In the lead-up to the primaries for the 2024 governorship election in Edo State, the triple issues of not being a “homeboy,” unable to com­municate in Esan language, and speak publicly to articulate plans for gover­nance, assailed the formidable aspi­rants of the Peoples Democratic ...

Air Peace has distanced itself from the arrest of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President Joe Ajaero, which occurred on Monday at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja.   Ajaero was detained by the Department of State Services (DSS) as he was about to depart for the United ...

American singer and actress, Selena Gomez, has opened up about her private life. In an interview with Vanity Fair published on Monday, she revealed that her ongoing health issues make it dangerous for her to carry her own children should she plan to have them. Gomez, who was diagnosed with ...

The Nigeria Labour Congress has confirmed that its President, Joe Ajaero was arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS on Monday. NLC disclosed this in a terse statement through its official X account on Monday. NLC described the arrest as an assault on Nigerian workers ...

President of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPM), Nigeria, Mallam Ahmed Ladan Gobir has said the nation’s ever-evolving business landscape has made it imperative for organizations, desirous of success to treat with utmost priority, the strategic management of their ...

By Ochogwu Sunday The Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMet, on Sunday, predicted rainy and thundery weather conditions across the country, starting from Monday to Wednesday. The weather outlook released in Abuja forecast isolated thunderstorms ...

Residents blame speed, bad road   Forty-eight people have lost their lives as a result of a petrol tanker explosion that occurred along Bida-Agaie-Lapai- Road in Niger State. Alhaji Abdullah- Baba-Arah, Director-General, Niger Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), disclosed this in a ...

Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen has said he was happy that Nigeria got ‘revenge’ against Benin Republic. Osimhen spoke while reflecting on Nigeria’s 3-0 win against Gernot Rohr’s side in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying clash on Saturday. A goal from Osimhen and a brace from ...

The Group Managing Director of UTM Offshore Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (UTM FLNG), Dr. Julius Rone, has commended President Tinubu for his commitment to advancing Nigeria’s gas sector.   This followed the Tinubu administration’s approval of License to Construct (LTC) to implement ...

By Seyi Babalola Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has stated that the recent hike in Value Added Tax, (VAT), is poised to become the blazing inferno that will consume the very essence of Nigerian people. According to Atiku, Tinubu and his aides decided to raise the VAT rate from 7.5% to 10% ...

A Turkish-American woman was fatally shot by Israeli forces during a protest against settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank, according to reports from the Palestinian news agency WAFA. The woman, identified as Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, died from a gunshot wound to the head after participating ...

Fresh revelation have emerged as to why the special adviser to the President Bola Tinubu on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, resigned.Although Ngelale had cited “medical matters” as the reason for his “leave of absence”, Blueprint gathered that Ngele was only given a soft-landing to quit as ...

 Beyond being a transformative infrastructure project aimed at connecting Nigeria’s southern coastline, the story of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway represents the interplay of competing interests in undertaking monumental economic projects.  When President Bola Ahmed Tinubu came into ...

2025 AFCON Qualifiers: Lookman, Osimhen score as Super Eagles defeat Benin Republic 3-0 The Super Eagles of Nigeria secured a comfortable 3-0 victory over Benin Republic in their opening match of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers. Goals from Ademola Lookman and Victor Osimhen ...

By Ifreke Inyang  Spokesman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Benson Upah, has warned that Nigerians could eventually buy petrol for N5,000 per litre. Upah stated this while reacting to the recent hike in fuel pump price in an interview ...

By Francis Ugwu Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity, has announced his decision to take an indefinite leave of absence from his official duties. This was made known in a memo submitted to the Chief of ...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) has countered the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), which recently claimed that Dangote Refinery Limited was being undermined by the actions of the national oil company. MURIC had recently averred that recent changes to the pump price of premium ...

Super Eagles caretaker coach Augustine Eguavoen says the team’s priority is to secure maximum points against Benin Republic. The Cheetahs defeated the Super Eagles 2-1 in 2026 World Cup qualifier in Abidjan in June. Both teams will clash again in a 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying fixture ...

Following the recent increase in the pump price of petrol and the prevailing food supply challenges gripping the country, economists have warned that the number of Nigerians below the poverty line may soon exceed the 104 million projected by the World Bank in 2023. ...

We had just returned to Nigeria from Ghana and were house-hunting. We found a house we liked and in the negotiation phase. But we had heard also how notorious Lagosians could be, selling the same house to two, sometimes even three different people. And so under the cover of night, we ...

Peter Obi, Labour Party presidential candidate in Nigeria’s 2023 general elections, has called on African leaders to prioritise investment in agriculture as a sure way of tackling hunger and insecurity in Africa. The former Governor of Anambra was speaking as a panellist at an ...

By Seyi Babalola Talented Nigerian singer Tems brought her colleague Ayra Starr on stage for a surprise performance. The two superstars performed together in New York as part of Tems’ ongoing tour. Tems, who is currently on tour in America, also brought American musicians J Cole, John Legend, ...

The Director General of the National Productivity Centre (NPC), Dr Baffa Babba Danagundi, has charged the centre’s state coordinators to become anti-corruption ambassadors by reporting cases of corruption to the nearest office of the Economic Financial and Crimes Commission (EFCC). Danagundi ...

Agency The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, on Thursday, destroyed fake, adulterated and unregistered food, drug and cosmetic products worth about N2.7 billion seized in the South-East. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the products were burnt at the Enugu ...

Nigerians were shocked earlier in the week following the announcement of a new petrol pump price by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL. The NNPCL increased its retail price from N617 to N857 per litre on Tuesday, a development that has worsened the suffering and hardship in ...

