Keyamo Defends N712bn Lagos Airport Rebuild

  The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has described the N712 billion reconstruction of Terminal 1 at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos as a plan to turn the country’s busiest international gateway into a modern, passenger-centred airport. He spoke on Tuesday in Abuja at the opening of the 35th Airports…

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After 53 Years, Ima Gas Field Gets $800m Nod

  Nigeria’s Ima gas field, discovered in 1973 but left untouched for more than five decades, has finally secured a Final Investment Decision, with AMNI International and TotalEnergies committing $800 million to bring it into production. The two partners announced the decision on Tuesday, 23 September 2026, clearing the way for one of the country’s…

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EFCC Places Maina On Wanted List Again

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has again declared Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, wanted, this time over an alleged case of receiving stolen property. The commission announced the declaration on Wednesday, 23 September 2026, in a public notice carrying Maina’s photograph and signed by its Head of Media…

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US Weighs Massive Bomb Strikes on Iran

Shifting Powers in Washington

A decade after their initial Mar-a-Lago summit, Washington and Beijing engage in high-level talks shaped by $1.2 trillion in trade surplus, critical mineral control, and advancing AI self-reliance. When the motorcade clears Washington’s avenues this week, the Chinese leadership steps out to meet the United States presidency under fundamentally transformed geopolitics. Nearly a decade ago,…

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Lokpobiri Defends Petrol Costs Against Foreign Benchmarks

Lokpobiri Defends Petrol Costs Against Foreign Benchmarks

Nigeria still sells petrol cheaper than the United States, Ghana, and South Africa despite the pain that deregulation inflicts on domestic households, according to Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Heineken Lokpobiri. Speaking on television on Tuesday night, Mr Lokpobiri placed the average domestic retail pump price at 1,430 naira per litre, contrasting that level…

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