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Dangote Refinery has reduced the prices of its Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, also known as petrol, and Automotive Gas Oil, AGO, or diesel, nationwide. The 700,000-barrel-per-day refinery on Wednesday reduced its petrol gantry price to N1,165 per litre from N1,215 per litre, while diesel was cut to N1,570 per litre from N1,650 per litre. This means the mega refinery has reduced the prices of petrol and diesel by N50 and N80 per litre, respectively. he latest reduction in petrol and diesel prices by Dangote Refinery is expected to further drive down retail pump prices across Nigeria. Recall that the National…
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced the release of the 2026 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results for school candidates. The examination body disclosed this in a post on its official X page on Wednesday, informing candidates that their results are now available online. Candidates are required to generate a Personal Identification Number (PIN) through the council’s official website before accessing their results on the WAEC Direct portal.
Nollywood actress, Temitope Osoba, has died amid her battle with cancer. The actress died nearly two years after undergoing breast cancer surgery. Announcing her passage on Wednesday morning, her close associate and colleague, actor Alesh Ola Sanni, disclosed that the actress died on Tuesday evening. He wrote on Instagram; “Couldn’t sleep since last night it’s well rest in peace my dearest sister Temitope Osoba we had amazing time and good memories together till we meet again. I really dunno what to say mehn gosh.” Osoba solicited financial assistance for her second surgery in November 2024.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has reportedly frozen an Osun State Government account domiciled with the First Bank, just 10 days before the state’s governorship election. According to documents obtained by Vanguard, the account, said to be used for the payment of workers’ salaries, was placed on a “Post No Debit” restriction by the anti-graft agency. The development came shortly after Governor Ademola Adeleke, alleged that the EFCC was planning to freeze state government accounts and those belonging to top officials ahead of the August 15 election. Reacting to the move, the state government, through the Commissioner for…
No fewer than 21 persons are feared dead, with 37 others abducted as heavily armed terrorists launched an attack on Tsamaye community in Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State. Thousands of residents also fled their homes after the second attack on the community in a week. According to an eyewitness, the attack, which lasted from about 9p.m., on Monday until after 3a.m., yesterday, also left two homes burnt, livestock stolen and the entire community deserted. Those confirmed killed during the attack, according to residents, include Kabiru Tanimu, Ayuba Hashim and Yakubu Mu’azu, while many others remain missing. Recall…
The House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee investigating the purported Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council, PFIPC, said yesterday it would interrogate the Director-General of the agency, Aderemi Matthew Adeyemi, in undisclosed location to respect the constitutional principles of separation of powers. This is as the Managing Director of a private firm, Divine Dopacy Nigeria Limited, Mr. Gbenga Collins, yesterday narrated before the committee how he allegedly paid N400 million to the purported PFIPC DG after being promised a contract to renovate and furnish what was presented to him as the official residence of the agency’s chief executive. Chairman of the…
Justice A.M. Lawal of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Tuesday, August 4, 2026 convicted and sentenced a fake lawyer, John Nwawuto Anoruo for impersonation and possession of a forged seal of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA. Anoruo, who operates a legal and educational consultancy in the Ikorodu area of Lagos, was arrested by operatives of the EFCC on Monday, April 20, 2026. His case began after he submitted a petition dated September 22, 2025, to the EFCC on behalf of his clients against the management of Global West Vessel Specialist Nigeria…
President Bola Tinubu has approved salary increases of between 30 and 80 per cent for Nigeria’s armed forces personnel. The pay package that will benefit approximately 250,000 personnel and take effect from September 1, 2026, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed in a statement signed Tuesday. Onanuga said the graduated structure of the increase scales inversely with rank, with the highest percentage increases going to the most junior personnel. Under the new arrangement, he said officers above the rank of colonel, Brigadier-Generals, Major-Generals, Lieutenant Generals and Generals, will receive a 30 per cent salary…
Five suspected Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, terrorists, including an alleged medical officer and four Improvised Explosive Devices, IEDs, specialists, have reportedly been killed in a premature explosion while assembling explosives in Marte Local Government Area of Borno State. Intelligence sources including security analyst, Zagazola Makama, confirmed on Tuesday that the incident occurred at Maina Daya Village, located between Sabon Tumbu and Jubilaram, about 29 kilometres east of Monguno Local Government Area of the state. According to the sources, the explosion killed Usman Dan Fulani, described as an ISWAP medical officer, alongside two foreign Arab IED technicians and two…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has claimed that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, cannot win the 2027 presidential election. Wike said the PDP is currently working on wining some state, while organizing itself ahead of the 2031 election. In his monthly media chat in Abuja on Tuesday, the Minister said the former ruling party would take its time to prepare for the 2031 election. He said: “I have always said that the PDP can’t win the presidential election now, all we are doing is to win some sub-national seats and organize the party against 2031.…