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Chemical Odour Affects Over 90 Students In Ijebu-Ode Schools

NewsDeskNgMay 15, 2026May 15, 20260

Over ninety students receive treatment after suspected chemical odour spreads across schools in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State. Over 90 students have been taken to hospital after a suspected chemical odour spread through parts of Ijebu-Ode in Ogun State. The incident caused panic as schools moved quickly to evacuate learners. The situation...

Tinubu Defends Fuel Subsidy Removal, Tax Reforms As Necessary Steps To Stabilise Economy

NewsDeskNgMay 15, 2026May 15, 20260

President Tinubu says painful reforms introduced by his administration were necessary to stabilise Nigeria’s economy and secure future growth. President Bola Tinubu on Friday strongly defended the removal of fuel subsidy and the unification of the foreign exchange market introduced at the start of his administration in 2023, describing both...

Centre Defends Tinubu Over Homeland Security Appointment, Says Nigeria Needs Smarter Coordination Against Emerging Threats

NewsDeskNgMay 15, 2026May 15, 20260

The Centre for Humanitarian and Homeland Advancement has defended President Bola Tinubu’s appointment of Major General Adeyinka Famadewa (Rtd) as Special Adviser on Homeland Security, describing criticisms trailing the decision as misguided, intellectually narrow, and disconnected from the realities of modern security governance. The group was reacting to comments by...

PRESIDENT TINUBU’S ECONOMIC VOYAGE AND TAIWO OYEDELE’S MIDAS TOUCH

NewsDeskNgMay 15, 2026May 15, 20260

By Matthew Maxwell WHEN in 2023, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu assumed office, he came in sailing on stormy waters, tempest tossed. First, he contended with a very turbulent economy, on a paradoxically dry treasury that had been desertified by subsidies and siphoned wealth. This arbitraged benefits for a few while...

Terrorism: Woman bags 20 years jail term on DSS Charges of Unlawful Possession of 302 Rounds of Live Ammunition

NewsDeskNgMay 15, 2026May 15, 20260

A house wife, Haliru Halima Umar, has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for pleading guilty to charges of unlawful possession of 302 rounds live ammunition of AK-47 rifles brought against her by the Department of State Service (DSS). She was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment by Justice Hauwa...

ADC Accuses FG Of Running ‘Ponzi Economy’

NewsDeskNgMay 15, 2026May 15, 20260

ADC has criticised federal government borrowing spree, alleging Nigeria’s economy is unsustainable and worsening citizens’ hardship nationwide. The African Democratic Congress (ADC), has criticised the federal government over Nigeria’s rising debt profile, accusing the administration of President Bola Tinubu of running what it described as a “Ponzi economy” sustained by...

PenCom Grants PFAs Special Waiver To Invest Pension Funds In Dangote Refinery IPO

NewsDeskNgMay 15, 2026May 15, 20260

PenCom approved a one-off waiver allowing pension funds participate in Dangote Refinery’s anticipated IPO despite regulatory restrictions. The National Pension Commission (NAICOM) has granted Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs) a one-off regulatory forbearance to enable investment of pension assets in the proposed Initial Public Offering (IPO) of Dangote Petroleum Refinery &...

Nigeria Needs $100bn Yearly To Bridge $2.3tn Infrastructure Gap, Stakeholders Warn

NewsDeskNgMay 15, 2026May 15, 20260

Stakeholders urged Nigeria to unlock private capital and PPPs to tackle its widening $2.3 trillion infrastructure deficit. Nigeria’s infrastructure financing crisis took centre stage at the 2026 Infrastructure Dialogue held in Abuja, where top government and private sector leaders warned the country’s widening infrastructure gap—estimated at $2.3 trillion—can no longer be addressed...

NAICOM Cracks Down On Fake Insurers, Arrests Suspects In Nationwide Enforcement Drive

NewsDeskNgMay 15, 2026May 15, 20260

NAICOM arrested suspected fake insurance operators in Abuja, warning offenders face prosecution under Nigeria’s new insurance reform law. The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM), on Thursday intensified its crackdown on fake insurance operators across the country, arresting scores of suspects in Abuja. The enforcement, in collaboration with police officers from the...

Former Ondo Governor Mimiko Joins APC, Backs Tinubu’s Reforms

NewsDeskNgMay 15, 2026May 15, 20260

Ex-Ondo Governor Olusegun Mimiko has joined APC, praising Tinubu’s education and policing reforms as progressive initiatives. Former Ondo State Governor, Olusegun Mimiko, on Thursday formally joined the All Progressives Congress, APC, at his Ward 7, Ondo West Local Government Area Secretariat in Ondo town. Mimiko, who had before now resigned...