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Lagos — Bola Babarinde, a public policy analyst and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, has urged the Federal Government to incorporate Nigeria’s solid minerals sector into its ongoing tax reforms, warning that its exclusion would render the reforms incomplete and unjust. In a statement issued in Lagos on Friday, Babarinde, a former Chairman of…
The Federal Government has confirmed that recent airstrikes on terrorist locations in Nigeria’s North-West were carried out as part of structured security cooperation with international partners, including the United States. In a statement issued on Friday by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the government said the strikes resulted from ongoing intelligence sharing and strategic coordination…
Ghanaian authorities have arrested at least 48 Nigerians over alleged involvement in romance scams, online investment fraud and other cybercrime-related offences, following a coordinated security operation in the Dawhenya area of the Ningo-Prampram Constituency. The arrests come less than a week after Ghana deported no fewer than 42 Nigerians from the Ashanti Region over alleged…
Algeria’s parliament on Wednesday unanimously passed a law declaring France’s 132-year colonisation of the country a crime, formally demanding an official apology and reparations in a move that has drawn sharp criticism from Paris and further strained already tense diplomatic relations between the two countries. The legislation, adopted amid chants of “long live Algeria” from…
Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has signed the state’s ₦1.01 trillion 2026 Appropriation Bill into law, following its passage by the Bayelsa State House of Assembly. The signing was confirmed in a statement issued on Tuesday by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Daniel Alabrah. Governor Diri had originally presented a budget estimate of ₦991.371 billion…
United States President Donald Trump has reportedly recalled the United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Richard Mills, along with several other career diplomats, as part of a broader review of American diplomatic representation abroad. According to a report by Politico, the recall is linked to efforts by the Trump administration to realign foreign missions with its…
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has issued a formal apology to the nation’s Jewish community following a mass shooting that targeted a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, marking one of the deadliest such attacks in the country’s history. “As Prime Minister, I feel the weight of responsibility for an atrocity that happened while I’m Prime…
The Federal Government has officially unveiled Nigeria’s National Intellectual Property Policy and Strategy (NIPPS), a sweeping framework aimed at converting the country’s creative and innovative output into sustainable economic value and global competitiveness. The policy, approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on November 6, 2025, represents a major shift in Nigeria’s approach to intellectual…
Dangote Petroleum Refinery has commenced nationwide sales of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) at a pump price of ₦739 per litre across all MRS Oil Nigeria Plc filling stations, in a move expected to ease fuel costs and stabilise Nigeria’s downstream petroleum market. The refinery announced the development in a statement issued on Sunday, describing the…
Nearly three decades after his death, the unmistakable pulse of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti’s Afrobeat will echo once again on the world’s biggest music stage. The legendary Nigerian musician, revolutionary bandleader and cultural dissident will be posthumously honoured with a Special Merit Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2026 Grammy Awards, cementing his place not just as a…
