Kwara Orders Demolition of Unsafe Ilorin Building
The Kwara State Government has ordered the immediate demolition of a dilapidated two-storey building in the Oke-Suna area of Ilorin East Local Government Area after declaring it structurally unsafe and a threat to lives and property. The building has also been sealed by the Kwara State Environmental Protection Agency (KWEPA) following complaints from residents that […]
Marketers Warn Petrol May Be Priced in Dollars
Petroleum products marketers have warned that Nigerians could soon begin paying for petrol, diesel and other refined petroleum products in US dollars if the Federal Government fails to restore the naira-for-crude arrangement with Dangote Refinery. The National President of the Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN), Billy Gillis-Harry, raised the concern in […]
Atiku Questions N12.8tn Service-Wide Vote Allocation
Former Vice President and African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has alleged that the 2026 Federal Budget contains a concealed N12.8 trillion allocation under the Service-Wide Vote (SWV), calling for greater transparency from the Tinubu administration. In a statement issued on Monday by his spokesperson, Phrank Shaibu, Atiku described the budget as a […]
NCDMB, Renaissance Train 300 Youths for Oil, Gas Jobs
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), in partnership with Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited, has launched a 12-month Oil and Gas Field Readiness Training Programme for 300 young Nigerians to prepare them for careers in the petroleum industry. The programme targets graduates in mechanical, electrical and instrumentation engineering. It includes three months of […]
Kidnap Victims Tell Court They Paid N63m in Ransom
Victims of an alleged kidnapping syndicate operating around a popular vegetable market in Benin City have told an Edo State Special Criminal Court that they paid more than N63 million in ransom to secure their freedom. The witnesses testified during the ongoing trial of four suspects facing an 11-count charge bordering on alleged kidnapping, armed […]
Military Rescues 40 Kidnap Victims, Arrests 20 Suspects
The Nigerian military says its troops rescued more than 40 kidnapped victims and arrested over 20 suspected terrorists, collaborators and other criminal suspects during coordinated operations conducted across the country between July 10 and 16. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Michael Onoja, disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja, adding […]
Tinubu Signs Executive Order on Virtual Assets
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has signed the Presidential Executive Order on Virtual Assets Coordination, 2026, introducing a unified framework to strengthen the regulation of virtual assets, combat financial crimes and promote responsible innovation in Nigeria. The order, which takes immediate effect, seeks to improve coordination among key financial, revenue and capital market regulators without creating […]
NSCDC Foils Pipeline Vandalism Attempt in Edo
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) says its operatives have foiled an attempt to vandalize a pipeline and recovered equipment allegedly used by the suspects in Obazagbon Community, Uhunmwonde Local Government Area of Edo State. In a statement issued on Friday, the command’s Public Relations Officer, DSC Ogbebor Efosa, said the operation was […]
Haliassan Chairman Congratulates NILDS DG on Seven Years in Office
The Chairman of Haliassan Travel Consultants, Alhaji Ayinde Hassan, has congratulated the Director-General of the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), Professor Abubakar Suleiman, on his seventh anniversary in office. In a statement issued on Friday, Hassan described Prof. Suleiman as “a visionary leader, scholar and public servant” whose commitment to democratic governance […]
Keyamo Accepts Offer to Pay Obi’s Airport Fine
Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has accepted an offer by Nnaemeka Ikerionwu to pay the ₦25,000 fine imposed on Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate Peter Obi over an alleged violation of airport parking regulations. The development follows Keyamo’s earlier directive giving Obi seven days to publicly apologise to airport officials and […]
