Rainoil Ltd. has strengthened its distribution network with the arrival of MT Princess Oge, a 45,000-metric-tonne oil products tanker, in Nigerian waters for the first time. The vessel, built in Japan, successfully delivered 20,000MT of petrol at the company’s Ijegun depot in Lagos on Wednesday. With a deadweight tonnage of nearly 46,000MT, it is expected…
A Nigerian businessman has accused oil and gas company Oilserv Ltd of breaching a contractual agreement and misusing security agencies to silence him, in a dispute tied to the country’s multi-billion-dollar Ajaokuta–Kaduna–Kano (AKK) gas pipeline project. Jim Okolo Chimezie, CEO of Jimez Petroleum Resources Ltd, claimed that Oilserv, chaired by Sir Emeka Okwuosa, initially made…
Nigeria’s government has launched a regional sensitisation drive to showcase President Bola Tinubu’s two-year record in office, with officials pointing to new infrastructure, agricultural support and social welfare schemes as evidence of progress. The campaign, titled “Tinubu Administration’s Mid-Term Report”, was inaugurated in Port Harcourt on Tuesday by the Minister of Information and National Orientation,…
Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) has celebrated retired General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida on his 84th birthday, describing him as an enduring symbol of leadership and national unity. In a message of felicitation issued on Wednesday, Vice-Chancellor Prof. Adamu Ahmed praised the former Nigerian military president for what he called “a lifetime defined by service, character and…
The stand-off between Alexander Isak and Newcastle United intensified on Tuesday after the Swedish forward accused the club of breaking promises and misleading supporters about his future. Isak, 25, took to Instagram to say he had long ago informed Newcastle of his intention to leave. “The reality is that promises were made and the club…
Celebrated Nigerian performance artist Jelili Atiku has called on the Federal Government to officially recognise the country’s indigenous faiths by declaring a national public holiday in their honour. Atiku, renowned for his provocative works that fuse Yoruba cosmology with political activism, made the appeal in Lagos during an interview marking this year’s Isese Day. He…
Supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State have vowed to defend their votes in the forthcoming rerun election for Kaura Namoda South constituency. They pledged to resist any attempt to undermine the will of the people, accusing the state government, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and officials of the Independent National Electoral…
A research, conducted by Oxford Policy Management, has revealed that from 2020 to 2025, about 330 students were abducted in Batsari, Faskari and Kankara Local Government Areas of Katsina. Hadiza Tijani, a Consultant with the Oxford Policy Management disclosed this in Katsina on Tuesday, while presenting the findings of their survey, at a dissemination workshop….
The Super Eagles B caged Congo’s Red Devils with two goals in the second half in the Tanzanian capital, Dar es Salaam on Tuesday, but their firepower came too late as both teams were eliminated from the 8th African Nations Championship at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium. Congo had hopes of inching their way into the…
Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has dismissed the 2027 presidential ambition of his former ally turned rival, Rotimi Amaechi, saying it is “dead on arrival”. In an interview with Channels Television on Tuesday, Wike said Amaechi stood no chance of clinching a party ticket or winning over Nigerian voters. Amaechi, who defected…
