Sunday, February 8, 2026

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Ojulari Shuts Government  Owned  Refineries After Assessments Show Value Erosion   – Ojulari 

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) has revealed that it shut down Nigeria’s state-owned refineries after internal assessments showed they were operating...

Enugu Court Orders UK To Pay 21 Nigerian Families £420m Over 1949 Massacre

In a landmark ruling, the Enugu State High Court has ordered the British government to pay £420 million in compensation to the families of...

NDLEA Secures Interim Forfeiture Of Lagos Properties, 2 Mercedes Benz Trucks, Other Items 

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos Presided over by Justice Daniel Osiagor on Thursday granted an order of interim forfeiture of a landed...

Ogun Marks 50th Anniversary with Colourful Cultural Carnival, Road Show in Abeokuta

Activities marking the 50th anniversary of the creation of Ogun State continued on Thursday with a vibrant cultural carnival and road show that brought...

NATIONWIDE

Abiodun Mourns Akeredolu, Says Death Tragic

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, on Wednesday described the death of his Ondo State counterpart, Rotimi Akeredolu, as...
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2023: Tinubu, APC Leaders Meet Obasanjo

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, today met with former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Ogun State. Tinubu, who...

Rights Group Decries FG’s Proposed Salary Increase For Political Office Holders, Says It’s  A Reckless Insult On Suffering Nigerians 

Olufemi Aduwo President Rights Monitoring Group, Olufemi Aduwo has said that the  reported plan by the Federal Government to raise the salaries of political office...

Bashir Tofa Dies At 74

One of the leading candidates in the 1993 Presidential election, Alhaji Bashir Tofa, is dead. He was 74 years old. He was the Presidential Candidate of...

R. Kelly Convicted Of Child Pornography Charges

R&B singer, Robert Sylvester Kelly, widely known as R. Kelly, has been found guilty of child pornography and other charges after a month-long trial...

Crime

Police Arrest Seven Suspects Over Killing Of Five Forest Rangers At Old Oyo National Park

Police have confirmed the arrest of the seven suspects in connection with banditry attacks on the old National Park in Ikoyi Ile, Oyo State. The...

World Cancer Day ’26: CAPPA Urges Govt To Tackle Cancer By Fixing Food System 

Cancer cell On World Cancer Day, themed ‘United by Unique,’ Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has reaffirmed its solidarity with the global community...

Alleged Drug Trafficking :  NDLEA Secures Interim Forfeiture Of 43 Vehicles, 6 Motorcycles

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos presided over by Justice Daniel Osiagor today ordered the  interim forfeiture of 43 vehicles and six motorcycles...

Akwa Ibom CJ Tasks Journalists On Professionalism, Protection Of Human Rights

 Akwa Ibom State Chief Judge, Justice Ekaete Fabian-Obot       Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Justice Ekaete Fabian-Obot, has urged journalists to uphold professionalism in the...

Obasanjo, Osoba, Monarchs, Others Celebrate Ogun @ 50 ………. As  Abiodun Declares February 3 Public Holiday Celebration 

L-R: The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Iziaq Adekunle Salako; wife of former president, Chief (Mrs) Bola Obasanjo; former President...

Politics

Stop Running Around, Join Me, Abiodun Tells Adebutu …Praises Appeal Court On Verdict

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun on Friday said the judiciary has once again shown its commitment to upholding...

FBN Holdings Asks Appeal Court To Dismiss Order Stoping AGM

FBN Holdings Plc has asked the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, to Dismiss an ex-parte order granted...

Gov Zulum Says 95% Of Borno #EndBadGovernance Protesters Are Underage

Gov. Babagana Zulum The Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, lamented on Saturday that 95 percent of the youths that...

Supreme Court Confirms Aiyedatiwa As Ondo Governor

Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, Governor, Ondo State The Supreme Court of Nigeria on Wednesday September 17, 2025, dismissed all election petitions...

