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ABUJA — Nigeria’s fiscal ambitions faced a sobering reality check this week as the latest OPEC data revealed a significant shortfall in crude oil production. Despite a marginal increase in January, the nation’s output remains stalled at 1.459 million barrels per day (bpd). This figure sits nearly 400,000 barrels below the 1.84 million bpd benchmark…
LAGOS — The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has achieved a definitive operational milestone by restoring its Crude Distillation Unit (CDU) to full nameplate capacity. In a statement released on Wednesday, the facility confirmed that both the CDU and the Motor Spirit (MS) production block have hit the 650,000 barrels per day (bpd) mark. This development follows…
ABUJA — The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) has officially served the Federal Government a 21-day ultimatum to address deteriorating labor conditions or face a nationwide blackout. In a stinging petition addressed to the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, the union cited widespread “anti-labour practices” across the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI). Acting General…
Nigeria’s federal government is preparing to sell select state-owned assets to private investors starting in 2026, according to Wale Edun, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy. Speaking during the AlUla Conference for Emerging Market Economies in Saudi Arabia on Monday, Edun confirmed that discussions are ongoing regarding which public assets…
A complaint of assault over an unmet 400-cedi daily quota has led to the dismantling of a suspected trafficking and prostitution operation in Ghana’s Eastern Region, resulting in the arrest of 12 Nigerian nationals and three Ghanaians, police in Koforidua have confirmed. Operatives of the New Juaben South Municipal Police Command on Monday, February…
Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has raised alarm over his alleged imminent arrest by the Federal Government, asserting that recent developments indicate he may be the next target. Speaking during an interview with BBC Hausa on Wednesday, El-Rufai expressed concerns about what he called growing political intimidation directed at opposition figures, especially those…
Gabriel García Márquez was 13 years old when he saw Mercedes Barcha at a school dance in Colombia and said to his friend. “I’m going to marry that girl.” She was beautiful, confident, untouchable. He was a scholarship boy from a family that scraped by. She was the pharmacist’s daughter, poised and privileged, a world…
President Bola Tinubu has transmitted the nomination of Ambassador Ismail Abba Yusuf to the Senate for confirmation as the substantive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, signalling a leadership transition at the agency following the resignation of Professor Abdullahi Usman after barely 14 months in office. The nomination…
Senator Onyekachi Nwaebonyi, representing Ebonyi North Senatorial District, has declared that the latest amendment to the Electoral Act has fundamentally altered the legal architecture governing Nigerian elections, asserting that mandatory electronic transmission of results now renders rigging impossible under the law. Appearing on ARISE Television on Wednesday, Nwaebonyi articulated the Senate’s position on the…
ABUJA — The United States Congress has introduced a high-stakes legislative hammer aimed at Chinese mining interests and violent extremists operating within the Nigerian hinterlands. Titled the “Nigeria Religious Freedom and Accountability Act of 2026,” the bill seeks to dismantle a shadow economy where foreign miners reportedly fund insurgency. Specifically, US lawmakers allege that Chinese…
