•Food market From roadside fruit stalls to open-air meat markets, a silent killer lurks on Nigerian plates. Fruits ripened overnight with calcium carbide, meat cooked tender with paracetamol, grains preserved with sniper insecticide, and cassava soaked in bleach or detergent — these shocking revelations emerged from a Senate investigation that...
•Nigerian passports The Nigeria Immigration Service has announced plans to introduce a Single Travel Emergency Passport, a new biometric travel document designed to help Nigerians abroad whose passports are expired, lost, or stolen return home securely and verifiably. The Comptroller-General of Immigration, Kemi Nanna Nandap, disclosed this du...
•Tinubu and fuel pump Nigerians will pay an additional amount of about N1trillion (N973.6 billion) annually on petrol imports following the federal government’s planned introduction of a 15 per cent import tariff on Premium Motor Spirit (petrol), a price analysis conducted has shown. According to a petrol import trend report obtained from the ...
•Abubakar, Trump and Tinubu Former military head of state, General Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd), has called on Nigerians to put aside their differences and stand together in defence of the country’s sovereignty. He made the call following recent comments by former US President Donald Trump, which he described as a “grave threat to the country’...
The Unified Nigeria Youth Forum (UNYF) has expressed concern over the growing number of unregistered and disenfranchised Nigerians, urging the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Amupitan, to prioritise accessibility, transparency, and institutional accountability as he assumes office. National Preside...
Bokku Mart has issued a public apology after facing widespread criticism for a viral advertisement that many Nigerians condemned as ethnically insensitive. The controversy erupted when a female influencer, identified as Defolah, featured in a promotional video on the supermarket’s social media page on Tuesday, reports Saturday Vanguard. In the...
•Tinubu and Bishops The Anglican Diocese of Nsukka has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to “redouble his efforts to fulfill the promises he made to Nigerians,” as it raised strong concerns over economic hardship, insecurity, and declining public confidence in national institutions. This was contained in the communiqué issued at the end of...
•Noni Madueke Arsenal forward Noni Madueke has praised Nigerians, saying they work hard to make things happen, while also speaking about his values as someone from the West African nation. Madueke, who originally hails from Nigeria but plays international football for England, made this statement during an interview to celebrate Black History ...
•Tinubu and ADC logo The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has strongly opposed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s approval of a 15 percent import duty on petrol and diesel because it may further deepen the economic hardship for Nigerians already burdened by the astronomically high cost of living, warning the president not to push the people to [&h...
•Tinubu and fuel pump Petroleum marketers have warned that the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, could exceed N1,000 per litre following President Bola Tinubu’s approval of a 15 per cent ad valorem import tariff on fuel imports. The new policy, which takes effect after a 30-day transition period expected to end [&hel...

