Big Stories

Mele Kyari, the group chief executive officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, has blamed market forces for the increase in petrol pump price from N540 to N617 per litre.⁣ Speaking with state house correspondents on Tuesday after a meeting with Vice President Kashim Shettima at the Aso...

…as Governor commends security agencies for arresting notorious kidnapper Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, has convened an expanded security meeting with a view to addressing some emerging security threats that are capable of disrupting the relative peace in the state if left unchecked. The expanded security meeting, which had...

An Enugu State lawmaker, Nelson Sylvester has been shot dead by suspected assassins. Mr. Sylvester who’s popularly known as Ofunwa, represented Eha-Ulo ward, in Nsukka Local Government Area Legislative Council, until his death. He was killed by gunmen on Sunday night at his residence in Eha-Alumonah. A close friend of...

The Council of the Methodist Church of Nigeria Bishops has advised the federal government to establish a state policing system to defeat the insecurity in the south-east geopolitical zone. In a communique issued at the end of its 40th annual council of bishops held at the Wesley Cathedral, in Enugu,...

Prominent human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has condemned the National Assembly’s decision to allocate N70 billion as palliatives for its members, labeling it as illegal and contemptuous. In a press statement issued today, Falana called attention to the blatant breach of the relevant provisions of the Nigerian Constitution and urged...

Over six weeks after assuming office, president bola tinubu has yet to occupy his official residence at the aso rock presidential villa, abuja. while the president has been actively using his private conference room, office space, and aso chambers for crucial meetings with local and international guests, his official residence...

The President of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu participated in the 5th Mid-Year Coordination meeting between the African Union, Regional Economic Communities, and Regional Mechanisms in Kenya. Recall that Tinubu was elected as the Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States....

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Mr Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Tajudeen Abbas “to drop the scandalous plan to spend N40bn on 465 exotic and bulletproof cars for members and principal officials, and N70bn as ‘palliatives’ for new members.” SERAP...

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has said that there would be an end to the tension in the South-Eastern part of the country if the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, is released. This is coming barely a few days after the dismissal of...

A two-year-old baby, Ivan Onose was shot dead and his brother, Injured during a raid on a drug joint in Asaba. An Activist, Israel Joe reports that “2-year-old little Onose died yesterday after he was hit by a stray bullet alleged to have been shot by NDLEA men on duty....