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…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…

The Ondo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Akure, the state capital, has dismissed all petitions challenging the election victory of…

The Chairman of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has expressed the need for Nigerians to stop medical tourism and for the country to also start producing drugs locally.…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has declared that the 2027 general elections will serve as a referendum on the failures of the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led federal government. The party criticised the APC…

….Resolves to rebuild flood-ravaged community THE Federal Government has assured the people of Mokwa in Niger State that it will stand by them in the aftermath of the devastating floods that recently swept through…

The Department of State Service (DSS) has clarified that it is not interested in arresting anyone over the proposed “shadow government” initiative led by Prof. Patrick Utomi, the 2007 African Democratic Congress (ADC)…

The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, has said that there will be no hiding place for those threatening the peace and stability of Nigeria. Abubakar gave the assurance during the Second Quarter…

The federal government says it will impose tough sanctions on any federal university that establishes a satellite campus without prior approval of the minister of education. The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa,…