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Bello Bodejo will remain in custody through the judicial summer break. The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday refused to hear his plea to soften his steep bail conditions. Justice Inyang Ekwo cited the upcoming court vacation as the primary reason for his refusal. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission filed a counter affidavit…
Dangote Petroleum Refinery has resumed gantry loading of petrol in local currency after a week-long suspension. The facility simultaneously increased its ex-depot price by N141 to N1215 per litre. The thirteen per cent price hike will immediately force filling stations to adjust pump rates upward across the country. Customer notices reveal that all outstanding, uncollected…
Defence correspondents flown into Maiduguri this week to sit inside cockpits, night patrols and operations rooms of the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai have become the first practical test of a Federal Government pledge made barely five weeks ago, when the Ministry of Defence told the Nigeria Union of Journalists that reporters would…
President Donald Trump has approved a sweeping nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia that could eventually hand the kingdom the ability to enrich uranium on its own soil, a decision landing at the most volatile moment in Gulf security in years and one that has already drawn resistance from lawmakers in Washington and officials…
Nearly two decades of recurring violence against Nigerians in South Africa moved from the streets to the floor of the National Assembly on Tuesday, as the House of Representatives resolved to conduct a comprehensive investigation into the human and economic losses suffered by its citizens and to press for compensation from Pretoria. The…
Private petroleum depots have resumed loading petrol and diesel after a week-long operational hiatus triggered by market volatility and price recalibrations. The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria confirmed on Tuesday that depot operators reopened gantries following temporary shutdowns to adjust wholesale prices. Operators halted operations to recalculate replacement costs and demand top-up payments on…
A parliamentary committee has issued a strict 48-hour ultimatum to federal ministries, departments, and agencies stalling its investigation into a phantom government body. The House Ad-hoc Committee investigating the illicit creation and operational history of the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council declared Thursday as the final deadline for recalcitrant civil servants. Committee Chairman Yusuf Gagdi…
The House of Representatives has launched an investigation into the persistent casualties and property losses suffered by Nigerians living in South Africa. Lawmakers resolved on Wednesday to audit the assets abandoned by over 3,500 citizens evacuated during recent and past xenophobic attacks. Motion sponsor Babajimi Benson warned that lawful Nigerian residents have faced targeted violence…
A rumour that swept across Nigerian social media this week pushed the Minister of Defence, General Christopher Gwabin Musa (retd.), into a rare public rebuttal on Tuesday, as he stepped out of a closed door meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Aso Rock Villa in Abuja to declare that he had no intention…
Africa has officially overtaken Asia as the continent with the highest number of hungry people for the first time in modern history. The United Nations’ annual State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report revealed on Tuesday that 309 million Africans suffered from undernourishment last year. While global hunger fell for a third…
