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Market Update: Naira Falls to N1,474/$

NewsDeskNgNov 26, 2025November 26, 20250

THE Naira yesterday depreciated to N1,474 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,465 per dollar on Monday. Similarly, the naira appreciated to N1,441 per dollar in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM). Data published by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, showed that the exchange rate for the naira...

‘Take all lawful measures to halt attacks’, UN rights office urges Nigeria

NewsDeskNgNov 26, 2025November 26, 20250

Authorities in Nigeria have been urged to take all lawful measures to halt vile attacks against the citizens. The UN human rights office, OHCHR, which made the appeal in Geneva on Tuesday also urged the Nigerian Government to hold those responsible to account. No fewer than 402 people, mainly schoolchildren,...

Group Hails Tinubu, Matawalle, Security Chiefs for Rescue of 24 Abducted Kebbi Schoolgirls

NewsDeskNgNov 25, 2025November 25, 20250

The Network for Peace and Development (NPD) has described the successful rescue of the 24 schoolgirls abducted from Government Girls Secondary School, Maga, Kebbi State, as “a divine victory and a resounding testament to decisive presidential leadership.” In a statement issued this evening and signed by its Executive Director, Rev....

Ministry, Sultan Endorse Film Project On19th-century Scholar, Nana Asma’u

NewsDeskNgNov 25, 2025November 25, 20250

* Story will revive women’s education as northern tradition, foster peace, unity in Nigeria, says film producer The Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, and the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment have given their official command and endorsement, respectively, to Script Plus Limited to proceed...

Akinosho’s Regular Faulty View and A Regulator’s Achievements

NewsDeskNgNov 25, 2025November 25, 20250

By Bukola Olasanmi On the surface, the piece published in the online and PDF editions of the Africa Oil+Gas Report on 24 November 2025 under the title “The irregularities of the regulator will keep Nigeria’s upstream underachieving” wears the respectable garb of a professional intervention designed to stimulate debate and...

A 12-POINT LETTER TO NDIGBO, BY VALENTINE OZIGBO

NewsDeskNgNov 25, 2025November 25, 20250

My beloved Ndigbo, I write to you today with a sober heart and a renewed conviction. In the last few weeks, the Lord has taken me on a deep journey, a journey of reflection, rediscovery, and spiritual awakening. Three profound moments have stirred my spirit and compelled me to speak...

Atiku to Oshiomhole: You represents noise, propaganda, bruising legacy

NewsDeskNgNov 25, 2025November 25, 20250

A Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication to the former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Phrank Shaibu, has asked the former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Senator Adams Oshiomhole, to always check the mirror before he speaks in public. The lawmaker representing Edo North, had on Monday said...

THE ADAR FACTOR: Why Hon. Sarkin Musa Adar Could Become Tinubu’s Most Strategic Weapon for Extractive Transparency

NewsDeskNgNov 25, 2025November 25, 20250

By: Aaron Mike Odeh In an era where Nigeria stands at the crossroads of economic recovery and accountability, every appointment in President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope government carries national significance. Yet, among the conversations in political circles, one name keeps emerging with growing intensity—Hon. Sarkin Musa Adar, a statesman...

Atiku Abubakar Turns 79: Jack-Rich Extols His Courage and Conviction

NewsDeskNgNov 24, 2025November 25, 20250

Nigeria’s former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, was showered with accolades by esteemed personalities, including Tein T. S. Jack-Rich, a former presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and President of the Belemaoil Group, who conveyed a stirring tribute on the occasion of his 79th birthday, lauding his exemplary...

DSS N5.5b Defamation Suit: SERAP Deputy Director Admits to ‘No Invasion By Operatives’

NewsDeskNgNov 24, 2025November 24, 20250

*Court Adjourns To Feb 19 For Adoption Of Final Written Addresses A witness of the Socio-economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), Kolawole Oluwadare on Monday admitted at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory that he used some libelous words like “unlawful, invasion, intimidation and harrassment”in media publications to...