Some public transport routes participating in the Federal Government’s compressed natural gas transition programme have recorded fare reductions of between 15 and 50 per cent, the Presidential Initiative on Compressed Natural Gas and Electric Vehicles has said. The initiative disclosed this during a media engagement organised in Kano on Thursday by the Decade of Gas […]

The proposed constitutional amendment to establish a dual policing system in Nigeria has secured approval from 24 State Houses of Assembly, meeting the two-thirds threshold required for constitutional alteration. The Chief of Staff to the President and Chairman of the Presidential Working Group on the National Policing Bill, Femi Gbajabiamila, disclosed this in a statement […]

The Nigerian Army has commenced the deployment of 600 Nigerian Army personnel to India for specialised jungle and mountain warfare training. The first batch of 300 personnel departed Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Thursday, aboard two Indian Air Force aircraft, a C-17 and an Airbus A321. According to a statement on Friday by the […]

Thick cables snaked along footpaths in a township outside South Africa’s wealthiest city, Johannesburg, where 180 households have relied on illegal electricity connections for more than 20 years. Angry about the authorities’ failure to get them properly connected to the grid, residents have resolved to turn their backs on their ANC-led municipality at the November […]

A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Oyo State, Chief Niyi Aborisade, has called on factions within the party to resolve their differences and unite to defeat Governor Seyi Makinde’s administration and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 elections. Aborisade, a legal practitioner, said the party’s chances of winning the governorship […]

Nigeria could record an additional 31,400 heat-related deaths between September 2026 and February 2027 as an unusually strong El Niño weather pattern intensifies, a report by the Climate Impact Lab has warned. The projection places Nigeria among the countries expected to suffer the highest number of additional heat-related deaths globally during the six-month period, with […]

The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has projected that the 750-kilometre Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway will be completed within three years, raising the prospect of the road being delivered around 2029, before the end of President Bola Tinubu’s second term in 2031. Umahi gave the timeline during a one-hour, 30-minute interview on Arise Television on Friday, […]

Former vice-president and presidential candidate of African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar has accused President Bola Tinubu’s administration of failing to account for the N10 billion approved for Ebola preparedness. This was as he also warned the Federal Government against using the outbreak to restrict political activities or discourage Nigerians from voting in the 2027 […]

Vice President Kashim Shettima on Wednesday urged state governments to end their dependence on the Federal Government for solutions to local power problems and to set up functional electricity markets under the Electricity Act 2023. He spoke at the opening of the National Stakeholders’ Workshop on the Electricity Act 2023 at the State House Banquet […]

Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Olayemi Cardoso has placed investment in Nigeria’s financial markets, including naira-denominated instruments, on the agenda for broader financial cooperation with China. In discussions with the chairman and senior management of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), Cardoso outlined how Nigeria’s stronger financial foundations could support deeper investment ties […]

The Bida Local Government in Niger State has shut down ice cream production facilities operating without the required licences and National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control registration numbers. The council said the facilities were found to have serious hygiene lapses, including flies in ice cream mixtures, during an inspection by its environmental […]

The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has said it was not briefed before the announcement of the State Presidential Campaign Committee for the re-election of President Bola Tinubu. The party said this on Thursday, a few hours before the scheduled inauguration of the campaign council. This was contained in a statement signed […]