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The Federal Government has announced public holidays to allow Nigerians celebrate Christmas and usher in the New Year. December 25 and 26 have been set aside for Christmas Day and Boxing Day, while January 1, 2026, will mark the New…
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Residents of Utako and parts of Wuye in Abuja were thrown into darkness after the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company reported a fault on its power network. The outage happened on December 22, 2025, when a feeder supplying…
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Petrol station workers across Nigeria are pressing the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria to provide health insurance for staff in the downstream oil sector, following a new welfare move by the Nigerian National…
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Workers across Nigeria took to the streets on Wednesday as the Nigeria Labour Congress led peaceful protests in Abuja and many states to protest rising insecurity and growing hardship faced by workers and their families. The…
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Nigeria’s political space was thrown into fresh tension in Abuja as the Presidency and opposition leaders clashed over claims that newly signed tax reform laws were altered after approval by the National Assembly. The dispute broke out…
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President Bola Tinubu has approved the renaming of the Federal University of Medical Sciences in Azare, Bauchi State, in honour of the late Islamic scholar, Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi. The decision was announced during his condolence…
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Nigeria’s state oil firm, NNPC Limited, has reduced the pump price of petrol to ₦835 per litre across its retail outlets, responding to changing conditions in the downstream market. The price cut took effect this week at NNPC filling…
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Nigeria’s main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s ₦58.18 trillion 2026 budget, saying it will worsen the hardship faced by citizens instead of easing it. The reaction came on Friday in…
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Independent petroleum marketers in Nigeria have announced plans to move into refinery ownership while directing their members to buy fuel from the Dangote Petroleum Refinery as part of efforts to strengthen local refining. The plan was…
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An Assistant Commissioner of Police, Ogbon-Inu Taiwo Popoola, has died after collapsing during an official meeting at the Ebonyi State Police Command headquarters in Abakaliki. The incident happened around 11am on Tuesday while senior…
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