•House of Representatives The House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream), chaired by Hon. (Barr.) Ikenga Ugochinyere Ikeagwuonu, has concluded its three-day retreat in Owerri with a sweeping set of resolutions, headlined by a demand for the long-term renewal of the pipeline surveillance contract awarded to Tantita S...
•Bianca Odumegwu Ojukwu President Bola Tinubu has appointed Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu as Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, following the resignation of Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar. This was contained in a statement released by the presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, yesterday. Tuggar recently stepped down to participate in the 20...
The federal government has declared tomorrow, Friday, May 1, 2026, a public holiday in observance of this year’s International Workers’ Day. The announcement was made by the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, on behalf of the government, as he extended congratulations to Nigerian workers. In a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary...
•FCT Minister Wike with Ambassadors-designate The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has disclosed that President Bola Tinubu has approved the allocation of land to ambassadors and high commissioners-designate in Abuja, as part of efforts to strengthen diplomatic engagement and encourage closer ties with Nigeria. Wik...
•Blackout Electricity sector experts have raised fresh concerns over persistent inefficienÂcies, weak governance, and entrenched corruption undermining Nigeria’s powÂer industry, more than a decade after its privatisation. Speaking on the state of the sector, President of the Nigeria Consumer ProÂtection Network, Kunle Kola Olubiyo, said the i...
•Late Abdulsamad Jamiu and mother,Habiba Abubakar Habiba Abubakar, the mother of Abdulsamad Jamiu, the National Youth Service Corps member allegedly killed by soldiers at his home in Dei-Dei, Abuja, has recounted in harrowing detail how she learnt of her son’s death. She described a night of frantic calls, misplaced phones, and family members ...
•Airlines Domestic and international flight operations across the routes of indigenous airlines may be disrupted from tomorrow, following a seven-day ultimatum issued by the Aviation Ground Handlers Association of Nigeria (AGHAN) over an outstanding debt exceeding N9 billion by the airlines. AGHAN, the umbrella body of five ground handling com...
•Darma and Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has sworn in Muttaqha Darma as Minister of Housing and Urban Development in his cabinet. The swearing-in was held at the State House yesterday. Darma, from Katsina State, who was cleared by the Senate, replaced Ahmed Dangiwa, who recently resigned, reports Channels TV. President Tinubu, at the short cere...
In a ruling that could significantly change the everyday experience of Nigerian motorists, the Federal High Court in Abuja has drawn a firm legal boundary between enforcement and punishment on the road. Justice Hauwa Yilwa, delivering judgment, made one thing unmistakably clear: while the Nigeria Police Force and the Federal Road Safety Corps ...
The federal government has stepped in to ease mounting pressure on Nigeria’s aviation sector. It approved a 30 per cent debt discount for domestic airlines while initiating urgent talks to stabilise the soaring price of Jet A1 aviation fuel, reports The Nation. Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, announced the interv...
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