Hon. Muhammad Sanni Gambo has emerged as the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi State after his swearing in at the PDP State Secretariat in Lokoja. Speaking shortly after his swearing-in, Gambo described Kogi as a traditional PDP stronghold and called for unity among members to restore the party’s dominance in the …
Protesters on Tuesday besieged the National Assembly in Abuja, calling on the Senate to immediately confirm President Bola Tinubu’s nominee for Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Engr. Abdullahi Ramat. The demonstrators, who comprised Ramat’s supporters, members of civil society organisations and human rights activists, marched around the complex with placards bearing inscriptions …
On November 10, 1995, the Nigerian military regime of General Sani Abacha executed Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight of his colleagues, now remembered worldwide as the Ogoni Nine, after a trial that was widely condemned as a travesty of justice. Saro-Wiwa and others were involved in non-violent protest and advocacy for the Ogoni people, a minority …
President Bola Tinubu has announced the Federal Government’s plan to deploy 10 additional mobile power stations across Nigeria as part of efforts to boost the country’s electricity supply and industrial growth. The President announced this on Monday at the State House, Abuja, during a meeting with a delegation from Siemens Energy, led by Mr. Dietmar …
The Nigeria Employers' Consultative Association (NECA) has commended the Nigerian government's recent introduction of a 15 per cent import tariff on petrol and diesel, saying that it will strengthen the naira and support the industrialisation agenda in the country. NECA described the policy as a necessary step to stimulate local investment, strengthen the economy, and …
Dangote Refinery has reduced the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol at its gantry to ₦828 per litre, from ₦877 sold previously. This change reflects a 5.6 per cent drop. The price slash comes amid heightening competition in the downstream petroleum market The Major Energies Marketers Association of Nigeria (MEMAN) last …
A new crypto whale just bet $136 million against Bitcoin (BTC) and XRP with 20x leveraged shorts on Hyperliquid yesterday, November 6, 2025. This comes hours before President Donald Trump’s Miami crypto speech, where he’ll pitch the U.S. as the Bitcoin superpower and end crypto’s regulatory woes. With BTC at $103,000 and XRP at $2.32, …
The crisis within the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) took a new twist on Friday as a faction loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, dissolved the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT) led by former Senate President Adolphus Wabara and replaced it with a new leadership structure. At a meeting …
Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has finally obeyed the directive of the Federal High Court in Abuja to file his defence in the terrorism charge brought against him by the Federal Government. Kanu, who has repeatedly resisted opening his defence, was seen on Friday completing the process of filing …
Politics in Kano is now telling a different story than the usual. While other opposition politicians are running to join the All Progressives Congress (APC), over 100 members of the APC in Tarai, Kibiya Local Government Area of Kano State, have defected to the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP). The Kano State Commissioner for Humanitarian …
