In a major crackdown on oil theft and illegal bunkering activities, the 6 Division of the Nigerian Army has arrested no fewer than 62 suspected oil thieves and seized over 350,000 litres of stolen petroleum products across four states in the Niger Delta. The operations, conducted between July 14 and 20, 2025, also led to…
The Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Mr. Tosin Ajayi, has ordered the release of 12 Nigerians held in wrongful detention and approved multimillion-naira compensation packages for the victims. Among the beneficiaries is Abdulyakini Salisu, a quarry operator who was arrested in 2022 along the Zuba–Kaduna expressway over mistaken identity. Salisu, who…
Top Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Abba Moro, says the southern region of the country should be allowed to produce Nigeria’s next president in the 2027 election to complete the eight-year unwritten power rotation code between the southern and northern regions of the country. The Senate Minority Leader, who was on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics programme, warned…
The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has recorded a major breakthrough in its ongoing anti-smuggling operations, seizing contraband goods and petroleum products valued at over N1.84 billion, destined for smuggling into the Benin Republic. The coordinated operation, which ran from June 3 to July 18, 2025, covered several South-Western states under Zone A jurisdiction. It led…
The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Education, has denied planning to cancel the 2025 WAEC and NECO examinations. This was contained in a statement by the Director of Press in the Ministry, Mrs. Folasade Boriowo, on Sunday in Abuja. She said it was necessary that the Ministry categorically distance itself from the fake news…
Presidential candidate of African Action Congress, AAC, in the 2023 elections, Omoyele Sowore and other activists have vowed to stage a protest in Abuja on Monday, today, to demand improved welfare for personnel of the Nigeria Police Force. Simultaneously, members of the Nigerian Union of Retired Police Officers will be picketing the National Assembly complex…
Many Nigerians hoping to apply for jobs with the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) have expressed frustration as the recruitment portal remained inaccessible on Monday, July 21, 2025, the date it was supposed to reopen. The board had earlier announced that applicants who had already started their applications would be able…
The 2023 presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Dumebi Kachikwu, claims Peter Obi is already considering a move out of the ADC. Earlier in July, Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate in 2023, joined other opposition politicians to launch the ADC as a coalition party to challenge the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)…
Importation of textile products into Nigeria rose astronomically by 297.8 percent within five years to N726.18 billion in 2024 from N182.53 billion in 2020. Data obtained from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) shows that textile imports have risen consistently from 2020 when it was N182.5 billion, N278.8 billion in 2021, N365.5 billion in 2022, and N377.1 billion in…
Nigeria’s inflation rate eased to 22.22% in June 2025, down from 22.97% recorded in May, according to the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). This represents a 0.75 percentage point drop on a year-on-year basis and an 11.97 percentage point decline compared to the 34.19% recorded in June…
