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A protester holding pro-Dangote refinery placard. Credit: Ademola Adegbite Some members of the National Association of Oduduwa Students, the Coalition of Yoruba Students, and the Yoruba Movement are currently staging a peaceful protest in solidarity with the Dangote Refinery, amid its ongoing faceoff with oil unions, PENGASSAN, NUPENG, and the Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers […]

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria has tackled the Presidency over comments by Vice President Kashim Shettima condemning its industrial action over a rift with the Dangote refinery. it said on Monday that it would take same action if its members were sacked again. This comes as some individuals staged a […]

After serving her six-month suspension, the Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, is set to officially resume plenary sessions along with other lawmakers today (Tuesday). The assurance was given by one of her lawyers, Victor Giwa, in an interview. The upper chamber had earlier shifted its resumption from September 23 to October 7, 2025, extending […]

The founder of Citadel Global Community Church, Dr Tunde Bakare, has disclosed that he is under pressure from political stakeholders to join the African Democratic Congress. Bakare, who spoke on Saturday at the maiden edition of the Citadel School of Governance Dialogue Series tagged ‘Nigeria at 65: Historical Reflections, Futuristic Projection’ in Oregun, Lagos, however, […]

Former President Goodluck Jonathan is said to be considering aligning with the African Democratic Congress ahead of the 2027 general elections, as the party’s coalition of opposition forces gathers strength and intensifies consultations with key political stakeholders across the country. Multiple members of the ADC National Working Committee, who spoke on condition of anonymity because […]

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has dismissed claims that he suggested former President Muhammadu Buhari had any connection with Boko Haram. His clarification came in response to reports following his speech at the book launch of former Chief of Defence Staff, Lucky Irabor, which some media outlets had misrepresented. In a statement signed by his spokesman, […]

The Presidency on Wednesday rejected the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi’s Independence Day claims that President Bola Tinubu’s policies had pushed 15 million Nigerians into acute poverty and squandered borrowings on waste. It described his assertions as “not based on facts.” In an interview with The Punch, the President’s Special Adviser on Information […]

Labour and Employment Minister Mohammed Maigari Dingyadi The Federal Government has settled the dispute between the management of the Dangote Refinery and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), thus ending a strike that threatened fuel supplies across the country. Announced on Wednesday in Abuja, the agreement followed two days of […]

By John Dike, Osogbo The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that 6,232,673 Nigerians completed their online pre-registration during Week Six of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise, held between 22nd and 28th September 2025. The figures show strong public interest, with youths between the ages of 18 and 34 years accounting for 4,230,715 […]