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Experts and civil society representatives have commended the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) for driving transparency in the implementation of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), describing the Commission under Gbenga Komolafe’s leadership as key to realising President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope agenda in the oil and gas sector. The...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has announced Saturday, 28th June 2025, as the date for the conduct of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) mop-up examination. Over two million candidates registered for this year’s UTME, out of which over 1.9 million have already sat the examination. Apart from...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company has increased petrol prices to N915 in Lagos and N945 in Abuja respectively. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has raised the pump price of petrol to N915 per litre in Lagos and N945 per litre in Abuja. This marks a N45 increase from...

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has forecast a mix of sunny, cloudy, and rainy weather conditions across the country from Monday to Wednesday. In its weather outlook released on Sunday in Abuja, NiMet predicted sunny skies with patches of cloud over the northern region during the morning hours. NiMet said by...

Governor Ademola Adeleke says he will pursue legal means as a form of peaceful resolution to the ongoing local government crisis in Osun. Governor Ademola Adeleke says he will pursue legal means as a form of peaceful resolution to the ongoing local government crisis in Osun. Mr Adeleke, however, hailed...

A frontline pro-democracy advocacy group, Save Nigeria Movement (SNM), has condemned the silence of prominent northern stakeholders over the recent wave of killings in Benue State, describing the situation as a dire national security emergency requiring urgent and decisive federal intervention. In a statement signed by its National Coordinator, Joseph...

Students of the Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida(IBB) University, Lapai took to the streets of Lapai on Monday morning to protest  the killing of one of them by armed robbers. It was learnt that robbers invaded a student lodge close to the school gate in the early hours of Monday and in...

Iranian Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, is supposed to hand Russian President Vladimir Putin a letter from Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with a request for more support amid U.S. Israeli stroke on the country, Reuters reported on Monday, citing a senior source. Araghchi arrived in Moscow on Sunday to...

Obi has criticised Tinubu for skipping Yelwata visit, insisting true leadership means sacrifice, presence, and action during crises. The Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has criticised President Bola Tinubu for failing to visit Yelwata, the community at the epicentre of a recent deadly attack in Benue State, during...

Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov says he’s splitting his fortune, estimated at $17.1 billion, between over 106 children. In an interview with Le Point, the 40-year-old billionaire revealed he has six biological children and has donated sperm anonymously in 12 countries, fathering over 100 more. “I want to specify that I...