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A review of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) financial statement for the year ended December 2024 has shown that a sum of N7.1 trillion was said to have been spent on fuel subsidy to defray energy costs. The expense was tagged “energy security expense” in the financial report. According to the document, the energy security expense occurs “when …

Shehu Sani, former senator representing Kaduna central, has accused some political elites in the north of allegedly weaponising insecurity in the region. Speaking in Kaduna on Tuesday, the former senator alleged that some politicians even “rejoice” at the rising rate of insecurity in the region, describing the action as “immoral”. “Some of the loudest voices today were silent when thousands …

A new video has surfaced showing that the Nigerian government and the bandits who abducted the Kebbi schoolgirls negotiated and arrived at a deal before the girls were set free. Recall that some kidnapped students of Government Girls Secondary School, Maga, Kebbi State, were released on Tuesday with the government claiming that no ransom was paid before their release. But …

Barely one month after ordering the release and compensation of one Abuja-based business woman, Mrs. Chineze Ozoadibe, the Director General, State Security Services (DSS), Oluwatosin Adeola Ajayi, has ordered the release of one Kenneth Okechukwu Nwafor, arrested in July 2022, for his alleged involvement in the activities of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB). The DG also awarded Nwafor, …

Hours after former Vice President Atiku Abubakar officially switched to the opposition African Democratic Congress (ADC), the embattled Governor of Benue State, Rev Fr. Hycinth Alia, has paid a suspicious visit to the former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senator Iyorchia Ayu, an Atiku ally, allegedly to facilitate his defection. Dr. Ayu was the Director General of …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has filed a suit before the federal high court in Abuja seeking to stop the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from recognising the national convention held in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, on November 15 and 16. In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/25012025, the party, alongside Mohammed Abdulrahman, acting national chairman, and Samuel Anyanwu, national secretary, …

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has rejected allegations by former Abia State governor and Senate Chief Whip, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, that 30,000 people lost their lives in the South-East as a result of the activities of the group’s leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. In a statement issued by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, titled “IPOB Did Not …

The Federal Government has officially outlawed open grazing nationwide as part of a broader strategy to end the recurring clashes between farmers and herders. The decision was revealed on Tuesday by the Minister of Livestock Development, Alhaji Mukhtar Maiha, at the inauguration of the maiden National Council on Livestock Development held in Yola, Adamawa State. Maiha noted that the long-running …

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) says it has received “disturbing reports” of delayed or withheld security responses on attacks in several predominantly Christian communities. In a statement on Tuesday, the clerics condemned the security situation in the country and addressed the allegations of a Christian “genocide” — a label the federal government has repeatedly rejected. The bishops said …

Since 2024, Enugu State pensioners have been waiting to receive their promised long-outstanding pensions and gratuities, running to several decades. This is as a result of the promise made to them that the state government would commence payment of these entitlements. Speaking during the 2024 May Day celebration held at Michael Okpara Square in Enugu,, Governor Peter Mbah, represented by …