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The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has received N318.05bn between January and August 2025 for frontier oil exploration, findings by The PUNCH have shown. This is according to documents from the September 2025 Federation Account Allocation Committee meeting obtained by The PUNCH. The deductions represent 30 per cent of Production Sharing Contract profits, which are automatically set aside each month …

Tim Hryshchuk did not imagine spending his first day at school in a basement. But when the air raid alert sounded in Kyiv, the 5-year-old and his new classmates had no choice but to head underground. That’s what happens when one starts school during a war. Smoke rises over Kyiv after a Russian missile strike. Vladyslav Sodel/Reuters Russian aerial attacks have …

Syrian president calls for global support amid Israeli attacks 8h ago (01:55 GMT)Thanks for joining us The second day of the UN General Assembly’s General Debate has ended, and this live page is now closed. Read more about President Trump’s dramatic turn of face this week on Ukraine here. To learn more about Ukraine and Syria formally restoring diplomatic ties after meeting …

Oil marketers in Nigeria have rejected billionaire businessman Femi Otedola’s call to sell off their investments in the nation’s oil sector. The National President of the Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN), Billy Gillis-Harry, described Otedola’s statement as insensitive and not properly thought out. Gillis-Harry, while speaking on Tuesday, emphasised that Otedola’s advice lacks understanding of the …

The immediate past Rivers State Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.), was on Wednesday in Aso Rock, where he was received by President Bola Tinubu in company with the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, and the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede. Ibas, who bowed out as Rivers administration on …

The US president meets Arab and Muslim leaders on the sidelines of the UNGA, hoping to end the war in Gaza. United States President Donald Trump has told the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) that the war in Gaza must stop immediately, while calling the recent recognition of Palestinian statehood by several Western countries a “reward” for Hamas. “We have to stop …

● Calls for Palestinian statehood, global justice● Urges fairer partnerships, digital inclusion for Africa’s growth● Nigeria targets 7% yearly growth, Shettima tells global partners● World leaders clash over sanctions, security, reform President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has urged the United Nations to embrace far-reaching institutional reforms or risk sliding into irrelevance as global events increasingly bypass its influence. Addressing world leaders …

Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, says it remains unfazed over the allegation of the possible defection of Governor Siminalayi Fubara from the party to the All Progressives Congress, APC. The party said as an individual, the governor has every legitimate right to take any political interest that he deems fit as far as such decision or …

… Rules out apology   … Court adjourns defamation case against her to Oct 27 Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan of the Peoples Democratic Party, representing Kogi Central, on Tuesday stormed the National Assembly Complex after six months suspension, declaring she would not apologise to the Senate leadership as a condition for resumption. Her office was formally unsealed by the Sergeant-at-Arms, paving the …

The Coalition for Whistleblowers Protection and Press Freedom (CWPPF) has called on the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, to provide immediate protection for Katsina-based entrepreneur and whistleblower, Mubarak Bello, who was recently arrested by the state police command. Mr Bello, who until recently ran a business centre inside the Katsina police headquarters, was arrested on 13 September after a …