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arring any last-minute change, MRS and other partners of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery are set to begin selling petrol at N739 per litre. This comes two days after the refinery slashed its petrol gantry price from N828 to N699 per litre. Speaking at a press briefing at the Lekki refinery on Sunday, the President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko …

Amid severe UN budget cuts and US disengagement, the resolution’s survival depends on creative diplomacy and stronger African ownership. he United States of America’s (US) retreat from multilateralism has put the financing of multinational peacekeeping to the test. This is most vivid in the implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 2719 – a hard-won measure meant to address …

he Supreme Court, on Monday, affirmed the constitutional powers of the President to declare a state of emergency in any state of the federation to avert the breakdown of law and order. A seven-member panel of the apex court, in a split decision of six-to-one, equally declined to fault the suspension of elected officials in states under emergency rule. However, …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON do State Police Command has arrested a man for allegedly beating his 15-year-old son to death and secretly burying the body within their family compound at Uhe Community, Igueben Local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria. According to police reports, the incident occurred at about 7:00 p.m. on Friday, December 5, 2025, when the 45-year-old suspect allegedly …

By Idahosa Musa and Mike Osarogiagbon here were chaos and rampage in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State last Friday after grieving family members allegedly discovered that vital organs were missing from the corpse of their late relative. The shocking discovery was made after the corpse, earlier deposited at Akugbe Medical Centre Mortuary along Akugbe Street, was taken home …

Mr Turji denied collecting money from Mr Matawalle during a peace dialogue. errorism kingpin Bello Turji, in a new video released on Saturday, has responded to the raging controversy surrounding his group’s contacts with the Zamfara State Government, when the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, was the governor of the state. Mr Turji denied claims that he collected …

habi Yayi, son of former Beninese president and current opposition figure Thomas Boni Yayi, was arrested early Sunday at his home, according to several of his relatives. No reason was given for the arrest which comes a week after the foiled coup attempt there. “At this time, we don’t know what he is accused of,” one relative told AFP. “We …

Ghana’s northern gold-mining belt faces growing exposure to extremist operations, new research has shown. he study, published by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime, a Geneva-based non-profit organisation, showed that the informal nature of artisanal and small-scale gold mining, porous borders with Burkina Faso, and opaque financial flows create conditions that could be exploited by Jama’at Nasr al-Islam wal …

igeria’s former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN)’s claims of revocation of his bail by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) because he attended a political event are false, the nation’s anti-graft Agency declared on Saturday. “It is equally ridiculous to insinuate that the Commission barred him “from granting media interviews and from participating in political activities …

he Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has charged the management and staff of Opay to make compliance with existing regulations a watchword to ensure business integrity and block avenues for money laundering and fraudulent practices. According to the EFCC Media and Publicity Department, Olukoyede gave the charge in Abuja on Thursday, December 11, …