archiveJanuary 7, 2025

By Ken Ugbechie Mele Kyari, a geologist and Group CEO of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), has dug his way into the tunnel of history. Within a space of two months, he announced the successful revamp of two refineries. In November 2024, Port Harcourt refinery came on stream....

Justice Kamorudeen Olawoyin of the Oyo State High Court on Tuesday adjourned until January 13 the ruling on the bail application by broadcaster Oriyomi Hamzat and Naomi Silekunola, the ex-wife of the Ooni of Ife over the stampede in Ibadan in December. Ms Silekunola, Mr Hazmat and a school principal,...

The management of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Nigeria has debunked the claim by some sections of Nigerian media that it has newly introduced a resit examination to be conducted between January and February for candidates who may need make-up papers in their senior school certificate examination (WASSCE). The...

John Mahama has taken the oath of office as Ghana’s new president in a ceremony attended by world leaders Mahama was sworn in at Black Star Square in Accra, the Ghanaian capital on Tuesday. The new president took over from Nana Akufo-Ado who succeeded him in 2017. Before Mahama’s swearing-in,...

Felix Morka, spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress (APC), has denied allegations of threatening the life of Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 general election. On Monday, Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, claimed that his life was at risk due to his outspoken...

Aloy Ejimakor, lead counsel for the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has rejected a request by the Federal Government to fix a date for the resumption of his client’s trial. Ejimakor disclosed the development in a tweet on Tuesday, noting that Kanu remains strong despite...

President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has assured Nigerians that they will start enjoying better dividends of democracy when the National Assembly passes the landmark tax reform bills and assented to by President Bola Tinubu. Akpabio, who stated this in his New Year message he personally signed, also wished Tinubu;...

Officials of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission in Jordan which oversees Iraq have intervened to return a 28-year-old trafficked Nigerian lady, Eniola Isaac. This was after a report on Wednesday revealed that Isaac was allegedly lured to Iraq under false promises of a better life. However, after being subjected to...

The Coalition of Northern Groups, Civil Society Organisations, and Critical Stakeholders in northern Nigeria have called for the immediate relocation of bank headquarters to Abuja. This was contained in a statement co-signed by Comrade Muhammed Usman Deba, Gombe State Coordinator, CNG; Comrade Habiba Isah Gaude, Voice for Rural Women; and...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says the country is at “moderate” risk for Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV). In a public health advisory, the agency said the Federal Government is closely monitoring the outbreak of the virus and is taking safety measures to “strengthen the country’s preparedness and response capacity”....