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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has formally requested the Senate’s approval for the appointment of new chief executive officers for Nigeria’s key petroleum regulatory agencies, the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) and the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC). The request comes in the wake of the resignation…
Former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad (rtd.), has died at the age of 71. He passed away at a hospital in Saudi Arabia, just weeks before his 72nd birthday, which would have been on December 31. The death was confirmed in Abuja by the Nigerian Association…
Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have reportedly arrested an Osun State–based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Daood Imran Molaasan, following a pro-Palestine protest held in the state. According to Western Post, Sheikh Molaasan, the leader of the Islamic group Ta’awunu Muslimeen, was taken into custody after a video circulated…
The Governor of Niger State, Mohammed Umaru Bagom, has approved the dismissal of 30 special advisers as part of a restructuring exercise aimed at strengthening governance and service delivery. The decision was announced during the governor’s first State Executive Council meeting with newly inaugurated commissioners at the Government House in…
Former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, has demanded that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman recuse himself from an ongoing investigation into his activities, describing the probe as politically motivated. In a press statement issued on Monday, Malami alleged that the investigation…
Former Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, has reiterated that soldiers deployed to the Lekki Tollgate during the October 2020 #EndSARS protests were issued blank ammunition and that no massacre occurred at the site. Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Monday, Mohammed defended the position of the Federal Government under…
Armed bandits on Sunday, December 14, 2025, attacked the First ECWA Church in Ayetoro Kiri, Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State, killing one worshipper and abducting several others. The victim, identified simply as Jayjay, was said to have been shot dead during the attack. As of the time of…
Former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, has denied allegations by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) that he operated 46 illegal bank accounts. Reacting to the claims, Malami’s media aide, Bello Doka, described the allegations as false and baseless, insisting that the former…
Barely two years after it was commissioned, the ₦5.6 billion solar hybrid power plant at Bayero University, Kano (BUK), collapsed, plunging the institution back into erratic electricity supply and rising energy costs. The 3.5-megawatt facility was inaugurated in September 2019 by former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and was celebrated as…
The Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Council, Comrade Grace Ike, has renewed calls for deliberate and sustainable housing solutions for media professionals, urging government and industry stakeholders to prioritise journalists who she described as “critical nation builders and guardians of public accountability.” Comrade…
