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Two men who once ran Nigeria’s most strategic petroleum plants are heading to the dock this week, as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission opens formal trials tied to the alleged diversion of funds set aside to revive the country’s ailing refineries. The former Managing Director of the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company Ltd,…
Five hundred and thirty one Nigerians were detected entering the United Kingdom through illegal routes between the first quarter of 2018 and the first quarter of 2026, according to official immigration figures released by the UK Home Office, a body of data that places Nigeria tenth among African nationalities recorded on the country’s illegal…
Pressure on the Presidency over the widening PFIPC scandal has taken a sharper turn, with Paul Ibe, Media Adviser to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, insisting that President Bola Tinubu’s order for an anti-graft probe means little unless the officials at the heart of the matter step aside first. Ibe, in a post on…
The naira eased further against the United States dollar on Tuesday, closing weaker in both the parallel and official windows as sustained demand for foreign currency continued to test the relative calm that has defined Nigeria’s foreign exchange market for much of 2026. At the parallel market, the currency weakened to N1,405 per…
President Bola Tinubu has taken the reform of Nigeria’s policing architecture a decisive step closer to reality, inaugurating a Presidential Working Group tasked with drafting the legal machinery that will bring state police to life once the ongoing constitutional amendment is concluded. The panel was inaugurated on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja…
President Bola Tinubu has thrown the weight of the anti-corruption machinery behind an unusual national puzzle: how a body the Presidency swears does not exist managed to secure office space, open bank accounts and find its way into the country’s most important financial document. In a directive issued on Tuesday, the President ordered the…
A fresh political storm has gathered around the 2026 budget after former Vice President Atiku Abubakar accused President Bola Tinubu of presiding over what he called a deliberate pattern of budget manipulation, following disclosures that an education agency created to rescue millions of out-of-school children was loaded with billions of naira for road construction…
Nigerians living outside the country now have a clearer path to renewing their passports from home, following the release of an updated step-by-step guide by the Nigeria Immigration Service for its Contactless Passport Application System. The Service published the revised process on its official X handle on Tuesday, urging citizens in the diaspora to…
The knockout rounds of the 2026 FIFA World Cup have not only sent proud footballing nations home early; they have also emptied a good number of dugouts. As the tournament in North America moves into its final eight, at least eight national team coaches have walked away from their jobs, some by choice, others…
Nnani Adaobi Marian was a day away from receiving the medical degree she had spent six years earning. She never made it to the ceremony. The 23-year-old, a graduate of Kharkiv National Medical University in eastern Ukraine, died on Sunday, July 5, 2026, in a hospital in Germany, weeks after Russian bombs tore through…
