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The Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road had been omitted from the 2025 budget proposal presented to the National Assembly recently by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. BudgIT, a leading civic-tech organisation revealed this on its X handle. READ ALSO Protest hits PDP over appointment of national secretary NAF probes civilian casualties in Zamfara airstrikes – Official BudgIT stated […]

Gunmen have shot dead a final-year Higher National Diploma (HND) student of Computer Science in Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic, Ikot Osurua. Identified as Prince, he was killed at about 1am on Wednesday on Abuja Street in Ikot Osurua, Ikot Ekpene local government area. READ ALSO Security agents arrest Mahdi Shehu Naval, airforce officers collapse during […]

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission says the country’s oil rig count has risen to 32. Chief Executive Officer of NUPRC, Gbenga Komolafe, who made the disclosure during a budget defence session at the National Assembly, said the rig count doubled under the commission’s oversight, from 16 in 2021 to 32 as of 2024. READ […]

A Federal High Court in Lagos, on Thursday, fixed Jan. 20, for arraignment of Chairman of the Honeywell Group, Oba Otudeko, over alleged N12.3 billion fraud. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) preferred a 13-count charge against Otudeko, and a former Managing Director of First Bank Plc, Olabisi Onasanya. READ ALSO Northern CSOs endorse […]

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, has absolved the government of any involvement in fixing of the price of petrol, saying the price of crude oil in the international market remains a major force in driving the fluctuations in the pump prices of petrol. The minister said these at the inaugural meeting […]

The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Friday, reaffirmed Mr Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP). The three-member panel, in a judgment delivered by Justice Hamma Barka, relied on its judgement earlier delivered on Nov. 13, 2024, to make the declaration. READ ALSO We’ll obey court order on Anyanwu’s replacement […]

Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court Calabar has convicted Olufunsho Dayo Chevy and Uwem Udo Nya, for oil theft. The court also ordered the duo to pay a fine of N20 million and pay N5 million each into the account of the Federal Government. READ ALSO Abuja – Kano road to be ready […]

Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has revealed that his fate in God made him became a governor. Governor Diri’s spokesman, Daniel Alabrah stated this in a statement on Saturday. READ ALSO Thugs disrupt Edo tribunal sitting Shettima reaffirms FG’s commitment to economic growth The statement quoted the governor disclosing that he has paid $10,000 […]

Hearing in a suit filed by Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE over bid to stop issuance of oil import licences to some oil marketing companies suffered setback on Monday at a Federal High Court in Abuja. The matter, which was scheduled for hearing before Justice Inyang Ekwo, could not proceed due to the delay […]

President Bola Tinubu is currently holding a closed-door meeting with Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State, Ogoni leaders from four local government areas in Rivers State and FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike. It was learnt that Wike had arrived at the Presidential Villa around 2:45 pm before the Fubara delegation. READ ALSO FG to set up […]