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The Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited has suspended self-collection gantry sales of petroleum products at its facility with effect from Thursday, September 18, 2025. This was contained in a mail correspondence obtained by our correspondent on Friday, which was signed by the Group Commercial Operations Department of the company. The directive aims to promote wider adoption of the refinery’s …

Unknown to the supporters waiting to receive him back into the Government House yesterday, reinstated Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara was airborne at the time they were drumming and singing in front of the facility in Port Harcourt. Fubara and Rivers State House of Assembly members got the nod to return to office as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu terminated the …

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has finally arrived in Port Harcourt, the state capital, following his reinstatement by President Bola Tinubu. Fubara arrived at the Port Harcourt International Airport about 11:50 a.m. on Friday. The development comes more than 24 hours Tinubu ended the six-month emergency rule in the state. The Governor was greeted by a crowd of supporters who …

Nigeria’s economy has shown early signs of recovery following the removal of fuel subsidies, with non-oil exports driving growth, according to new policy data. Nigeria introduced crude oil as a social product in 1973, fixing domestic prices below international levels. At that time, crude oil was sold locally at $1.93 per barrel, while the global price stood at $3.00, with …

Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has described Nigeria as a “typical example of where democracy is dying,” citing a lack of accountability and elite capture of the state. Obi made the remark at the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation Annual Democracy Dialogue in Accra, Ghana, with the theme “What Makes Democracy Die?” At the programme, which held on Wednesday, the …

The President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide Senator John Azuta Mbata, has asked every Igbo resident in any part of Nigeria to go and ensure that he or she is registered to participate in the 2027 general election and other elections. In a video, Mbata release on Thursday, he said that the federal government has no advantage in still keeping …

Recently, the Federal Government announced that Nigerians would start paying five percent tax on every 10 litres of fuel purchased. Although the take-off date of the policy is uncertain, it did not go down well with Nigerians. The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, who made the announcement in Abuja last week, clarified that the …

The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has criticised the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for what it described as a “confused and inconsistent” stance on zoning its 2027 presidential ticket. In a statement issued on Thursday, APC spokesperson, Seye Oladejo, said the PDP’s latest decision to leave its ticket open to all zones after initially zoning it …

The Nigeria Immigration Service has officially ended passport production at multiple centres, transitioning to a single, centralised system for the first time in 62 years. Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, said this on Thursday while inspecting Nigeria’s new Centralised Passport Personalisation Centre at the NIS Headquarters in Abuja. He stated that since the establishment of NIS in 1963, Nigeria …

Dangote Petroleum Refinery has revealed that the Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria (DAPPMAN) requested it to increase the price of petrol and diesel by N75 per litre, in order to allow its members to match the refinery’s gantry prices at their respective depots. If implemented, this would result in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) …