NNPCL RAISES PETROL PRICE TO ₦‎990 IN ABUJA, ₦‎965 IN LAGOS Retail outlets owned by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited have effected an upward adjustment in the pump price of the Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol, from N965 to N990 per litre in the Federal Capital Territory. The new price template effected nationwide on Tuesday also increased …

SERAP GIVES GOVT 48 HOURS TO REVERSE 50% TARIFF HIKE FOR MTN, AIRTEL, OTHER TELECOM OPERATORS The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has given President Bola Tinubu’s administration 48 hours to reverse the 50% tariff hike granted to network providers for calls and data by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). SERAP, a human rights advocacy and pro-democracy organization, contended …

IMPLICATIONS OF TRUMP’S BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP FOR NIGERIA, BY USMAN MUSTAPHA President Donald Trump has signed an executive order seeking to redefine birthright citizenship in the United States. The order, signed just hours after his inauguration on January 20, 2025, seeks to limit automatic citizenship to children born to parents who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents. This policy shift has …

POLICE ACCUSED OF FAILING TO PRODUCE OFFICER WHO KILLED JOURNALIST, ALEX OGBU, PAY N50M COMPENSATION AFTER FIVE YEARS The Nigerian police have been accused of failing to respect court orders which mandated compensations after a policeman shot dead a journalist Alex Ogbu in 2020. The group under the aegis of ‘Justice for Alex’ also accused the police of failing to …

SENATE VOWS TO PUSH FOR CONDUCT OF NATIONAL POPULATION CENSUS IN 2025 The Senate has vowed to push for the conduct of a national population census in 2025. The lawmakers made this resolution on Tuesday during a budget defense session with the Chairman of the National Population Commission, Nasir Isa Kwarra. The Chairman of the Committee on National Identity Management …

IMMIGRATION GROUPS SUE TRUMP OVER ORDER TO END US BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP US President Donald Trump has been sued by immigration advocates following his move to end automatic citizenship for children born in the United States to parents who are unlawfully or temporarily in the country. On Monday, Trump signed an executive order at the White House aimed at ending the …

FUBARA LEADS RIVERS ELDERS, LEADERS TO ASO ROCK OVER OGONI CLEAN UP President Bola Tinubu Tuesday met with Governor Sim Fubara of State Rivers State and the leaders of Ogoniland at the presidential Villa Abuja. Governor Fubara arrived with Senator Lee Maeba and among the delegation were Senators Magnus Abe, Olaka Nwogu, Chief Victor Giadom, Chief Kenneth Kobani, Monsignor Pius …

OHHA MICROFINANCE BANK FILES N20BN SUIT AGAINST ENUGU GOVT OVER ALLEGED UNLAWFUL DEMOLITION Ohha Microfinance Bank Limited has filed a legal suit against the Enugu State Government, claiming that the demolition and destruction of its headquarters and assets were unlawful and without compensation. The bank is seeking a total of N20,420,194,500 in damages for the alleged violation of its constitutional …

POLICE INSPECTOR FOUND DEAD IN ABUJA HOTEL ROOM AFTER NIGHT WITH SOCIAL MEDIA DATE A police inspector, identified as Lawal Ibrahim from the Kwali Division, has been found dead in a hotel room in the Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. According to reports, Ibrahim died following a rendezvous with a woman he reportedly met online. …

AVOID CONFRONTATION WITH TRUMP – EX-NIIA DG ADVISES TINUBU A Professor of Political Science and former Director-General, Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Bolaji Akinyemi, has advised President Bola Tinubu to avoid confrontation with the newly inaugurated 47th President of the United States, Donald Trump. Akinyemi gave this advice on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Monday. “If I were President …

TRUMP FIRES FOUR SENIOR OFFICIALS ON FIRST DAY IN OFFICE, THREATENS TO FIRE MORE PEOPLE In a sweeping move on his first full day in office, United States President, Donald Trump, has fired four senior government officials appointed by his predecessor and warned that “over a thousand more” could soon face dismissal. Trump announced the firings early Tuesday in his …

ANAMBRA SECURITY OUTFIT RAIDS KIDNAPPERS’ DEN, DEMOLISHES TWO BUILDINGS USED FOR HOLDING HOSTAGES Anambra State’s newly launched security force, Agunechemba, also known as Operation Udo Ga-Achị, has busted a kidnap gang. The force raided the kidnappers’ hideouts in Isiagu, Awka South Local Government Area amid the fight against crime in the state. Several video clips seen on Monday by SaharaReporters, …

SOWORE KNOCKS EX-BUHARI’S AIDE OVER COMMENT ON RELEASE OF NNAMDI KANU The African Action Congress, AAC, presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Omoyele Sowore, has slammed former Presidential aide, Bashir Ahmad, for criticizing those pleading for the release of Indigenous People of Biafra leader, Nnamdi Kanu. The ex-aide to former President Muhammadu Buhari had described those advocating for Kanu’s release …

PRESIDENCY SLAMS KEMI BADENOCH OVER NEGATIVE COMMENTS AGAINST NIGERIA Nigerian Presidency has slammed the leader of the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch for her continued onslaught against Nigeria. Badenoch while delivering her first message for the year said Nigeria is a poor country that ruins lives of her citizens. Citing the quality of life lived by her parents alongside …

TRUMP’S INAUGURAL SPEECH WORST EVER – EX-MINISTER, AKINYEMI Former Nigerian Minister of External Affairs, Prof Bolaji Akinyemi, has lambasted President Donald Trump of the United States over his inaugural speech. Akinyemi, a former Director General of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, NIIA, pointed out that Trump’s speech has nothing for the rest of the world. According to the foremost …