Author: Ifetayo Adeniyi

The Dangote Petroleum Refinery and other petroleum marketers have reduced the prices of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) across major depots in Lagos, Port Harcourt, Calabar and Warri, following a decline in international crude oil prices. The reductions were recorded in the latest depot price report published by Petroleumprice.ng, with the biggest adjustments seen in Lagos, where several operators cut their petrol prices by between N20 and N24 per litre. The reductions came as Brent crude traded below $100 per barrel, while the United States benchmark, West Texas Intermediate, also declined to $91.17 per barrel. In Lagos, the Dangote Refinery reduced…

File: Super Eagles training Nigeria will compete with Madagascar on Friday. The Super Eagles on Tuesday commenced preparations for their 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying opener against Madagascar, with 23 players taking part in their first training session at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo. Udinese goalkeeper Maduka Okoye is the last player expected in camp, with the rest of the squad already slugging it out for shirts under the guidance of head coach Eric Chelle and his assistants ahead of Friday’s clash with the Barea. Chelle named 24 players for Nigeria’s opening qualifiers against Madagascar and Guinea-Bissau, with…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has begun making efforts to strengthen its institutional memory through improved archiving, cataloguing and documentation of its activities ahead of the 2027 general elections. The Commission began a two-day capacity-building workshop for Public Affairs Officers (PAOs) from the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja on Tuesday. The workshop, organised by INEC’s Voter Education and Publicity (VEP) Department, is themed, “Preserving Institutional Memory Through Effective Archiving and Documentation.” Declaring the workshop open, Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee (IVEC), Mohammed Kudu Haruna, represented by the Director of Voter Education and…

Elegbede Abiodun The Lagos State Government has commenced the 2026 Safeguarding and Child Protection Week, with a call for stronger action to protect children from abuse and create safe channels for them to report concerns. The five-day programme, themed “My Silence Ends Here,” began on Monday, September 21, 2026, at the LASUBEB Hall, Maryland, Lagos, and will run through Friday, September 25. The initiative, being implemented across the state’s six education districts, is expected to engage more than 1,500 children on child safeguarding, protection and awareness, while encouraging them to speak up against abuse. Speaking at the opening ceremony, the…

The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has secured continental recognition for its growing role in reshaping student financing, receiving a Certificate of Observership from the Association of African Higher Education Financing Agencies (AAHEFA). The recognition followed NELFUND’s participation in the sixth International Conference and Annual General Meeting of AAHEFA in Accra, Ghana, where education financing agencies from 18 African countries converged to examine how technology could transform access to higher education financing across the continent. The conference, with the theme, “Digital Transformation in Higher Education Financing: The Role of Technology Advancements in Ensuring Sustainable, Inclusive and Resilient Higher Education Financing…

Nigerian singer-songwriter King Sunny Adé. CREDIT: Instagram President Bola Tinubu has congratulated legendary Nigerian musician, Chief Sunday Adegeye, popularly known as King Sunny Ade, on his 80th birthday. Tinubu, in a statement issued by the State House on Tuesday, described the juju music maestro as an icon of Nigerian and African music and praised his contributions to the country’s creative industry. The President said Ade had demonstrated musical excellence and cultural ambassadorship throughout his eight decades, while bringing joy to millions of people across generations. He said, “For eight decades, you have exemplified musical excellence and cultural ambassadorship, enriching our…

Participants at the graduation ceremony of participants of Naval Warfare Course 10 at the Naval War College Nigeria. CREDIT: Emem Julius The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Idi Abbas, has disclosed that Nigeria has recorded zero reported piracy incidents in its territorial waters for about four consecutive years. Abbas stated this on Tuesday in Calabar while speaking at the graduation ceremony of participants of Naval Warfare Course 10 at the Naval War College Nigeria. He said the achievement reflected improved maritime security and stressed the need for the Nigerian Navy to sustain its operational tempo against emerging threats in…

File Photo. Petrol nozzle The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority has warned petrol station operators against under-dispensing petroleum products, saying persistent or serious violations could lead to the revocation of their licences. The authority disclosed this in a circular issued on Tuesday in Abuja, saying it had observed incidents of under-dispensing at retail outlets nationwide. The NMDPRA described the practice as “a serious breach of consumer trust that will not be tolerated.” It directed all retail outlet operators to immediately calibrate and verify their dispensers and totalisers to ensure accurate measurement of petroleum products sold to consumers. The…

“The President did not give ₦50 billion to me. That claim is false,” Makinde said. Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has set aside as untrue the claims by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, that he received ₦50 billion from President Bola Tinubu to support his administration. Makinde made the rebuttal on Monday at the North-West Consultative Meeting of the African Peoples Movement (APM) in Katsina, where he joined the party’s presidential candidate, Lawal Daura, to present the “Reset Nigeria” agenda. Addressing party leaders, supporters and delegates, Makinde said Wike’s allegation was untrue. “The President did…

The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has formally inaugurated a Planning Committee for a proposed Oil and Gas Investment Summit in China, with the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) and the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) among the core agencies tasked with driving preparations. Chaired by the federal commissioner for Anambra State and lead of RMAFC’s Investment Monitoring Committee, Hon. Ekene Enefe, the committee held its first meeting at the Commission’s Abuja headquarters, where RMAFC Chairman Dr. Mohammed Bello Shehu (represented at the session) emphasised the need for…