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A former Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Senator Jibril Aminu, died yesterday at 85 after a protracted illness. He was later buried in his hometown of Song in Adamawa State after the funeral…

The President, Bola Tinubu, inaugurated the reconstructed Lekki-Epe Deep Seaport road in Lagos State on Thursday, where he told the Minister of Works, David Umahi, to ignore critics of the multibillion naira…

The Nigeria Customs Service has again bowed to pressure from indebted private jet owners who have failed to pay their duty to the government coffers, as it gave the debtors one more month to clear the debts. The…

Commuters across the Lagos metropolis were once again trapped in a frustrating gridlock on Thursday, with vehicular movement grinding to a halt for hours, an ordeal that appears to have no end in sight. For those…

                  The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has criticised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration at the midpoint of its tenure, accusing the government of presiding over a period marked by…

Professor Jibril Aminu, a distinguished diplomat, statesman, and renowned medical scholar, has died at the age of 85. A family source confirmed that the former Minister of Education and Petroleum passed away on Thursday…

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, says political scientists in Nigeria’s ivory towers should understudy how Nyesom Wike, a power broker in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), made it to the cabinet of President…

…operators expect further price reduction by Dangote, others Six depot owners have reduced the prices of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, also known as petrol as competition heightens in the downstream sector of…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday, arraigned two Chinese nationals, Zhang Hong Lin and Gao Pei Hai, before a Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, on five counts of conspiracy, illegal mining…

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced a ban on visas for foreign students who are set to begin attending Harvard University, ramping up his administration’s crackdown on higher education. “I have determined…

The Minister of State for Defence, Alhaji Bello Matawalle, has donated 3,000 rams to the All Progressives Congress (APC) supporters in Zamfara to bolster the Sallah festivities. Distributing the rams on behalf of the…

Chief Imam, Lagos State University (LASU), Prof. Amidu Sanni, has advised Muslims not to borrow to fulfill the Eid Kabir spiritual obligation. The advice was contained in his 2025 Eid Kabir message made available to…

The Federal Government has intensified discussions with the Japan International Cooperation Agency to fast-track the implementation of a ¥15bn (about $110m) emergency loan to improve food security across the country.…

In the continued effort of Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa’s plans to unlock the economic potential of Ondo State’s riverine areas, the Abdul Adetunji Mohammed (ATM)…

To recover import duties from some private jet owners in the country, the Federal Government, through the Nigeria Customs Service, has grounded about 60 private jets across major airports in Nigeria, The PUNCH reports.…

The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) has cautioned disc jockeys (DJs) against publicly performing music without authorisation or a licence. NAN reports that John Asein, NCC director-general, gave the warning in…

Fresh details have emerged on how Oluwaseun Ogunbambo, a Nigerian businessman and managing director of Fargo Petroleum and Gas Ltd, forged several documents to claim N3.7 billion in a petrol subsidy fraud. In his…

US billionaire and the Chair, Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, has said that Nigeria’s health budget is too small to tackle the…

The troops of 32 Brigade Nigerian Army deployed on operation Fast Strike Squad at Forward Operating Base, Auga, have captured a suspected kidnapper and rescued a victim in Ondo State. Major Njoka Irabor, the…

Operatives of the Delta State Police Command, in a joint operation with hunters, vigilantes and anti-cult volunteers, on Wednesday, killed four suspected kidnappers in Abraka. Spokesperson for the command, Bright Edafe,…

Nigerian ‘tech queen’ Sapphire Egemasi is facing more than 20 years’ imprisonment in prison after the FBI arrested her for defrauding several U.S. government agencies of millions of dollars. Federal Bureau of…

Two high courts of the federal capital territory (FCT) have separately summoned Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Onyekachi Nwaebonyi, deputy chief whip of the senate, over allegations of sexual harassment,…

Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah has forwarded an Executive Bill to the Enugu State House of Assembly to curb criminal activities…

Nigerian boxing icon Obisia Nwankpa, popularly known as “Golden Gloves,” has died at the age of 75. He passed away in the early hours of Tuesday, 3 June…