Some stakeholders have called on the government at all levels in Nigeria to deliver more of the dividends of democracy, including improved living standards and security. The respondents shared their views on democratic consolidation since 1999 in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan on Thursday.
Nigeria’s crude oil production has surged to an 11-month high in May, 2026, with the country exceeding its Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) production quota. The average crude oil production recorded during the month of May represents 102 per cent of Nigeria’s 1.5mbpd of production quota allocated by
Barely six months after their arrest by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for importing 31.5 kilograms of cocaine from Marshall Islands into Nigeria through the Apapa seaport in Lagos, 11 Indian sailors and their merchant vessel marked MV Aruna Hulya have been convicted and fined
The Federal Government, through the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), has received 270 Nigerian returnees from South Africa under the ongoing voluntary return programme. The agency disclosed this in a statement signed by Mr Mohammed Olatunde, Head of Operations, NEMA Lagos Operations Office, and made available to the News Agency
The Vice Chairman of Ifedayo Local Government Area of Osun, Debo Farounbi, was on Tuesday night abducted by gunmen in Ora-Igbomina town. It was learnt that the gunmen invaded the community around 10 p.m., firing sporadically to scare residents. An eyewitness, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the gunmen
Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), has said that Nigeria’s crude oil production output target remained 2.5 million barrels per day (mbpd). He said this on Wednesday in Abuja at the Ministry of Petroleum Resources’ 2026 Management Retreat. The theme of the retreat is: “Driving Institutional
The Edo Government has announced plans to employ 5,400 members of a local security corps across its 18 local government areas, as part of measures to strengthen grassroots security. The announcement was made by the Commissioner for Security and Public Safety, Festus Ebea, at a news conference on Wednesday in
Julius Berger Nig. Plc has commended the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, for his visionary leadership and infrastructural transformation in the FCT. Its Managing Director, Dr Peer Lubasch, gave the commendation in Abuja on Wednesday at the inauguration of Arterial Road N5 (Obafemi Awolowo Way),
The Edo Government has ordered the immediate closure of three secondary schools in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area following intelligence reports of a kidnap threat against students. The directive, contained in a circular issued by the State Ministry of Education and signed by its Permanent Secretary, Mr Enodolomwanyi Otamere, said the
Government Secondary School, in Iluke community in Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State was on Wednesday invaded by bandits who killed the school’s Vice Principal and two other persons. The bandits, who reportedly dressed in army uniform came in a large number and invaded the school at about 10