The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has officially launched the 2025 licensing Round, with a target of attracting up to $10 billion in investments. The Commission has officially opened the 2025 licensing Round Portal - http://br2025.nuprc.gov.ng for entries by potential investors. Pinnacle Daily had reported that the upstream regulator announced plans to commence the …
The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, says the Federal Government will soon publish the identities of individuals and networks behind the financing of terrorism in the country. Speaking during an interview on Television Continental on Sunday, Bwala said the Tinubu administration has begun taking “far-reaching decisions” on national security …
Nigeria is to keep its 1.5 million barrels per day oil production as the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has decided to maintain current crude output levels for member countries until March 2026. The oil producers group took the decision during the 40th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting held on Sunday, November 30, where …
Amid internal power struggle, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) received a major win over the weekend as more than 10,000 members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), African Democratic Congress (ADC), Labour Party (LP) and other parties have decamped to the Party in Ogbadibo Local Government Area of Benue State. The mass defection took place …
Barely two weeks after declaring his intention to contest the 2027 governorship election in Kebbi State, former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, will appear before the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for questioning. Malami confirmed the development on his Facebook page on Friday. He stated that the anti-graft agency …
By Jide Ojo Conflict, dispute, disagreement, and quarrel are inevitable in life. In fact, they can be beneficial and transformational. There’s no family, organisation and indeed community where such does not exist. Experts in conflict management claimed that the main types of conflict are intrapersonal (within an individual), interpersonal (between two or more people), …
The Forum of South-East Academic Doctors (FOSAD) has condemned the recent Federal High Court judgment sentencing leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, to life imprisonment. The group in a statement signed by its president, Dr. Stephen Nwala and Secretary General, Dr Uzor Ngoladi, called for "immediate and unconditional release" of Kanu. …
Bandits who abducted about 35 worshippers from the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) in Eruku, Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, have reportedly demanded N100 million ransom for each victim. The attack occurred on Tuesday evening, during a church service, when gunmen killed some worshippers and abducted others. A live-streamed video captured the service as …
By Jide Ojo For the umpteenth time, Nigeria is in the news for the wrong reasons. The abduction of 25 school children took place in Maga, Kebbi State, on November 17, 2025. Same day news filtered that Brigadier General M. Uba was killed over the weekend by Islamic State West Africa Province fighters after the …
Lawmakers in the Nigerian Senate have expressed grief as the senator representing Enugu North Senatorial District, Okey Ezea, has passed away. Ezea, who was elected on the platform of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, reportedly died in the United Kingdom while receiving medical treatment for an undisclosed ailment. His death was formally …
