NNPCL Spends ₦235.6bn on Northern Oil Search in Seven Months

Frontier Exploration Fund allocations soar amid concerns over transparency, host community neglect Northern basins—Chad, Benue Trough, Kolmani—remain priority targets for exploration The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has channelled…

Sodiq Olaitan

Iwobi Joins Nigerian EPL Elite with 67 Goals Contributions

Alex Iwobi joins the Nigerian Premier League elite with 67 goal contributions. He equals Shola Ameobi and Kelechi Iheanacho. Only Yakubu and Nwankwo Kanu have more. Alex Iwobi has joined…

Alabi Abeeb

NDDC: IPF Intensifies Calls For EFCC to Probe Ogbuku Over Corruption

The Ijaw Publishers' Forum (IPF) has commended the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) for speaking against the corrupt activities of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC)…

Ayobami Owolabi

Delta @ 34: Mulade Urges Oborevwori to Prioritise Riverine Devt, Opposes Lavish Celebrations

Peace and environmental rights advocate, Comrade Mulade Sheriff, calls for urgent infrastructural focus on neglected riverine communities. Mulade urges Governor Oborevwori to emulate former Governor James Onanefe Ibori’s transformative riverine…

Sodiq Olaitan

NNPC Targets November Completion for AKK Gas Pipeline After Multiple Delays

AKK gas pipeline currently 86% completed; NNPC deploys additional subcontractors to fast-track project. Mechanical completion scheduled for November 30, 2025, following successful River Niger crossing. Pipeline to deliver 2.2 billion…

Sodiq Olaitan

ADC Urges Tinubu to Declare State of Emergency in Katsina, Zamfara

ADC links Malumfashi massacre to broader insecurity in northern Nigeria Over 140 people killed in Katsina and Zamfara in two months Party calls for immediate emergency declaration and overhaul of…

Sodiq Olaitan

NLC Warns RMAFC Against Proposed Pay Rise for Political Office Holders

NLC describes proposed salary hike for politicians as “insensitive, unjust and inequitable” Union warns increase could worsen inequality and provoke nationwide unrest Labour calls for immediate suspension of RMAFC exercise…

Sodiq Olaitan

D’Tigers Return Home After AfroBasket Quarter-Final Exit

D’Tigers return to Nigeria after a 91–75 AfroBasket quarter-final loss to Senegal. They had earlier topped Group B with strong wins. The team now shifts focus to the 2027 World…

Alabi Abeeb

Ex-Benue Speaker’s Elder Brother Collapses, Dies Hours After Resignation

Gwamile Dajoh, elder brother of ex-Speaker Aondona Dajoh, dies after sudden collapse. Incident occurred hours after resignation of his younger brother as Speaker. Shock follows ongoing political crisis in Benue…

Sodiq Olaitan

Falana Urges FG, EFCC to Channel ₦32.7bn Loot to Poverty Alleviation

Human rights lawyer Femi Falana calls for recovered funds to support social investment programmes Warns current NSIP allocation of ₦32.7bn is inadequate to tackle poverty Urges all tiers of government…

Sodiq Olaitan