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The Police Command in Oyo State has confirmed the successful rescue of Adebayo Adelabu’s sister, Busayo Adelabu-John Paul, and her two sons on Saturday.

The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Oyo State Command, Olayinka Ayanlade, confirmed the successful rescue operation in a terse statement made available to journalists on Saturday night.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Mrs Adelabu-John Pau ...

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The city of Enugu erupted in celebration on Tuesday as Rangers International took their 2025/26 Nigeria Premier Football League trophy parade through the streets, marking a historic ninth league title and reaffirming their place among the giants of Nigerian football.

Thousands of supporters turned out to salute the newly crowned champions as players, coaches and club officials embarked on a victory procession across various part ...

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Let us imagine that the opposition parties will boycott the forthcoming elections scheduled for next year. How will such a boycott affect the country and our democracy. And is boycott the best option?

Cameroun and Tanzania experienced election boycott by the opposition recently, but that has not affected the overall rating of the election results.

In year 2000, Cote D’Ivoire experienced a massive boycott by th ...

The implementation of the Multi-Year Tariff Order (MYTO) framework for electricity pricing has again been delayed for the fourth minor review which occurs every six months.

Daily Trust reports that the tariff which should now be at an average of N51 per kilowatt hour (kWh) is still at N31.8 as the implementation of the reviews suffers delays.

The sector regulator – the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) – had pegged the N31/kwh in the ...

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The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has declared a three-day national mourning period, from 12 to 14 June, to honour the victims of violent attacks, mass abductions, and banditry across the country.

?The Christian body also designated 14 June 14 as “Black Sunday” across all churches as a mark of solidarity with families affected by the lingering security crisis.

?The President of CAN, Daniel Okoh, made ...

The Managing Director of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), Ernest Mupwaya said his company has installed 88,000 meters and would install 120,000 units by December 2017 to tackle complaints on estimated billing.

upwaya said this at the opening of a two day workshop on energy theft for judges within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

He said, “The issue slowing down metering is funding constraint in the electricity market but we have found a way ar ...

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Nigeria successfully defended the Unity Cup title on Saturday night, defeating Jamaica 3-0 in the final at The Valley Stadium in London.

The Super Eagles produced a disciplined and clinical display to retain the trophy, extending their unbeaten run in the competition and handing head coach Eric Chelle another silverware.

Nigeria took the lead just two minutes into the contest through Alhassan Yusuf, who reacte ...

Fossil fuel demand will reduce by nearly 25 percent in the next two decades, the Secretary General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo has said.

Speaking at the SPE Kuwait Oil & Gas Show and Conference in Kuwait City, yesterday, Barkindo however said fossil fuels will remain a dominant in the global energy mix but in a declining way.

“We see oil as the largest contributing fuel – followed by natural gas, w ...

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Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) across Kaduna State on Saturday unanimously endorsed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the party’s presidential candidate in next year’s election.

The affirmation exercise, conducted across all 255 political wards in the 23 local government areas of the state, witnessed a large turnout of party members and stakeholders who rallied behind President Tinubu’s re-election bid.

The ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission has ordered the Nigerian Stock Exchange to suspend trading on the shares of Oando Plc.

The commission said in a circular yesterday it had carried out a comprehensive review of the petitions by Alhaji Dahiru Barau Mangal and Ansbury Incorporated and made the following findings amongst others; Breach of the provisions of the Investments and Securities Act 2007; Breach of the SEC Code of Corporate Governance for Public Companies; Susp ...

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President Bola Tinubu on Saturday described the conduct of the 2026 All Progressives Congress (APC) primaries nationwide as a strong demonstration of internal democracy within the ruling party.

President Tinubu stated this after he participated in the APC Presidential Primaries at Ikoyi-Obalende Ward L2 in Lagos, noting that the exercise has further deepened the democratic process.

President Tinubu at the APC Presidenti ...

The House of Representatives yesterday waded into the ongoing controversy between the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) and Intels Nigeria Limited.

The House, while adopting a motion by Rep Diri Douye (PDP, Bayelsa), resolved to constitute an ad hoc panel to probe the circumstances that led to NPA’s decision to terminate an existing contract between it and Intels.

The committee is to ascertain if due process was followed in the termination of the agreement and othe ...

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The federal government has commenced the distribution of Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care equipment to 251 health facilities across 30 states to strengthen maternal and newborn healthcare services nationwide.

The equipment, valued at about $200,000 per state, was unveiled on Friday in Abuja at an event organised by the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare under the Sector-Wide Approach initiative.

To drive the enforcement of the compulsory insurance of public buildings across the country, The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) in Abuja has inaugurated a technical committee.

The committee was inaugurated by NAICOM’s Commissioner for Insurance, Mr Mohammed Kari, and it has membership drawn from NAICOM, the Federal Fire Service (FFS) from all the zones and the Nigeria Insurance Association (NIA).

But the steering committee is made up of the Commissioner ...

An investigation panel set up by Nigeria’s Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, has praised the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), Simon Ortuanya, and a former Acting Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Oguejiofor Ujam, for exposing the then-Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji’s certificate forgery.

The seven-member investigative panel was constituted on 23 November 2025 in response to Mr Nnaji’s petition to the educati ...