NATIONAL NEWS

President Bola Tinubu has begun putting in place a structural approach to make available cheap fuel through compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied natural gas (LPG) to mitigate the effects of the subsidy removal on Nigerians. The Group CEO of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, stated this on Wednesday in a […]

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to immediately invite Senator Ahmad Muhammad Bulkachuwa for interrogation and proceed to prosecute him accordingly. This comes after Bulkachuwa’s disclosure that his wife, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, “extended […]

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba, has directed the sealing of all 17 local government council secretariats in Plateau State, North Central Nigeria. In a statement signed by state’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Alfred Alabo, the action is to avoid possible threats to lives and properties in the local government councils as […]

President Bola Tinubu has inaugurated the National Economic Council (NEC), with a promise to sustain the rejuvenation of the nations economy. Addressing members Governors of the federation, President Tinubu charged the council to join forces to support his administration towards transforming the nations economy. He reminded the council of the promise made during his inaugural […]

At a public lecture to commemorate 2023 World Day Against Child Labour, stakeholders called for collective actions against unfair treatment on any child under one’s care. The event, organized for women leaders from communities across the state by the Anambra State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Welfare; in collaboration with a non-governmental organization, Bee […]

Governor Mohammed Umar Bago of Niger State, yesterday, approved payment of fines for the discharge of 80 inmates from various correctional facilities in the state, as part of activities marking Democracy Day. According to a statement signed by Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Abubakar Usman, the payment was in line with the governor’s […]

Concerned parents of Chibok schoolgirls have appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to help facilitate the release of 92 abducted girls still in Boko Haram’s captivity. The parents made the appeal in a letter they jointly issued yesterday through Yana Galang (mother to Rifkatu Galang still in captivity) and Zanna Lawan (father to Aisha Lawan […]

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has issued a fresh circular to oil marketers on how much they will pay to get petroleum products. This came about two weeks after the Federal Government announced the removal of fuel subsidy. NNPCL Retail, in a circular released on Sunday directed marketers to consider merging their old orders […]

Senator Godswill Akpabio on Tuesday met with President Bola Tinubu at the Aso Villa in Abuja hours after his emergence as Senate President for the 10th National Assembly. Akpabio was accompanied by Governors Hope Uzodimma (Imo), and Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos) as well as former Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje. Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress […]

Senator Godswill Akpabio has been elected the President of the 10th National Assembly. He trounced Senator Abdul’aziz Yari to emerge the new Senate President on Tuesday. The former Akwa Ibom governor was returned elected as President of the 10th Senate after scoring 63 votes defeating Senator Yari who scored 46 votes. Senator Akpabio was subsequently […]