Nigeria’s most widely consumed transport fuel, Premium Motor Spirit, also known as Petrol, maintained a strong upward trajectory, as the average retail price paid by consumers rose to N1,596.25 per litre in May from N1,027.76 in the corresponding period last year, representing an annual increase of 55.31 per cent. However, every month, the inc...
•Trump and Tinubu United States (US) President Donald Trump has said US military strikes in Nigeria saved Christians from continued attacks by terrorists, claiming the operation brought an end to the widespread killing of Christian communities. Speaking at an event in Washington at the weekend, Trump said the military action targeted the leade...
Telecom operators in Nigeria recorded a sharp decline of 33,153,633 subscribers in three years (May 2023 – April 2026), according to the Nigerian CommunicaÂtions Commission’s (NCC) latest indusÂtry statistics. According to the telecom indusÂtry statistics, the figure showed that 4,270,285 of mobile subscribers were lost between May 2023 (220,9...
Global oil prices have fallen to levels last seen before the US-Iran war, raising expectations among consumers and businesses for a corresponding reduction in the price of petrol. However, pump prices across Nigeria have largely remained unchanged, prompting concerns over the pace at which global market gains are being transmitted to domestic ...
•A man kicks a burning piece of furniture during a riot in the Johannesburg suburb of Turffontein Former Nigerian Ambassador to Switzerland, Joseph Ayalogu, has advised Nigeria and other African countries to demand compensation from the South African government for victims of xenophobic attacks in the Rainbow Nation. Ayalogu said this during ...
•Gbenga Hashim and Tinubu A growing number of former members and stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) across Kano, Jigawa, and Katsina states have declared support for the Accord Party and the presidential aspiration of Dr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim ahead of the 2027 general elections. The declarations were made during separate mobi...
•Yakubu Mahmood Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has assumed duties as Nigeria’s ambassador to Qatar. Prof Yakubu, who completed a two-term of five years each as INEC Chairman in October 2025, was appointed as Nigeria’s Ambassador to oil-rich Qatar by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu...
•An open foodstuffs market Agriculture, maritime and trade experts have identified worsening insecurity, and Nigeria’s growing dependence on food imports as major factors fueling food shortagÂes and soaring food prices across the country. The stakeholders lamented that despite possessing vast exÂpanses of fertile arable land and abundant human...
The Department of State Services (DSS) has rejected proposals to allow foreign organisations fund security operations in Nigeria through a proposed Trust Fund. The secret agency warned that such arrangements could undermine national sovereignty, compromise operational confidentiality and expose the country’s intelligence architecture to extern...
The United States has warned its citizens residing in Nigeria against using its online passport renewal system, cautioning that doing so from outside the United States could automatically invalidate their current passport and leave them without a valid travel document. The warning follows reports of US citizens abroad unknowingly submitting on...
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