Dangote refutes claims FG tariff reversal responsible for pump price reduction
By El-ameen Ibrahim, Abuja
Dangote Petroleum Refinery has dismissed as misleading a wave of publications suggesting that recent pump price reductions by oil marketers is triggered by the Federal Government’s reversal of the 15 per...
44 Reps write Tinubu, want him to release Nnamdi Kanu — seek political solution...
Forty-four members of the House of Representatives have canvassed fresh solution to lingering insecurity in the South-East and urged President Bola Tinubu to invoke his constitutional powers to order the release of detained leader of proscribed...
SERAP gives CBN 7 days to give details of missing N3trn of public funds
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr Olayemi Cardoso, to promptly account for and explain the whereabouts of the missing or diverted N3 trillion of...
Wale Edun reacts to S&P rating on Nigeria, vows to strengthen economy
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, has reacted to the decision of S&P Global Ratings to revise Nigeria’s outlook to Positive from Stable, saying that the government would...
Reforms: S&P raises Nigeria’s outlook to ‘positive’
S&P Global Ratings revised its outlook on Nigeria to “positive” from “stable” on Friday, backing the ongoing economic reforms.
It also affirmed the country’s rating at “B-/B”.
“In our view, the monetary, economic, and fiscal reforms...
Air Peace: Why our services were disrupted, lost $15m
Air Peace Limited has attributed the sudden disruptions in its domestic operations to the “illegal” withdrawal of three aircraft by its wet lessor, Smartlynx Airlines, adding that owing to this, it has lost $15...
NCP moves to regularise sake of Afam Power Plant to Transcorp Power Consortium...
The National Council on Privatisation (NCP) on Thursday approved the request by the Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE) to follow through on the engagement with Transcorp Power Consortium to secure execution of the Performance...
EFCC hands over N104.1m recovered fund to Niger State Govt
The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has handed over the sum of ₦104,091,162.46 (One Hundred and Four Million, Ninety-One Thousand, One Hundred and Sixty-Two Naira, Forty-Six Kobo) to...
PHOTOS: GOVERNOR SANWO-OLU LAUNCHES E-BIRTH REGISTRATION AND COMMISSIONS LANDMARK PROJECTS FACILITATED BY THE CHAIRMAN...
Pix 2132 From second left: Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, Mr. Sola Giwa; MD/CEO, Upfront Homes, Mr. Babatunde Faleye; Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Chairman, Lagos Island East LCDA, Mayor...
Sanwo-Olu inaugurates multiple projects in Lagos Island East LCDA •Lagos Gov launches...
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday inaugurated multiple projects in Lagos Island East Local Council Development Area (LCDA), facilitated by the council chairman, Hon. Muibi Alade Folawiyo.
The Lagos Governor reaffirmed his administration’s commitment...
COAS commissions affordable housing scheme in Ibadan
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, has commissioned a 60-unit Affordable Home Ownership Option for All Soldiers (AHOOAS) Housing Estate,...
PDP demands probe of alleged fraudulent alteration of tax laws
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called for an urgent and comprehensive investigation into what it described as an alleged fraudulent alteration of Nigeria’s...
At APC NEC meeting, Tinubu says, ‘I faced obstacles on my...
President Bola Tinubu has said his journey to the presidency was fraught with numerous obstacles, describing his emergence as Nigeria’s leader as the result...
PDP labels Tinubu’s 2026 budget as ‘consolidated renewed sufferings’
The Peoples Democratic Party has condemned President Bola Tinubu’s 2026 budget, describing it as a “Budget of Consolidated Renewed Sufferings” that continues to allegedly...
NAF C-130 crew lands in Ghana after release from Burkina Faso,...
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) C-130 aircraft and its crew, who were earlier detained by authorities in Burkina Faso, have arrived in Accra, Ghana,...