The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has agreed to prioritise sugar as a key product for accelerating industrial development across states of the federation. The Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of the NSDC, Mr Kamar Bakrin, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Bakrin said this decision followed a request
Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo) has commenced a turnaround maintenance activity at the Bonga Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel. The exercise is a statutory and integrity assurance programme aimed at extending the life of the facility. “The schedule maintenance activity is designed to ensure the
Deputy Spokesperson for House of Representatives, Rep. Philip Agbese, has dismissed claims by Sen. Ali Ndume (Borno South) that the tax laws recently passed by the National Assembly were falsified, describing it as unfounded and misleading. Agbese told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday that the
The Police Command in Niger, has confirmed that suspected bandits set ablaze a Police Station and part of a church in Agwara community in the early hours of Sunday. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Wasiu Abiodun, confirmed this in a statement in Minna on Sunday. Abiodun
A Brazil-based Nigerian businessman Uche Franklin Onyekwere has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the arrival hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja-Lagos for concealing parcels of cocaine in his private part and soles of his footwear. Onyekwere was arrested on
President Bola Tinubu has called for the reactivation of a regional standby force leveraging Nigeria’s National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) in Abuja. The proposed force would function as an intelligence and kinetic fusion unit to strengthen regional counter-terrorism responses. Nigeria’s position was conveyed in an official statement delivered on Saturday
Unidentified hoodlums on Saturday disrupted the Labour Party (LP) – African Democratic Congress (ADC) event in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the event was organised by the parties to officially mark the defection of LP members in Alimosho into ADC.
Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra has directed that all markets and shops across the state should open for business, specifically, on Mondays and all viable days, as part of efforts to revive economic activities. Soludo gave the directive on Thursday in Awka during an interactive session with market and line
BUA Foods Plc says its profit after tax rose by 91 per cent to N507.73 billion in its unaudited financial results for the year ended Dec. 31, 2025. The food manufacturing conglomerate said the figure represented an increase from the N265.99 billion recorded in the corresponding period of 2024. In
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) says it is extending the application deadline for the 2025/2026 academic session from Jan. 31 to Feb. 27. This was contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Thursday by the Fund’s Director, Strategic Communications, Oseyemi Oluwatuyi. Oluwatuyi said the extension