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Developmental Projects In Niger Delta Will Reduce Pipeline

14.12.2025

Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Limited (PINL) has suggested that citing developmental projects in the oil and gas host communities of the Niger Delta would help reduce the temptations of vandalizing the pipeline and oil theft by the community. PINL therefore promised to take up the responsibility of advocating for more developmental projects from the government and...

Auto Brands, Regulators, Mobility Innovators Set For 2025 NAJA Awards

14.12.2025

The Nigeria Auto Journalists Association (NAJA) has announced that all is set for the 2025 NAJA Awards, scheduled to hold on Tuesday in Lagos. The annual ceremony revered across the motoring community as the “Oscars” of the Nigerian automotive industry will unite the country’s most influential brands, regulators, distributors, innovators, and mobility stakeholders for an...

FirstHoldCo Announces Completion Of Divestment From FBNQuest Merchant Bank Ltd

14.12.2025

The Board of First HoldCo Plc has announced the completion of its divestment from its merchant banking subsidiary, FBNQuest Merchant Bank Limited, to the EverQuest Group. According to a press release, the decision, “positions the company to optimise resource allocation and further reinforce its commitment to providing comprehensive financial solutions.” The statement said: “The proceeds...

Borno Holds Peaceful LG Election

14.12.2025

Zulum: State is for Tinubu come 2027 The Borno State Independent Electoral Commission yesterday conducted a hitch and rancour free Chairmanship and councilorship across the 27 Local Government Areas of the state. Our correspondent, who monitored the election, reports that there was massive turnout in some polling units, while other polling units witnessed poor turnout....

1,660 Delegates Affirm Oyebamiji APC Candidate

14.12.2025

Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji (AMBO) yesterday emerged as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Osun State 2026 off-season election billed for August 8, 2026. Oyebamiji emerged as the ‘anointed Candidate’ after an affirmation by 1,660 delegates drawn from the 30 local government areas and 332 wards in the State, during...

Experts: Dangote Reordering Nigeria’s Fuel Market With 20th Price Cut

14.12.2025

The Dangote Petroleum Refinery on Thursday cut the gantry price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) for the 20th time in 2025, reducing it by 15.58 per cent from ₦828 to ₦699 per litre, effective December 11. Beyond its festive-season timing, analysts say the move underscores a fundamental shift in Nigeria’s downstream petroleum market, with local...

Ecowas Reaffirms Zero Tolerance For Military Coups

14.12.2025

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has reaffirmed its commitment to democracy and zero tolerance for unconstitutional change of governments in the region. It has therefore resolved that Guinea-Bissau, one of the member states, where the military seized power recently, would remain suspended from the union until the junta restored constitutional democratic order...

NLC: Planned Protest Not Political, Aimed At Addressing Insecurity, Poverty

14.12.2025

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has insisted that its planned nationwide protest was neither personal nor politically motivated, but a continuation of its longstanding advocacy against worsening insecurity and deepening socio-economic challenges in the country. The Acting General Secretary of the NLC, Comrade Benson Upah, who spoke to our correspondent yesterday, recalled the labour centre’s...

2027: Atiku’s Ambition Unsettling Opposition

14.12.2025

ADC yet to reach level of zoning- Chieftain. The lull in political activities in most opposition parties few months to the party primaries for the 2027 general elections, has been attributed to the ambition of the former vice president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has given political parties wishing to participate...

Tinubu: Wike, Audacious Top Performer, Defying Obstacles, Delivering Results

14.12.2025

President Bola Tinubu has described the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, as an audacious performer, who defies obstacles and delivers results as he celebrated his 58th birthday yesterday. In a release by Bayo Onanuga, Presidential spokes man, Tinubu congratulated Wike and celebrated with the former Rivers State governor, giving thanks to God...