The refinery also aligned its coastal loading price at ₦1,075 per litre and suspended its consortium marketing arrangement, effectively opening petrol loading at its gantry to all qualified marketers.

The union issued the warning on Thursday at a press conference held in Jos, saying the continued delay in implementing the agreement, particularly the payment of salary adjustments and academic staff allowances, had pushed lecturers to the limit.

The victory marked a winning start for newly appointed head coach, David Fizdale, who took charge of his first competitive game with the team.

By Peter Egwuatu Honeywell Group Limited, has acquired a 14.12 percent stake in Ikeja Hotel Plc. This was disclosed in a statement sent to the Nigerian Exchange Limited, NGX by Ikeja Hotel Plc and signed by the company secretary,OOT Nominees Limited on Thursday. The company, in the statement stated: “Ikeja Hotel Plc (the company) hereby […]

More than 25,000 people, including hundreds of Ghanaians, have already fled the country, according to South Africa’s security forces.

By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo A Kaduna State High Court has dismissed a fresh bail application filed by former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, after the National Hospital, Abuja, disowned a medical report tendered in support of the request. Justice Darius Khobo rejected the application, which was based on claims that El-Rufai was suffering from advanced metastatic […]

By Dickson Omobola Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, who allegedly paraded himself as the Director-General of the non-existent Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council and Presidential Economic Advisory Council, Thursday, denied any wrongdoing, insisting that Chief of Staff to the President, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, was aware of his appointment. Adeyemi, who is facing allegations of impersonation and related […]

…Urges lawmakers to move policing to Concurrent List By Dayo Johnson, Akure The Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for transmitting the State Police Bill to the National Assembly but urged lawmakers to amend provisions it said would make state police “appendages of the federal government.” The group also called on […]

— Defends First lady over Akara, groundnut remark By Dayo Johnson Akure Former Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) governorship candidate in Ondo State, Abass Mimiko, has said that attacks on First Lady Oluremi Tinubu over her “small business” advice are politically motivated. Mimiko tied the backlash against the First Lady to resistance against President Tinubu’s economic […]

The US leader has railed against the cost of military aid for Kyiv and famously berated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office in February 2025.

ABUJA — The vice-presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) for the 2027 general election, Rotimi Amaechi, on Thursday held a closed-door meeting with former Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, in Abuja. Although details of the meeting were not immediately disclosed, it comes amid ongoing political consultations ahead of the 2027 general elections. The […]

The closure is in line with the annual celebration of the United States’ Independence Day, popularly known as the Fourth of July, which is marked every year on July 4.

…FG flags off Babban-Lamba–Sharam Phase II Road in Plateau By Golok Nanmwa JOS — President Bola Tinubu has said his administration’s economic reforms have freed state governments from borrowing to pay workers’ salaries, attributing the development to increased revenue allocations that now enable states to meet salary obligations, settle gratuities and undertake development projects. The […]

By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA: Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has reaffirmed his commitment to fostering stronger institutional relationships with sub-national legislatures as key stakeholders in governance. The minister made the pledge on Thursday when he received the Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures of Nigeria, led by its Chairman and Speaker of the Delta […]

By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA — The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has described the recurring abduction and killing of schoolchildren in Nigeria as a ‘national disgrace’ and a ‘crime against humanity’, following recent attack on Government Day Secondary School in Lassa, Askira Uba Local Government Area of Borno state, where terrorists killed a […]