NMDPRA, NUPRC Chief Executives Resign, Tinubu Nominates Replacements
By Chinedu Echianu The Chief executives of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) Farouk Ahmed and the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) Gbenga Komolafe have resigned their appointments with immediate effect. Ahmed’s resignation follows corruption allegations levelled against him by the Chairman of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote. It is not […]
NLC Demands Immediate Prosecution Of Terror Sponsors
By Chinedu Echianu The Nigeria Labour Congress has called for the immediate prosecution of alleged sponsors of terrorism, warning that Nigerians face not only physical but financial insecurity. The NLC on December 17th, organised a nationwide protest to highlight the devastating impact of insecurity on lives, livelihoods, and public institutions, a crisis that has lasted […]
Breaking: NLC Denies Calling Off Nationwide Protest
By Chinedu Echianu The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has dismissed reports suggesting that it has called off its planned protest against rising insecurity across the country. labour clarified that its meeting with President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday night did not lead to any decision to suspend the protest scheduled for today. Speaking to journalists […]
NLC Raises Alarm Over Alleged Plot to Disrupt National Protest
By Chinedu Echianu The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has raised the alarm over an alleged plot to infiltrate and violently disrupt its planned National Day of Protest and Mourning scheduled for Tuesday, December 17, 2025. In a statement issued by its Acting General Secretary, Benson Upah, the NLC said it has received “credible and disturbing […]
CSOs Demand Immediate Ban on GMOs in Nigeria, Cite Health Risks
By Oluwakemi Kindness A coalition of 92 civil society organisations (CSOs) has called on the Nigerian government to immediately implement a House of Representatives resolution suspending the production, use, and consumption of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) pending further investigation. They made the call during a protest at the National Assembly Complex on Tuesday, where the […]
NDIC Begins Liquidation of Aso Savings, Union Homes, Following Licence Revocation
By Oluwakemi Kindness The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has began the liquidation of Aso Savings and Loans Plc and Union Homes Savings and Loans Plc following the revocation of their operating licences by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). In a notice to depositors and the public on Tuesday, the NDIC said it was […]
NEZA Commends NEPZA, OGFZA on Call for 10-Year Tax Moratorium
By Oluwakemi Kindness The Nigeria Economic Zones Association (NEZA) has applauded the Managing Directors of the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) and the Oil and Gas Free Zones Authority (OGFZA) for advocating a ten-year moratorium on implementing the National Tax Policy (NTA) within Nigeria’s Free Zones. In a statement on Tuesday, NEZA describs the […]
CBN Revokes Licences of Aso Savings, Others Over Regulatory Breaches
By Oluwakemi Kindness The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revoked the operating licences of Aso Savings and Loans Plc and Union Homes Savings and Loans Plc over persistent regulatory and capital deficiencies. The apex bank took the action under the powers granted by Section 12 of the Banks and Other Financial Institutions Act (BOFIA) […]
Nigeria Wastes Innovation Potential Through Poor Coordination — Minister Udeh
By Julian Adetinuyo The Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Kingsley Udeh, says Nigeria continues to lose economic value not because it lacks ideas or skilled people, but due to its inability to turn innovation into industries, jobs and competitive products. Udeh made this assertion during a fireside chat organised by the Centre for the […]
Senate Frowns at Multiple Budgets in a Fiscal year
By Anayo Akwitti The Senate has expressed dis-satisfaction with multiple budgets implementation in a fiscal year by the federal government as experienced in 2025. As a result it has, the Senate has tasked the Federal Inland Revenue Service ( FIRS) to increase its projected revenue target for 2026 from thirty one trillion naira to thirty […]