•Dangote refinery fuel loading bay The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has announced a fresh cut in the pump prices of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) nationwide. The new rates now range from ₦875 to ₦905 per litre, depending on location, reports Channels TV. A breakdown of the revised prices shows, Lagos:₦875, South-West ₦885, North-East: ₦905, Nort...
•FRSC officials on duty The Corps Marshal of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Malam Shehu Mohammed, has reaffirmed the agency’s commitment to curb the proliferation of fake driving schools nationwide. Mohammed made the commitment during the 2025 national workshop for driving school proprietors and instructors today in Abuja, reports Nigerian ...
•JAMB candidates The 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) has begun in 887 Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres nationwide. Over 2 million candidates are expected to participate in the examination, reports Daily Trust. The examination conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board(JAMB) which commenced today is expect...
Aviation unions have threatened to shut down airports across the country from March 31 over failure to remove a customs officer who assaulted the director of aviation security of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN. The National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (AT...
•Nigerian students protest Nigerian students, under the aegis of The National Association of Nigerian Students, have rejected the recent increase in ATM charges by the Central Bank ank of Nigeria. In a statement issued yesterday by the Clerk of the Senate at NANS National Headquarters, Oladimeji Uthman, the association described the increment ...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has sealed the Idumota open drug market in Lagos State. This, NAFDAC said was part of its ongoing efforts to eliminate fake and substandard medicines in the country, reports NAN. NAFDAC’s Director of Investigation and Enforcement, Shaba Mohammed, told journalists during an enforc...
•Nigerian workers protest As part of its mobilisation against the planned 50 percent telecom tariff hike, Nigerian workers under the aegis of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, have resolved to hold a nationwide anti-telecom tariff hike protest Tuesday, February 4. It was gathered that the nationwide protest was agreed on at the ongoing Nationa...
The federal government has flagged off the free train ride across the country as part of measures to reduce the financial burden and to ensure Nigerians who intend to travel enjoy the yuletide season. According to the federal government, Nigerians who want to travel during the Yuletide would enjoy a free train ride from today […]
The Managing Director and Chief Executive, Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation, NDIC, Bello Hassan, said yesterday the corporation has commenced sales of landed property and chattels of the defunct Heritage Bank nationwide to ensure payment of liquidation dividend to uninsured depositors of the bank. Hassan disclosed this on the occasion of ...
•Dele Farotimi The Obidient Movement has issued a warning of nationwide protests should human rights lawyer and activist, Barr. Dele Farotimi, remain in detention. Farotimi was reportedly arrested on the orders of a magistrate court over allegations of defaming Chief Afe Babalola, SAN. In a statement signed by the movement’s National Coordinat...

