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Major Nigerian petroleum marketers, including Conoil PLC and Eterna PLC, have partnered with Dangote Petroleum Refinery for the logistics-free fuel distribution scheme. The Dangote Group announced this in a post on its social media handles on Monday. The collaboration, which also involved players like Golden Super, Nepal Energies, Kifayat Global Energy, and Riquest and Gas, aims to slash logistics costs …

Ousmane Dembele has joined the likes of Lionel Messi, Ronaldinho and Zinedine Zidane in an elite trophy club after being named the 2025 Ballon d’Or winner. The Paris Saint-Germain forward was crowned the best player on the planet at a glitzy ceremony in the French capital, with the France international fending off competition from Barcelona wonderkid Lamine Yamal.

Member representing Agege Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Dr Wale Ahmed, has told critics of President Bola Tinubu to shelve any plans of challenging him in the 2027 election, insisting that a second term for the President is guaranteed. This comes despite opposition parties – including the Peoples Democratic Party, African Democratic Congress, Labour Party and New Nigeria …

Africa’s richest man and the President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has accused the Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers of collecting as much as N50,000 on every truck that loads fuel at the refinery, warning that such charges ultimately push up fuel pump prices and burden consumers. While NUPENG neither confirmed nor denied the allegation, industry experts …

The National Assembly has unsealed the office of the Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. PUNCH Online understands that her office, located in Suite 2.05 of the Senate Wing, was unsealed on Tuesday morning by the Sergeant-at-Arms of the National Assembly, assisted by security personnel. The office had been under lock and key since March 6, 2025, when the senator …

Edo State governor, Monday Okpebholo, has approved the appointment of Prof. Eunice Omonzejie as the new Vice Chancellor of Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma. The appointment was announced in a statement issued on Monday night in Benin by the Secretary to the State Government, Musa Ikhilor. Ikhilor said the appointment, which takes immediate effect, followed the recommendation of three candidates …

Strong indications emerged on Tuesday that the imbroglio between the embattled Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan,  PDP, Kogi Central and the President of the Senate,  Senator Godswill Akpabio, is coming to an end as the Sergeant at Arms of the National Assembly, along with combined personnel of security organisations, have  unsealed her 205 office of the Senate wing. With this development,  the …

…Urges Nigerians to shape democracy through inclusive participation Speaking through the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, at the National Public Hearing on the Review of the 1999 Constitution in Abuja, the President described the process as a “golden opportunity” to entrench good governance, inclusivity, and sustainable development. “The Constitution is the supreme law of …

Some attendees at the event insisted that Nigeria’s democracy cannot deepen without deliberate steps to end systemic exclusion. Calls for inclusion and guaranteed representation for women and persons with disabilities (PWDs) dominated Monday’s national public hearing organised by the House of Representatives in Abuja on the ongoing constitution review. The House Committee on Constitution Review organised the hearing to provide Nigerians …

By Idahosa Musa Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has approved the payment of the first tranche of payment to the staff of the Colleges of Education in Ekiadolor and Igueben, who were disengaged under alleged controversial circumstances by the immediate past administration in the state. The development was contained in a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the …