members of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions in federal universities. Under the new remuneration package, laboratory hazard allowance for senior employees will increase by as much as N126,000 annually. The package takes effect retrospectively from […]
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso, and Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, will lead discussions on building resilient African economies at the 7th Africa Emerging Markets Forum. The forum will bring together senior policymakers, central bankers, ministers, development partners, private sector leaders and leading economists to […]
The United States has imposed a 12.5 per cent tariff on imports from Nigeria as part of a new trade measure targeting countries it says have failed to prohibit the importation of goods produced with forced labour. The tariff affects imports from 60 economies that Washington says have not “imposed and effectively enforced a prohibition […]
The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has resumed the sale of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, in naira, ending its brief dollar-denominated pricing regime, while increasing its ex-depot price by N140 per litre. The latest development comes one week after the 650,000-barrels-per-day refinery suspended truck loading of petrol and switched to dollar pricing, a decision that […]
The Senate has suspended further legislative action on a bill seeking to establish a Nigerian Coast Guard, opting instead for wider consultations amid concerns that the proposed agency could duplicate the responsibilities of existing maritime security institutions. The decision came during plenary on Wednesday after lawmakers debated the measure, which had already progressed through committee […]
The Senate has suspended further legislative action on a bill seeking to establish a Nigerian Coast Guard, opting instead for wider consultations amid concerns that the proposed agency could duplicate the responsibilities of existing maritime security institutions. The decision came during plenary on Wednesday after lawmakers debated the measure, which had already progressed through committee […]
The investigation into the controversial Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council intensified on Wednesday as the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission commenced interrogation of the alleged founder of the disputed agency, Adeniyi Adeyemi, inside police detention. The PFIPC controversy erupted after allegations that Adeyemi presented himself as the Director-General of a presidential body […]
