Vice-President Kashim Shettima has called on automotive manufacturers in Nigeria to increase production capacity for Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)-powered and electric vehicles in order to meet rising national demand. Shettima, represented by the Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Dr Kingsley Udeh, made the appeal on Tuesday in Abuja while declaring open the 25th Abuja…
TotalEnergies has commended the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) for ensuring a transparent 2024 mini-bid round and has expressed interest in the forthcoming 2025 Licensing Round slated to commence on December 1. The commendation came during a courtesy visit to the Commission Chief Executive, Mr. Gbenga Komolafe, by a high-level delegation from TotalEnergies led…
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) says it was welcoming for the United States (U.S) Government to decide to help Nigeria fight and end killings and insecurity in the country. The CAN President, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, in a keynote address at the opening of the association’s Fourth Quarterly National Executive Council meeting in Jos on…
The Zamfara chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has cautioned members against anti-party activities and all acts of insubordination. The party’s leadership issued the warning in Gusau on Tuesday in a statement signed by the State APC Publicity Secretary, Yusuf Idris. “The Zamfara APC chapter discovered a suspicious speculative information being spread in an…
Crisis on Tuesday erupted at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national secretariat, as the Taminu Turaki-led National Working Committee (NWC) and that of factional acting National Chairman, Abdulrahman Mohammed, clashed. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the factional acting chairman, Mohammed is backed by the Minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike. NAN also reports…
Nigerian linguists and language policy scholars have advised the Federal Government (FG) to rethink its decision to drop indigenous languages as the mode of instruction in basic education arms. The experts expressed their minds in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan on Tuesday. NAN recalls that the Minister of Education,…
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has condemned the attack on Government Girls School in Maga, Kebbi State, which led to the killing of the Vice-Principal and the reported abduction of 25 students. UNICEF issued the condemnation in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, signed by Communication Specialist Sussan Akila. She described the incident as…
The First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, has strongly condemned the abduction of 25 students from Government Girls Comprehensive Senior Secondary School (GGCSS), Maga, in Danko Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State. Mrs Tinubu requested a minute of silence from the Wives of Service Chiefs during their visit to the State House, Abuja, to honour…
Nigeria’s Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has named Dangote Cement Plc as the country’s most tax-compliant company for 2025, recognising the firm’s robust adherence to regulatory standards and its substantial contribution to national revenue. The award was announced at the 2025 Lagos International Trade Fair and confirmed on Monday by Mojisola Ogunlade, the company’s Group…
University lecturers in Nigeria have warned that the country may face another wave of industrial action unless the Federal Government urgently addresses long-standing disputes affecting public higher education. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Abuja Zone, issued the warning at a press conference in the capital on Monday. The Zonal Coordinator, Prof. Al-Amin Abdullahi—represented…