The Federal Government has predicted five-day rainfall that may lead to flooding in 21 states and 123 locations. It also listed seven states that will likely be severely affected. They are Benue, Kogi, Anambra, Delta, Imo, Rivers and Bayelsa states. The flood ...

By Matthew Atungwu The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, says it has supplied Dangote refinery 30 million barrels of crude oil so far. NNPCL said it will still supply the refinery a total of 17.6 million barrels of ...

As Dangote Refinery begins local supply of petrol, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ogun State, Otunba Segun Showunmi, has appealed to the industrialist and owner of the refinery, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, to prioritise patriotism and ...

September 05, (THEWILL) – President Bola Tinubu has called on global leaders to “embrace multilateralism and reject protectionism”, as essential steps towards achieving lasting peace, security and stability. Tinubu gave the charge on Thursday when he addressed a high-level meeting on peace and ...

By Ogaga Ariemu The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has said the recent Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) pump price increase will cause social unrest in Nigeria. This was as TUC kicked against the increase in the pump price of petroleum, ...

 Xi Jinping, Chinese President, has promised to provide 360 billion yuan (over $50 billion) in financial support to Africa over the next three years.Xi spoke on Thursday at the opening ceremony of the Beijing summit on China-Africa cooperation.The Chinese leader said China has fought to crush ...

Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume, representing Borno South, has lamented the recent attacks on the resettled communities of Ngoshe, Kirawa, Warabe, Wala, Pulka and even Gwoza town, the Council headquarters, after they were liberated.He has called on the Nigerian military to carry out clearance ...

Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Nigerian soldiers challenge bandit kingpin, Bello Turji, to a fight, tell him to stop killing civilians (Video) A group of angry Nigerian soldiers have challenged notorious bandit kingpin, Bello Turji, to come out of his ...

Nigeria’s child malnutrition crisis demands urgent and sustained attention from the government and stakeholders. The country loses about 2,400 children under five to malnutrition daily. One million Nigerian children die before their fifth birthday annually due to various preventable ...

The Benue State House of Assembly has approved a supplementary budget of ₦6,644,778,900 for the conduct of local government elections in the state. The approval was given during a plenary session presided over by Speaker Hyacinth Aondona Dajoh.The governor, Hyacinth Alia had earlier submitted a ...

Renowned talent manager, Paulo Okoye has proudly taken to his social media page to announce he’s now a grandfather following the birth of his daughter, Vanessa’s first child, a baby girl. New Telegraph had earlier reported that Paul Okoye’s daughter announced the exciting news on ...

The National Youth Service Corps has assured corps members that the N33,000 monthly stipends will be increased once the Federal Government implements the new minimum wage. The NYSC Director General, Yusha’u Ahmed, stated this on Tuesday when he was in Kebbi and ...

By Matthew Atungwu The Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMet, has predicted thundery and rainy weather conditions from Wednesday to Friday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Tuesday in Abuja predicted ...

By Matthew Atungwu A faction of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has dismissed an announcement that the group is planning a massive shutdown of major cities across the country to protest the hike in fuel pump price. ...

Alhaji Ibrahim Milgoma, the former chairman of the Sokoto State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has passed on. Milgoma, who led the party from 2015 to 2018, breathed his last in an Abuja hospital after a prolonged illness. The sad news of his demise was disclosed by ...

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called for the immediate reversal of the new price increase in pump price of petrol across the country.The Congress made the demand in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja by its President, Mr Joe Ajaero and made available to newsmen.The Nigerian Petroleum ...

Against the backdrop of the controversies generated by its threat to intervene in the markets over rising prices of commodities, the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, FCCPC, has said it will not regulate market prices. This is contrary to a ...

By Matthew Atungwu The Inspector-General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, has directed organisations utilising Supernumerary Police, SPY, personnel to heed to the new standardised uniforms of the officers. ...

…Dangote refinery to supply 25m litres in September The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited tankers began lifting premium motor spirit (PMS) from Dangote’s giant refinery in Lekki, Lagos, on Tuesday, fueling feelings of Africa’s petrol renaissance. The $20 billion refinery’s ...

The Executive Chairman of Itire-Ikate LCDA, Hon. Ahmed Olanrewaju Apatira in partnership with MultiChoice Nigeria, on Tuesday, launched a 2-day capacity training program for the unemployed in the district. The program, according to the council chairman, is targeted at providing job ...

By Ezekiel DavidChidimma Adetshina, the beauty queen who recently endured xenophobic abuse in South Africa, has shared that she plans to seek therapy to address the emotional impact of the experience.Adetshina, who gained notoriety for her participation in the Miss South Africa pageant, faced ...

The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) says Dangote refinery will supply 25 million litres of fuel daily in September. This agency said this following the commencement of petrol production by Dangote refinery. It also finalized an agreement with the ...

The Zamfara State Government has called for collaboration with the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, in the fight against drug abuse and human trafficking. Pharmacist Ishaq Ibrahim Anka, Executive Secretary of the Zamfara State Substance Abuse Control and Human Trafficking Agency, made the ...

The Federal Government has predicted heavy rains in 22 states and the Federal Capital Territory. The two predictions were issued separately by the National Flood Early Warning  Systems Centre of the Federal Ministry of Environment. The predictions obtained by our ...

 Nigeria’s downstream petroleum industry may have gone into a frenzy, following clear indications that the Federal Government may no longer sustain the cost of under-recovery, otherwise known as subsidy, due to a the steady rise in petrol import bills. Industry ...