•Crude oil pipeline Aviation Safety Roundtable Initiative (ASRTI) has called on the federal government to adopt a fuel-for-stability programme that will allocate crude oil directly to local refiners to produce aviation fuel. The group said it would eliminate the alleged N60 billion subsidy scheme to the airlines and provide lasting relief to N...
As preparations for August 15 governorship poll in Osun heighten, the state government and leadership of the Accord, today raised the alarm over plan to deploy a special squad to arrest some leaders of the party and top government officials. A statement by state Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi, said credible...
•An illustration of rape There is need for faster prosecutions, stronger coordination, and a survivor-centred approach to keeping girls in school. Stakeholders in justice and education gathered in Kano State for a dialogue on sexual and gender-based violence and its toll on girls’ education, reports The Nation. The dialogue, convened by The In...
Stakeholders, including the Vice President, Kashim Shettima, and former Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation, Ben Akabueze, have called for urgent reforms to Nigeria’s budgeting system, warning that persistent disconnects between planning and implementation have left thousands of projects abandoned across the country. The ca...
A governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Iyabo Obasanjo, has visited the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), Ogun State chapter, congratulating its newly elected leadership on a peaceful exercise. During the visit to the IPAC Secretariat in Abeokuta, the state capital, Obasanjo emphasised the nee...
•An estate Stakeholders in the real estate industry have stated that rents will not reduce in the housing sector despite the removal of the Value Added Tax (VAT), as the move is not capable of addressing the issue of the exponential rise in the sector. In the recent period, rents payable by tenants of houses […]
•Cotton farmers Nigeria’s cotton, textile and garment (CTG) sector remained under severe strain in 2025, with stakeholders warnÂing that without urgent, coordinated and long-term reforms, one of the country’s most job-rich industries risk further deÂcline despite its proven capacity to drive industrialisation, conserve foreign exÂchange and su...
•Acting National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Senator Nenadi Usman The Senator Nenadi Usman-led Labour Party, LP, has released a timetable and schedule of activities to herald its preparations for the 2027 general elections. This was contained in a document dated November 17, 2025, which the party submitted to the Independent National El...
Stakeholders of the Accord Party, in a widely attended meeting held in Keffi yesterday, have announced the suspension of the facÂtion led by Barr. Maxwell Mgbudem and formally recognised the leadership of Prof. Chris Imumolen, whose position is backed by a Federal High Court order. The meeting, which drew participants from all 36 state chapter...
•Pregnant women in IDP camp Borno traditional rulers, lawyers and government officials have decried alleged rampant child pregnancy and unsafe abortions in Internally Displaced (IDP) camps in Maiduguri, Borno. This was revealed at a two-day stakeholders’ dialogue, organised by the Grassroots Researchers Association (GRA) with the support of We...

