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The Energy Policy Advancement Centre (EPAC) has commended the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) for generating N5.21 trillion in the first half of 2025. In a statement on Thursday, Ibrahim Musa, EPAC director-general, described the performance under the leadership of NUPRC chief executive, Gbenga Komolafe, as a demonstration of “strategic revenue management” in the […]

   

Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested Abubakar Abba, the suspected senior commander of the Mahmuda terrorist group, which has been active across parts of Northcentral Nigeria. Abba, believed to be the supreme leader of the group, was apprehended in Wawa, Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State, without a single shot

National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Senator David Mark, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to uphold impartiality and transparency in the nationwide by-elections scheduled for Saturday, August 16, 2025. In a goodwill message to ADC candidates contesting senatorial, House of Representatives, and state assembly seats, Mark called on the electoral

A new report by Amnesty International says government-backed forces and armed groups have killed more than 1,800 people and committed widespread human rights abuses in Nigeria’s South-East over the past decade. The report, “A Decade of Impunity: Attacks and Unlawful Killings in South-East Nigeria”, documents violations and abuses carried out between January 2021 and December

Worsening insecurity is causing Nigeria economic losses of up to ₦7.17 trillion and killing as much as 40 percent of its livestock, particularly cattle, sheep, and goats, according to a report by Agramondis Research and Consulting. The livestock sector is valued at an estimated 417 million animals, comprising 20.9 million cattle, 49.1 million goats, 88.2

President Bola Tinubu has described the Ajaokuta Steel Company as both an economic failure and a threat to Nigeria’s sovereignty, pledging sweeping reforms to revive the nation’s steel industry. Speaking in Abuja at the inaugural stakeholders’ summit on the development of the steel sector, themed “Rebuilding and Consolidating Nigeria’s Steel Industry: Collaborative Action for Sustainable

Former presidential aide, Lauretta Onochie, has criticised the All Progressives Congress (APC), saying the party has abandoned the values of fairness, equity, justice, and equality it once embodied under former President Muhammadu Buhari. In a post on social media, Onochie described the APC as “a private enterprise”, alleging that party members engage in misconduct without

Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo, has stated that appointing repentant offenders as ambassadors for good conduct is voluntary and not a paid role. Keyamo said it is common practice globally for a repentant offender to publicly campaign against the offence they once committed. “It is akin to community service. It is not paid for and

Former Minister of Education, Dr Obi Ezekwesili has stated that the recent contrasting treatment of two air passengers by aviation authorities is a reflection of the deep inequalities and institutional decay in Nigeria. In a statement on X on Wednesday, Ezekwesili said the incidents — one involving a politically connected man who obstructed a taxiing