Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has said the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited’s admission that the $1.5bn rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt Refinery was a waste of scarce resources validates his long-standing call for the privatisation of Nigeria’s state-owned refineries. Atiku made the assertion in a statement shared via his X handle yesterday, in reaction…
American television host and conservative commentator, Tony Perkins, has revealed that Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, once approached him to discuss issues of religious freedom in Nigeria, but he declined the request. Perkins said he rejected the move because he did not want his media platform to be used to “cover up” realities and…
A high-level delegation from the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) paid a courtesy visit to President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Sunday, in what appears to be a sign of strengthened bilateral ties on security and regional stability. The meeting featured key U.S. military and diplomatic figures, including ChargĂ© d’Affaires of…
Kings Park Rangers, a non-league football club in England, have announced the death of Saburi Olayinka Adeniji, a Nigerian player for the club. According to the Halstead-based club, Adeniji, who played as a winger, was pronounced dead at Queen’s Hospital on Friday after staying in a coma for over three weeks due to a severe…
The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has deregistered over 400,000 companies in 2025 over prolonged inactivity and failure to meet statutory requirements, in a move to sanitise the country’s corporate register. Registrar-General of the commission, Mr Hussaini Magaji, who disclosed this during activities marking the CAC’s 35th anniversary in Abuja at the weekend, said the exercise…
At least 30 people have been killed in a fatal road accident that occurred in Kano State on Sunday morning. A statement signed by the governor’s spokesperson, Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, confirmed the tragedy and said that the accident occurred at Kwanar Barde in Gezawa Local Government Area of the state. He explained that the…
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has announced the permanent cancellation of the Monday sit-at-home directive across the South-East, effective Monday, February 9, 2026. The directive comes directly from IPOB leader Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who emphasized that the people should return to schools, workplaces, and markets without fear or intimidation. IPOB’s spokesperson, Emma Powerful,…
Suspected kidnappers who abducted a medical doctor in Auchi, Edo State, and killed his younger brother have been arrested after they were allegedly identified by their victim at the hospital where he works. Sources revealed that the suspects were apprehended after they took their children to the same hospital for medical treatment, only for the…
When the senate passed the 2022 Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill on Wednesday, many Nigerians expected it to close the gaps exposed in the 2023 general election. A major reform Nigerians had looked forward to was the legal backing for compulsory real-time electronic transmission of election results. The senate, however, rejected the proposal, extinguishing expectations of…
CLARIFICATION ON BUDGETARY PROVISIONS FOR THE LAGOS LIAISON OFFICE IN THE 2026 APPROPRIATION LAW The attention of the Abia State Ministry of Budget and Planning has been drawn to commentaries regarding specific line items for the Lagos Liaison Office in the published 2026 Fiscal Year Budget. We wish to state the following verifiable facts for…
