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Akpabio: we don’t joke with Green Chambers The Senate yesterday rejected allegations of reluctance to consider and pass over 140 concurrence Bills transmitted to it by the House of Representatives. The Red Chamber said it had never shirked its responsibilities towards the House of Representatives based on the principle of...

Dangote Petroleum Refinery has announced a fresh reduction in the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), bringing the new rate down to ₦820 per litre from ₦840. This latest ₦20 cut follows a previous reduction just a week earlier, when the price dropped from ₦880 to ₦840 per litre—bringing the total...

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has said that Ahmed Salisu, a suspect intercepted at the Aminu Kano International Airport with undeclared foreign currencies valued at ₦653.9 million, will forfeit the funds in addition to facing other penalties. Speaking during a joint press conference in Kano on Tuesday, the Comptroller of...

The Senate on Tuesday approved N22.43 trillion for the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and N15 billion for the Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF) as budgets for the 2025 focal year. The approval followed the presentation of the reports of the Senate Committee on Communications by its chairman, Senator Ikra Aliyu Bilbis, during...

Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Dr. Dennis Otuaro, has declared that the Niger Delta region will support President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027, citing his sincerity and commitment to the region’s development. Otuaro made the statement while commending South-South leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC)...

says FCT minister will not be distracted Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has cautioned Senator Ireti Kingibe against making further attacks on the minister. Olayinka, in a statement issued Tuesday, accused the FCT...

A group of 500 public interest lawyers has stormed the Presidential Villa and National Assembly with a petition demanding the immediate sack and prosecution of Ahmed Farouk, the Chief Executive Officer, CEO of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA). The lawyers cited grave allegations of corruption, abuse...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of its mop-up Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) held on Saturday, June 28. In a statement yesterday in Abuja by its Public Communication Advisor, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, JAMB confirmed that the results of 11,161 candidates who sat for the mop-up exam...

Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike has said he joined President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration because he was sure it would give Nigerians dividends of democracy. Wike assured fellow Nigerians that most of the nation’s challenges would soon fade out.  The minister urged fellow Nigerians to be patient with the current...

The Coalition of Concerned Women for Legislative Integrity (CCWLI), a group of over 1,000 women-focused civil society organisations, has urged the Nigerian Senate to immediately file an appeal against the Federal High Court ruling that ordered the reinstatement of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. In a statement issued in Abuja on Monday,...