FULL SPEECH: President Tinubu’s New Year Message To Nigerians

As we enter 2025, I wish everyone a happy and prosperous New Year. May you be rich in joy,...
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Events

Women in Politics Not Zero-Sum Game- Ogun Dep. Gov

Ogun State Deputy Governor, Engr. Noimot Salako-Oyedele has said that women in politics was not a zero-sum game, hence, the need to build alliances...

Alleged 13.8b Arms Purchase Fraud: Court Halts Trial Of Ex-Army Chief, Two Others

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has halted the planned trial of former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Kenneth Minimah and two...

Atiku’s Desperation For Power Will Divide Nigeria – APC

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said the statement of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, that...
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Must Read

Merger: Honda Asks Nissan To Become Subsidiary

Honda Motor Co. has proposed a plan to buy shares in Nissan Motor Co. to make it a subsidiary, people familiar with the matter...

Court Strikes Out Charge Against Oba Otudeko As EFCC Withdraws Case

Oba Otudeko Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, on Wednesday struck out the N12.3 billion charge filed by the Economic and Financial...

Edo Police Recover 10 Bodies In The bush

The Edo State Police Command says its operatives have recovered 10 male dead bodies in a bush along the Lagos-Abuja Expressway. The command’s spokesperson, SP...

Court Jails 27-Year-Old Man, For Trafficking In 1.3kg Tramadol

Justice Yellim Bogoro of the Federal High Court, Lagos has convicted and sentenced a drug trafficker, Okenwa Kelvin Uchenna, to five years imprisonment...

Kurdish Group PKK To Lay Down Arms And Disbanding

A demonstrator holds a picture of jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan at a rally in Diyarbakir, Turkey, in February Outlawed Kurdish group the PKK,...

NCC 97 Per cent Ready For Full Implementation Of Nigeria’s 5G Policy, Says Danbatta

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that it is now 97 per cent ready for the full implementation of the  Nigeria's ...

Lifestyle Magazine

Ojulari Shuts Government  Owned  Refineries After Assessments Show Value Erosion   – Ojulari 

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) has revealed that it shut down Nigeria’s state-owned refineries after internal assessments showed they were operating at “monumental losses” and destroying national value. The disclosure was made by the Group Chief Executive Officer of...

Court Sentences Two Men To  3 Years Imprisonment For Trafficking 2.60 Kg Cocaine, 27.90kg Tramadol …….....

Justice Abrose Lewis -Alagoa of the Federal High Court, Lagos  today convicted and sentenced two young men ObunikeJoseph Obichukwu  and Uzorchukwu Godspower Chukwurral to...

Ondo To Fortify Forestry Reserves’ Policies With ‘Forestry Regenerating Fund’

Comissioner for Environment Hon.Sunday Akinwalere and the Special Adviser on Environment, Hon.Oyeniyi 0seni with other participants at the Carbon Trade Seminar By Bisi...

Immigration Repatriates 42 Foreign Cybercriminals , 150 More To Follow

 Immigration Repatriates 42 Foreign Cybercriminals , 150 More To Follow The Nigerian Immigration Service will today, Sunday, August 18, 2025, deport 42 out of the...

Tinubu, Others pledge Committment to Judicial Reforms At Ariwoola’s Book Launch

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said that his administration is committed to rule of law and the independence of the country’s judiciary. The President, at...

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Aggrieved Lawmakers Accuse National Assembly Leadership Of Padding 2022 Budget

Another budget padding scandal is quietly rocking the National Assembly following complaints by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), before signing the 2022 Appropriation Bill into law penultimate Friday. Some members across the two chambers, who were visibly angry...

Prison Officials Foil Hoodlums’ Attempt To Hijack Murder Suspects

Move by some hoodlums to free one of thier gang members who is currently standing trial before a Tafawa Balewa High Court of...

Constitution Amendment And Citizens’ Expectations – Dr.Muiz Banire SAN

As the National Assembly concludes the constitution amendment process triggered some few months ago, citizens’ expectations that were hitherto high would seem to have...

