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The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) and the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), on Tuesday, rejected alleged plans by the federal government to sell significant stakes in Joint Venture (JV) assets, managed by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd). The two critical unions warned […]
Afrobeats superstar, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has been officially inducted as a voting member of the Recording Academy, the body behind the prestigious Grammy Awards. The move gives the ‘Feel’ crooner, who secured three Grammy nominations in 2024, a direct role in the Academy’s nomination and final-ballot processes for the 2026 ceremony. Confirming […]
United States authorities have charged a 33-year-old man with endangering an aircraft after he allegedly aimed a laser pointer at the presidential helicopter, Marine One, as it departed the White House with President Donald Trump onboard. According to a court filing on Monday, a Secret Service officer spotted Jacob Samuel Winkler while pointing a red […]
A housewife, Rabi Nuhu, from Magama Gumau in Toro local government area of Bauchi state has been arrested for allegedly brutalising her five-year-old stepdaughter for bedwetting. Our correspondent gathered that the victim, whose name is withheld, lost her mother about a year ago and has since been living with her father, Mohammed Umar, and his […]
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has deployed 1,900 prospective corps members to Bauchi State for the 2025 Batch ‘B’ Stream II orientation exercise. NYSC State Coordinator, Mr Kufre Umoren, told journalists on Tuesday in Bauchi, that registration would begin from September 24 to 26 at the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp, Wailo in Ganjuwa local […]
The chairman of Basic Metal Sector, Iron and Steel Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (BMSISMAN), Prince Lekan Adewoye, has stated that the economic reforms embarked upon by President Bola Tinubu have stabilised the nation’s economy. Adewoye also appealed to Nigerians to be patient with the President on the economic reforms being implemented by his administration. The […]
President Bola Tinubu has called for a complete overhaul of the global financial architecture governing Africa’s mineral resources, saying it was time for African nations to not only finance their own mineral sectors but also assert their influence and control over African products’ global supply chains. This, the President stated, had become necessary if African […]
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) remitted a total of N7.1 trillion to the Federation Account in the first eight months of 2025. The remittance underscored NUPRC’s critical role in revenue mobilisation from Nigeria’s upstream oil and gas sector. This is was revealed during the NUPRC’s presentation at the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) […]
A special court-matial set up by the Acting General Officer Commanding 7 Division of the Nigerian Army and Sector 1 Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), Brigadier General Ugochukwu Unachukwu, has charged two senior non-commissioned officers and two non-commissioned officers for Arms/Ammunition racketeering as well as aiding and abetting terrorism. The charges ranged from theft, unlawful dealing […]
The National Assembly has unsealed the office of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP, Kogi Central), signaling a potential end to her months-long standoff with Senate President Godswill Akpabio. The Sergeant-at-Arms of the National Assembly, backed by combined security personnel, on Tuesday reopened Akpoti-Uduaghan’s Office 205 in the Senate wing. The move restores her access to both […]
