Nigeria’s Dangote refinery has dispatched its first gasoline shipment to the United States, marking a new milestone for the $20bn facility and signaling the country’s growing influence in global oil product markets. The consignment left the refinery’s jetty near Lagos on 26 August aboard the vessel Gemini Pearl, carrying about 300,000 barrels of gasoline, according…
The Jigawa State Commissioner for Special Duties, Auwal Danladi Sankara, has refuted allegations of being involved in an illicit affair with a married woman. Earlier on Friday, the Kano State Hisbah Board confirmed Sankara’s arrest and detention in an uncompleted building, alongside a married woman. The board’s Director General, Dr Abba Sufi, stated that Sankara…
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has warned the public that it is illegal to use unregistered digital investment platforms, as concerns mount over the rising popularity of such platforms This renewed stance by the Commission follows social media uproar surrounding the operations of CBEX, a digital asset platform currently under scrutiny for allegedly freezing…
In a rare and controversial judgment, a young man was sentenced to 15 strokes of public flogging on Wednesday by Magistrate Farida Ibrahim of the Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Wuse 6, Abuja. The Chief Magistrate Ibrahim handed down a sentence of public flogging to the young man accused of fighting with a prostitute. He…
Unidentified hoodlums on Saturday disrupted the Labour Party (LP) and African Democratic Congress (ADC) event in the Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State. The event was organised by the parties to officially mark the defection of LP members in Alimosho into ADC. The hoodlums, numbering over 100, stormed the first venue of the event…
President Bola Tinubu has signed into law the Nigerian Insurance Industry Reform Act (NIIRA) 2025, a sweeping legislative overhaul aimed at modernising the nation’s insurance sector and advancing Nigeria’s economic ambition of becoming a $1 trillion economy. The NIIRA 2025 replaces several outdated insurance laws with a unified, forward-looking legal framework that provides for the…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has returned to Nigeria after his two-nation trips to Japan and Brazil. The presidential jet landed at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at 1:20 a.m. local time. President Bola Tinubu having a handshake with the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike President departed BrasĂlia, Brazil at about 12:57 (pm) local time on Wednesday, for…
A farmer, identified as Adegoke, has reportedly beaten a suspected thief to death in Odigbo Council Area of Ondo State, just as other suspected thieves, alleged to have invaded his farm, located at Mile 10, in Ore, were not spared by the farmer. They were reportedly injured and presently on admission to an undisclosed hospital….
The Edo police command says its operatives have arrested 14 suspects in connection with the killing of 16 travellers and the torching of their truck in Uromi town. On Thursday, a mob allegedly attacked and killed 16 hunters of northern descent who were travelling from Port Harcourt to Kano. The incident happened on the Uromi/Obajana…
Canada has closed the pathway for international students to convert their study permits into permanent residency under its latest immigration policies. This new regulation mandates that international students return to their home countries upon the expiration of their study visas in Canada, signaling an end to policies that allowed non-citizens with study permits to transition…
