The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has reduced the gantry price of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) by N75 per litre. The adjustment lowers the gantry price to N1,175 per litre, down from N1,250, while the coastal price per metric tonne has been ...
President Bola Tinubu has urged judicial officers to ensure that justice is delivered swiftly, fairly and without regard to a litigant’s social status, ethnicity or financial standing. Tinubu gave the counsel on Monday while commissioning the new Court of Appeal, ...
Nigeria’s largest banking groups may be forced back to the capital market following fresh regulatory proposals by the Central Bank of Nigeria aimed at tightening the structure of financial holding companies. The apex bank, on June 11, 2026, released two ...
Vice President Kashim Shettima has announced that the Federal Government will roll out 10,000 electric tricycles in August as part of efforts to improve public transportation and deepen the country’s transport reforms. VP Shettima made this known on Monday during ...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has strongly criticised the judgment seeking to deregister the African Democratic Congress and several other opposition political parties, describing it as a direct attack on Nigeria’s democracy. Atiku, who is the presidential candidate of the ...
Troops of the Nigerian Army 17 Brigade, operating under the Joint Task Force North West Operation FANSAN YANMA, have rescued Amina Abubakar, the widow of the late retired Major General Rabe Abubakar. Hajiya Amina Abubakar was abducted alongside her husband ...
Ebonyi State Governor Francis Nwifuru has dismissed claims that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has handed the state over to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party ahead of the 2027 governorship election, warning external political interests not to underestimate his administration. The ...
Residents of Bwari in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) were thrown into panic on Saturday after the decomposing, headless body of a middle-aged woman was discovered in an abandoned, uncompleted building. The body was found after a strong foul odour ...
The presidential candidate of the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has called on judicial officers and legal practitioners to defend the rule of law following a court order directing the deregistration of five political parties. The former governor made ...
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police command says it has arrested four suspected members of a kidnapping and banditry network operating around the Paze-Byazhin area bordering the FCT, Kaduna and Niger states. In a statement on Sunday, SP Josephine Adeh, ...
Peter Obi praises Davido for using World Cup platform to call for release of abducted schoolchildren
The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has commended Nigerian singer Davido for using his platform at the FIFA World Cup to draw attention to insecurity in the country. In a statement on Sunday, Obi said ...
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has warned against any attempt to use the judiciary as an instrument to undermine democracy, describing the recent Federal High Court judgment ordering its deregistration as a direct invitation to anarchy. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that ...
Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has endorsed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for a second term in office. Governor Soludo made the declaration while speaking at the ongoing All Progressives Congress (APC) rally in Ebonyi State on Monday. The governor ...
Senator Ishaku Abbo, Labour Party governorship candidate, has unveiled a N150 billion security blueprint for Adamawa state ahead of the 2027 governorship election. Abbo said the proposal, tagged the “SIA Security Plan”, is aimed at strengthening security across the state ...
Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has condemned a Federal High Court ruling directing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and four other political parties. Sowore described the judgment ...
The governorship candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) in Kano State, Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo, has picked Mustapha Rabiu Kwankwaso, the biological son of Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, as his running mate. Mustapha is the immediate past Commissioner for Youths ...
The House of Representatives has commenced a public hearing on a set of proposed defence bills aimed at strengthening Nigeria’s military institutions, improving the welfare of personnel, and enhancing the country’s response to growing security challenges. The two-day hearing, which ...
The camp of former Vice President and African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has reacted to the Federal High Court judgment ordering the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister the party. The reaction was contained in a ...
Nollywood actor and politician Kenneth Okonkwo has withdrawn his support for the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, citing the continued marginalisation of the South-East geopolitical zone. Okonkwo’s decision followed the official announcement by the ADC ...
The trial of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, was on Monday stalled after two co-defendants failed to appear before a Federal High Court in Kaduna. El-Rufai, who is standing trial on charges of alleged abuse of office, fraud, and ...