•Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Hqtrs, Abuja The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has cautioned the public against increasing promotion of unregistered online investment schemes on social media applications and websites, including WhatsApp, Instagram, Telegram, Facebook, TikTok, and other digital platforms. A statement by th...
•Fuel pump Nigeria’s daily consumption of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, rose by 10.78 per cent in April 2026 to 52.4 million litres despite rising global prices. Data newly released by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) noted that the rise was from 47.3 million litres recorded in M...
The federal government has commenced arrangements to evacuate Nigerians willing to return home from South Africa following renewed anti-foreigner protests and rising tensions in parts of that country. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mrs. Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, disclosed this, yesterday, after a telephone discussion with South Africa’s Minister o...
•NLC President Joe Ajaero The Nigeria Labour Congress has painted a grim picture of the state of the nation and its workers, warning that rising insecurity, deepening poverty, and worsening economic conditions are pushing citizens to the brink. Recall that NLC and other stakeholders in the Nigerian project had consistently blamed hardship in t...
•Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas  The Senate has resolved to constitute a joint ad hoc committee of the Senate and the House of Representatives to address the rising cases of xenophobic attacks against Nigerians in South Africa. The committee, to be led by the Chairman of the National [...
•Seriake Dickson Former Bayelsa State governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, has urged Nigerians to disregard what he described as propaganda surrounding the National Democratic Congress (NDC), insisting that the party’s registration process has a long-standing and documented history. Dickson made the clarification in a statement posted on his X han...
•Xenophobia The Consulate General of Nigeria in Johannesburg has issued a public advisory warning Nigerians in South Africa about planned nationwide anti-foreigner protests scheduled for today, Monday, May 4, 2026. The notice issued yesterday ahead of the demonstrations, was signed by the Consul General, Ambassador Ninikanwa Okey-Uche, reports...
•Bianca Odumegwu Ojukwu The federal government has commenced arrangements to evacuate its citizens from South Africa, with at least 130 individuals already registered for voluntary repatriation flights amid rising anti-foreigner tensions in the country. The development follows renewed protests and incidents of xenophobic rhetoric in parts of S...
•Nigeria and South Africa flags Nigeria’s government has summoned South Africa’s top diplomat in Abuja over attacks on foreigners in the country, the foreign ministry said yesterday. South Africa, the continent’s most industrialised economy, has long been a destination for both legal and undocumented African workers, reports Channels TV. But s...
•Xenophobia Amid rising unrest in South Africa, the Nigerian Consulate in the country, in collaboration with the Nigerian Citizens Association in South Africa, has offered a free repatriation flight to Nigerians willing to return home permanently. The President of NICASA, Frank Onyekwelu, who spoke to our correspondent, acknowledged that the s...

