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A storm of controversy has erupted on social media after the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) allegedly blocked a Nigerian citizen on X (formerly Twitter) for demanding accountability over what many describe as the “daylight robbery” by commercial banks and network providers.The user, identified as @MFaarees_, on Monday, September 15, took to the microblogging platformContinueContinue reading “Outrage as CBN Blocks Nigerian Citizen on X for Demanding Action Against Banks, Telcos Over Exploitation”

By Our Correspondent The Nigerian oil market was thrown into turmoil on Monday, September 15, 2025, as the Dangote Petroleum Refinery officially rolled out its direct fuel distribution scheme—slashing petrol gantry prices to ₦820 per litre.Under the new system, petrol will retail at ₦841 in Lagos and ₦851 in Abuja, with state-by-state variations. Backed byContinueContinue reading “₦820/Litre Petrol: Dangote’s Price Slash Rocks Oil Industry, Sparks Fierce Marketers’ War”

In what observers describe as a high-stakes midnight strategy session, Nigeria’s political landscape witnessed fresh intrigue as former Vice President and ADC coalition leader, Atiku Abubakar, convened a closed-door meeting that stretched into the early hours of Thursday, September 11, 2025.The meeting, which former Senator Ishaku Abbo disclosed lasted until 1:30am, drew heavyweights including SenatorContinueContinue reading “MIDNIGHT POLITICAL INTRIGUE: Atiku, Binani, Bindow, Abbo In Closed-Door Meeting Till 1:30am”

President Gives FEC Committee Marching Orders as Farmers, Traders Await Relief ABUJA — In a decisive move to tame soaring food costs, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has issued a direct order to a Federal Executive Council (FEC) committee to urgently crash food prices across the country and pave the way for Nigeria’s food sovereignty.The MinisterContinueContinue reading “Tinubu Orders Crash in Food Prices, Targets Nigeria’s Food Sovereignty”

Nigeria’s decades-long battle against crude oil theft has reached a historic milestone, with new figures showing losses have plunged to their lowest level since 2009 — a breakthrough hailed as a major victory for Africa’s largest oil producer.According to the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), crude oil losses between January and July 2025 stoodContinueContinue reading “Nigeria Records Lowest Oil Theft in 16 Years — Losses Fall 94% From 2021 Peak”

Sanwo-Olu to Launch New Agency to Reclaim 3,000 Hectares of Idle Land as Displaced Residents Protest on Third Mainland BridgeThe Lagos State Government has drawn a hard line on illegal developments, declaring that no compensation will be paid to owners of demolished properties along Iyana Oworo and the Lekki coastlines.Commissioner for Physical Planning and UrbanContinueContinue reading “NO PAYOUT FOR DEMOLISHED HOMES: LAGOS GOVT TO DISPLACED RESIDENTS”

The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has declared a five-day nationwide warning strike, a move that threatens to cripple healthcare services across Nigeria’s teaching and specialist hospitals.The industrial action, announced in the early hours of Thursday after a marathon online National Executive Council (NEC) meeting, is scheduled to begin at 8:00 a.m. on Friday,ContinueContinue reading “Resident Doctors Down Tools: Five-Day Nationwide Strike Threatens Nigeria’s Fragile Health System”

Former Anambra State Governor and Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, has raised the alarm over Nigeria’s mounting debt profile, warning that the country’s future is being sold off through reckless borrowing and wasteful government spending. Speaking passionately on Wednesday at the investiture of Blessing Ngozi Osakwe as the 12th President of theContinueContinue reading “Peter Obi Blasts Reckless Borrowing: ‘Nigeria’s Future Is Being Mortgaged Before Our Eyes’”

Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani, has declared that Nigeria’s worsening insecurity cannot be solved by mere firepower, warning politicians against misleading the public with promises of “carpet-bombing” bandits into submission.Speaking on Saturday at the public presentation of Where I Stand—an Arabic translation by Sheikh Ibrahim Jalo Jalingo—Governor Sani insisted that insecurity in the NorthwestContinueContinue reading ““Guns Alone Can’t Defeat Bandits — Governor Uba Sani Warns Politicians Against Deceiving Nigerians””

Okpella, Edo State — In what security operatives have described as one of the bloodiest ambushes in recent years, heavily armed gunmen late Friday night killed no fewer than eight personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) attached to the BUA Cement Factory in Okpella, Etsako East Local Government Area of EdoContinueContinue reading “Massacre at BUA Cement: Gunmen Slaughter 8 NSCDC Officers, Abduct Chinese Expatriate in Edo”