2023: FG Targets N8.46trn Revenue, To Spend N19.76trn

The Federal Government is proposing to spend N19.76 trillion in 2023. The 2023 budget, however, had a proposed deficit of N11.3 trillion. Minister of Finance, Budget...

We Won’t Abdicate Our Power To Recruit Police Officers- PSC

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has said it will not abdicate its power to recruit police officers in the country. There has been a dispute...

Music

Sanwo-Olu To Unveil MIT Senseable Lab At Isimi Lagos Tech Valley

Sanwo-Olu To Unveil MIT Senseable Lab At Isimi Lagos Tech Valley Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Lagos state government, is...

IMF Advocates Debt Rescheduling For Developing Countries

Developing for countries may have their debts repayment rescheduled, should the creditors heed an advice from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). IMF Managing Director, Kristalina...

Health Minister, CAPPA, CISLAC, Diabetes Association, Others, Back Senate’s Move to Review, Earmark SSB Tax

  Minister of Health and Social Welfare Prof Ali Pate, civil society organisations (CSOs) and other stakeholders working in public health have rallied the Senate...

Naira Redesign: Ecobank Offers Customers 8% Interest On Deposit Of Old Notes

Ecobank Nigeria has again called on its customers to approach any of its branches to deposit old Naira banknotes into their accounts to avoid...

Sport News

Ogun Allocates 100 Hectares for Naval Base, Dockyard

Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ikechukwu Ogalla, and the Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, during a visit to the Naval Chief...

A TRIBUTE TO ALHAJA MUINAT ABEKE AJOSE ON HER 85TH BIRTHDAY

Celebrating  a Legacy  of  Progress: A Tribute to Alhaja  Muinat Abeke  Ajose on  Her  85th  Birthday AJOSE.... Omo Eko Pataki Ti o'ju o ba ti ehingbeti..... O'ju...

TAJBank, ICD Seal Pact On capital Projects’ Financing In Nigeria

TAJBank Limited, Nigeria’s leading non-interest bank, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD),...
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NNPCL Denies Rumour Of Plan Increase In Petrol Price

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) on Wednesday denies l rumours making the rounds that it was about to increase the price of...

Gov. Abiodun Meets Labour Leaders, Says Ogun Won’t Be Second in Implementing New Minimum Wage

L-R: State Chairman, JN, Isa Olude; State Chairman, NLC, Hameed Ademola Benco; Ogun State Head of Service, Mr. Kehinde Onasanya; Governor Dapo Abiodun; SSG,...

Osun State To Petition Toronto Exchange Over Thor Explorations UK’s Refusal To Pay For State’s Interest In Tropical Mines Ltd.

Osun State government yesterday vowed to petition Toronto Exchange Over Thor Exploration UK refusal to pay for the acquiring of the state interest...

Abiodun Flags Off Distribution Of Fertilizers, Promises To Address Food Scarcity

L-R: Ogun State Head of Service, Mr, Kehinde Onasanya: Deputy Governor, Engr. Noimot Salako -Oyedele; Governor Dapo Abiodun; Commissioner for Agriculture, Bolu Owotomo and...

TV

Canadian Lady Bagged 11 Years Imprisonment for Illegally Importing 35.20Kg of Canadian Loud

Adrienne Munju during her arrest Justice Dehinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court, Lagos today convicted and sentenced a Canadian lady, Adrienne Munju aged...

Abiodun Reads Riot Act To Criminals, Commends Police For Rescuing Kidnapped Victims

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has warned of a tough time for criminals, saying that his administration would use all means available to...

Police Arrest Banker Aiding Suspected Robbers

The Oyo State Police Command said it has tracked and apprehended members of a criminal gang that specialised in carrying out well-coordinated...

Abiodun  Has Demonstrated Unwavering Commitment To Workers’ Welfare     – Pension Reform Committee

  The Ogun State Government under Governor Dapo Abiodun has continued to demonstrate a firm commitment to the welfare of workers and retirees in the...