During Nigeria’s 64th Independence Day Anniversary on October 1, 2024, the President said the situation of the country at the time he came into office necessitated that the country choose between “reform for progress and prosperity or carry on business-as-usual and collapse”. Tinubu said his administration decided to reform Nigeria’s political economy and defence architecture

Tinubu stated this on Tuesday during Nigeria’s 64th Independence Day Anniversary Broadcast. The President said the modalities of the confab and selection of delegates would be designed as soon as possible. “As we work to overcome the challenges of the day, we remain mindful of the next generation as we seek to galvanise their creative

The Association of Mega Filling Station Owners of Nigeria has called for a stronger partnership between the association and the management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited. The Association said it could transport fuel to the 774 local government headquarters in the country at a cheaper rate to make the product available to the

The Technical Sub-Committee on Domestic Sales of Crude Oil in Local Currency, on Sunday, confirmed that the supply of crude in naira by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited to the Dangote Petroleum Refinery is to begin on Tuesday, October 1, 2024. On September 13, 2024, the committee announced that the Federal Executive Council under

Dangote Group has said that it plans to transport refined petroleum products by sea. This announcement was made in a statement on Sunday by the Senior Adviser to the Group President on Special Projects and Strategic Relations, Fatima Wali-Abdurrahman. She noted the construction of a jetty in the Lekki Free Zone to handle bulk cargoes

President Bola Tinubu on Monday promised to uphold the independence and sanctity of the Nigerian judiciary. Tinubu reiterated this when he swore in Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as the 23rd substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria at the Council Chamber of the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. Kekere-Ekun, the second female CJN in Nigeria’s history, was sworn in following

Seventeen state governors have raised committees to implement the N70,000 new minimum wage for workers across the country. The 17 states which set up the implementation committees are Ogun, Ekiti, Sokoto, Kebbi, Osun, Enugu, Borno, Zamfara, Kogi, Kwara, Gombe, Kano, Taraba, Delta, Rivers, Jigawa and Abia. The development is happening as the Federal Government commenced

A social media influencer, Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan on Monday tendered his “unreserved apology” to human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, over his (Otse) recent derogatory innuendos against the senior lawyer. VeryDarkMan, who appeared before the Nigerian House of Representatives said he also did not believe Falana was involved in the alleged bribery

According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Commodity Price Indices and Terms of Trade Data, Nigeria’s used vehicles import bill plummeted by 83% to N138.62 billion in the first half of 2024 compared to N819.15 billion in the same period in 2023. In Q2 2024, the imported used vehicles were valued at N138.62 billion,

President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, on Sunday, said despite the increasingly bumpy times, Nigeria will triumph definitely. Akpabio urged the citizenry to be patient and hopeful, saying Nigeria’s brightest days are ahead. The senate president made the remarks on Sunday at an inter-denominational church service held at the National Christian Centre, Abuja, to mark