The Senate on Tuesday received a joint committee report on the petroleum industry bill. The bill aims to modernise the petroleum industry and attract more investors into the sector. The bill was laid...

The Federal Government on Monday said it has approved the extension of the deadline for NIN-SIM data verification to July 26. This was communicated via a statement signed jointly by spokespersons of the...

The Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mele Kyari, on Tuesday explained why the national oil company is purchasing a stake in Dangote Oil Refinery. In May, the NNPC announced...

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has threatened to shut down all filling stations across the country over the alleged illegal invasion of its national secretariat by...

 Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, will defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday, his aide has said. The governor’s Director-General, Media, Yusuf Idris, disclosed this to journalists...

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Ibrahim Muhammad, will on Monday, swear-in 18 justices into the Court of Appeal bench. President Muhammadu Buhari had in April, approved the appointment of 18 new...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of a Chairman, and an Executive Secretary for the Petroleum Product Pricing Regulatory Agency. This was contained in a statement on Friday by his...

The Department of State Services on Friday said it has invited Kaduna-based cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi for questioning. A report by the Voice of America, VOA, Hausa Service on Friday, said Gumi was invited...

The medical follow-up visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to the United Kingdom earlier scheduled for today, Friday, June 25, 2021, has been postponed. This is according to a short statement by the...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Friday released results of candidates who sat for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The board made this known in a statement by its Head...

Bandits have reportedly kidnapped 33 people and killed a driver at Kachia in the Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The reports indicate that the incident occurred late at night on Wednesday,...

NigerianNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari will go on a medical trip to London on Friday, the Presidency has said. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed this...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is collaborating with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Department of State Services (DSS), Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Nigeria Customs...

Senate President, Ahmad Lawan this Wednesday has said the National Assembly Complex in Abuja is overdue for rehabilitation. Lawan made the claim when reacting to a point of order moved by the Deputy Chief...

The ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja has restrained the Federal Government from imposing sanctions or harassing, intimidating, arresting, or prosecuting Twitter users pending the determination of a suit...

The Nigerian federal government has presented a letter of credence to a former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Tukur Buratai (rtd) as Nigeria’s ambassador-designate to Benin Republic. Minister of Foreign...

A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Federal Government to pay over $3 billion to Rivers and Akwa Ibom states, as part of their revenue shares from crude oil sales. The amount formed part of the...

President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated the National Steering Committee (NSC) of the National Poverty Reduction with Growth Strategy (NPRGS) to be chaired by the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo. Special...

A High Court in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has this Tuesday sentenced the former Chairman of the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Petroleum Subsidy, Farouk Lawan to seven years in...

The Nigerian Federal Government has set up and approved a team to engage with microblogging and social networking site,  Twitter over the recent suspension placed on the company’s operations in the...