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Keyamo Directs Hybrid Payment System At Airport Access Gates

NewsDeskNgMar 10, 2026March 10, 20260

Aviation minister Keyamo directs hybrid payment system at Nigeria’s airport gates, allowing cash and electronic payments to ease traffic congestion. The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development has directed the introduction of a hybrid access gate payment system at airports across Nigeria following the earlier suspension of the full cashless...

Dangote Refinery Cuts Petrol Price To ₦1,075, Diesel To ₦1,430 Amid Falling Global Crude Prices

NewsDeskNgMar 10, 2026March 10, 20260

Dangote Refinery cuts petrol price to ₦1,075 per litre and diesel to ₦1,430, citing declining global crude prices. The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has announced a significant reduction in the prices of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known as petrol, and Automotive Gas Oil (diesel), with the new pricing taking immediate...

Governor Sule Supervises Distribution Of Dangote Foundation Rice To Nasarawa LGs

NewsDeskNgMar 10, 2026March 10, 20260

Governor Sule supervises distribution of Dangote Foundation rice across Nasarawa’s 13 LGs, warns officials against diversion of palliatives. Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has personally supervised the distribution of 30,000 bags of 10kg rice donated by the Aliko Dangote Foundation to vulnerable residents across the state’s 13 local government...

IGP Disu Vows To Reclaim Communities Overrun By Bandits

NewsDeskNgMar 10, 2026March 10, 20260

IGP Olatunji Disu pledges to reclaim communities seized by bandits in Kwara and across Nigeria. The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Olatunji Disu, has pledged that security forces will reclaim communities overrun by bandits in Kwara State and other parts of the country. Disu said the police would do everything possible,...

NSCDC Threatens Contractors With Prosecution Over Damage to Abuja Fibre Optic Cables

NewsDeskNgMar 10, 2026March 10, 20260

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has threatened to prosecute construction firms and contractors responsible for damaging underground fibre-optic cables in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The Corps warned that the continued destruction of the critical communication infrastructure poses serious risks to national security and economic stability. The...

Taiwo Oyedele Meets Tinubu After Nomination As Deputy Finance Minister

NewsDeskNgMar 10, 2026March 10, 20260

President Tinubu meets Minister of State for Finance nominee Taiwo Oyedele to discuss fiscal reforms and revenue strategy. President Bola Tinubu on Monday received the Minister of State for Finance nominee, Taiwo Oyedele, at the State House in Abuja. The meeting marked Oyedele’s first official audience with the President since...

Tinubu: No Agent of Instability Will Undermine Nigeria’s Peace, Unity

NewsDeskNgMar 10, 2026March 10, 20260

President Tinubu assures Nigerians the country will defeat terrorism and protect its unity and sovereignty amid rising security challenges. President Bola Tinubu on Monday evening assured Nigerians that the country will not allow agents of instability to undermine its peace, unity and sovereignty. Tinubu gave the assurance while hosting religious...

Spain To Legalise Up To 500,000 Migrants In Residency Amnesty As Workers Welcome Plan

NewsDeskNgMar 9, 2026March 9, 20260

Spain moves to grant legal status to hundreds of thousands of undocumented migrants, promising jobs, stability and economic gains. Undocumented migrants in Spain have welcomed a government plan to grant legal status to hundreds of thousands of foreign nationals, saying the move could transform their lives and offer long-awaited stability....

Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye: Women Must Fight For Their Rights Instead Of Waiting To Be Called Upon

NewsDeskNgMar 9, 2026March 9, 20260

Former Nigerian women affairs minister Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye urges women to actively participate in matters of the country. Former women affairs minister Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye has said that women must fight for their rights to be included, instead of waiting to be called upon. “We have been pursuing it. Women have been…...

Tony Nyiam: State Police Must Be Accountable To Citizens To Fix Nigeria’s Compromised Security System

NewsDeskNgMar 9, 2026March 9, 20260

Tony Nyiam stresses the need for state police accountable to citizens, warning that Nigeria’s current national security system is compromised. Security Analyst, Tony Nyiam says deeper reforms are required to address corruption and failures of the national security architecture, regarding President Bola Tinubu’s initiative to introduce state police in Nigeria...