The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has reduced the ex-depot price of petrol to N899 per litre in Lagos, a decision that reflects growing competition in the downstream sector. The Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners…
IBRAHIM QUADRI Properties worth millions of naira were destroyed when fire gutted a bungalow comprising of 6 units of 2-bedroom flats and 4 shops at 20, Iya-Agan Street, Apapa Road, Ebute Metta West area of Lagos. The cause of the inferno…
.As ex-NNPC CEOs commend groundbreaking revitalization of Port Harcourt Refinery Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has affirmed that the Port-Harcourt Refinery is fully operational. This was stated in a release made…
In a significant move to bolster Defence Health Services and strengthen the partnership between the United States and Nigeria, the Honourable Minister of State for Defence, H.E. Dr. Muhammad Bello Matawalle MON, met with a U.S. delegation…
COSMAS CHUKWU , Enugu In a move to boost culture and tourism as well as dignify and uphold the Igbo tradition and culture, the Enugu State Government has unveiled an imposing Ijele masquerade metal sculpture at Onuasata Round About, Obiagu…
COSMAS CHUKWU , Enugu The Enugu State Government has expressed dismay over a report in the December 19, 2024 edition of the Punch Newspaper stating that the government earmarked N55bn for the construction, reconstruction, and…
ELIZABETH VINCENT, Yenagoa Bayelsa state government has announced plans to massively invest in agriculture during the second term of the prosperity administration, the state aims to produce one million tonnes of rice per year. At the flag…
ELIZABETH VINCENT, Yenagoa The Bayelsa state police command has reaffirmed its commitment to ensuring a peaceful and secure Christmas and New Year celebration throughout the state. Commissioner of Police CP Alonyenu Francis Idu has…
FAVOUR ISHEMBER , Abuja Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Barr Nyesom Wike, has issued a two-week ultimatum to owners of 762 plots of land in Maitama II District, Abuja, to pay for their Certificates of Occupancy (C-of-O) or risk…
CHIDIMMA UCHEGBU , Abuja The Navy Board on Thursday 19 December 2024 approved the promotion of 146 senior officers to various ranks in the Nigerian Navy. Breakdown of the promotions released showed that 24 Commodores were promoted to the…
DANIEL DAUDA, Jos With barely five days to the Christmas celebration, the Nigeria Police Force, NPFL, Plateau State Command, has placed a restriction of movement in five out of the seventeen local government areas of the state. The five…
The Oyo State Chapter of the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has condoled with the victims of the Ibadan Stampede incident at Islamic High School Basorun, Ibadan, which reportedly claimed the lives of 32 Children with several injured during…
JONAS EZIEKE, Abuja The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, has said that his attention has been drawn to reports in both the print and electronic media to the effect that the Federal Capital Territory…
IBRAHIM QUADRI Oil marketers have slashed the price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, also known as petrol from N1,060 to N939.50 per litre. The decision followed the Dangote Petroleum Refinery which had earlier on Thursday lowered the pump…
…As COAS charges newly promoted officers to lead by example CHIDIMMA UCHEGBU, Abuja Nigerian Army headquarters has disclosed that the Army Council has on 19 Thursday, December 2024, approved the promotion of senior officers to the next…
The Minister of Abuja FCT, Nyesom Wike, has been told to reinstate the suspended Executive Secretary of the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), Engr Shehu Ahmad Hadi, or give the reason behind his suspension. The advice came from…
DANIEL DAUDA, Jos In a bold stride toward revitalizing the power sector in Plateau State to promote industrialization, Governor Caleb Mutfwang has presented a Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) to the Niger Delta Power Holding Company …
AKOR SYLVESTER, Abuja The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in its sustained efforts to rid the country of unwholesome regulated products has shut down eight shops and one warehouse in Karu Local…
DAMISI OJO, Akure The All Progressives Congress United Kingdom (APC UK) Ondo State Caucus has lauded the appointment of Hon Femi Adekanbi as Managing Director of Benin-Owena River Basin Development Authority, describing it as well-deserved…
EMMANUEL AWARI, Jalingo The Taraba State House of Assembly has passed the sum of over Four Hundred and Thirty-one point three billion naira(N431.3 billion) for the Services of the State for the 2025 fiscal year. This followed the…
A magistrate court in Ado-Ekiti has granted N30 million bail to human rights activist, Dele Farotimi. The magistrate, Abayomi Adeosun, ruled on Farotimi’s bail application today. The bail conditions include two sureties, who are…
Commander of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Strategic Command of NDLEA, ACGN Usman Ali Wadar; Ms. Fabienne Russel of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC and Commander, Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport…
. CAPEX takes 62.1%, recurrent stands at 37.9% GBENGA OLARINOYE, ILORIN Kwara State Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq laid the 2025 appropriation bill before the parliament Friday, substantially focusing on completing ongoing projects,…
L-r… Deeper life Ministry General Superintendent , Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi his wife Mrs. Esther; during the Flag off ceremony of the National December Retreat and the Global Crusade with Kumuyi (GCK) held at the Deeper life…
Chairman House of Representatives press corps Gboyega Onadiran (right) presenting the Ambassador of Peace South-East Award to the Deputy Speaker of the House Benjamin Okezie Kalu (2nd left), during the unveiling of the 4th Edition of the…
Public Affairs Manager Nestlé Nigeria Plc, Victoria Uwadoka; Mr. Edet Udoh ( both middle) and other Journalist that won with their gift, during the Nestle Nigeria Media Awards Ceremony held in Lagos, 19/12/2024 …PHOTOS: CHINYERE IKEANYI.…
.Police arrest Ooni’s ex-wife, Naomi, 7 other suspects .First Lady, Ooni mourn, pray for healing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed profound sadness over the tragic incident at the Children’s FunFair in Ibadan, which resulted in the…
.As EFCC invites suspended council bosses The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, has faulted the Edo House of Assembly and Governor of the State, Monday Okpebholo over the suspension of…
UGO AMADI .Introduces special purchase offer for consumers Dangote Petroleum Refinery has reduced the price of its Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) product to below N900 per litre, to provide much-needed relief for Nigerians ahead of the holiday…