Former Captain of the Super Eagles, John Obi Mikel, has insisted that the board of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has no business staying a day longer should the team fail to qualify for the 2026 World Cup. Speaking yesterday on his Obi One Podcast, the former Chelsea stalwart stressed that it was absurd for Nigeria, the biggest footballing nation in the African continent to miss the FIFA World Cup twice in a row. “I feel for my people that Nigeria is not going to qualify for a second World Cup in a row. They are going to be devastated…
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The Nigerian Army has announced that troops of 12 Brigade, in collaboration with Hybrid Forces and local vigilantes, Thursday rescued no fewer than 17 kidnapped victims, including 13 adults and four children in Kogi State. A statement by the Brigade Spokesperson, Lieutenant Hassan Abdullahi, noted that the swift operation is part of a sustained effort to eradicate banditry and other criminal activities in Kogi State. He stated that the incident occurred on 10 September 2025, when troops deployed in Patrol Base Apata received credible intelligence about a kidnapping incident at Opamaru Village along the Obajana–Lokoja Road. He explained that the…
The Federal Government has scrapped the 5% excise duty tax previously imposed on telecommunications services, including voice calls and data usage. The National Orientation Agency made this known in a post via its official X (formerly Twitter) page on Thursday. The post said the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Dr. Aminu Maida, disclosed that President Bola Tinubu ordered the removal of the tax during discussions on the recently passed Finance Act. The NCC boss noted that the move is expected to ease cost pressures for millions of mobile users in the country. Maida added that the President’s…
The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested a woman for allegedly abandoning her newborn baby in a bush in Akwanga Local Government Area of the state. The baby, wrapped in a piece of cloth, was discovered near a primary school on AA Koto Street in Akwanga on Wednesday. Residents who found the infant alive quickly alerted the police. Confirming the arrest to newsmen in Lafia on Thursday, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Ramhan Nansel, said the Commissioner of Police had ordered the case transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for thorough investigation and prosecution. He said, “The mother…
Dangote refinery has said it will commence free direct supply of petrol across the country from Monday, September 15. The refinery also slashed petrol retail prices to N841 per litre in Lagos and the South West. For Abuja, Edo, Kwara, Rivers and Delta states, it will be N851 per litre. It made the announcements in a post on its X page on Thursday. On the free delivery scheme, Dangote Refinery said the it will start with 11 states, and “subsequently expand our operations into other states”. According to the post, “All petrol station owners nationwide are invited to register for…
The 2023 Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Thursday held a closed-door meeting with former President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja. Obi disclosed this in a post on his official X handle, where he described Jonathan as an “elder brother, statesman, and leader.” He added that their discussions focused on national issues and the state of the country. He wrote: “Today in Abuja, I met with my very dear elder brother, statesman, and leader, former President Goodluck Jonathan @GEJonathan. We had a fruitful closed-door meeting and discussed the state of our dear nation. -PO.” It was not immediately clear…
Nigerians are set for another round of extended power failure as the national grid has collapsed. The megawatt (MW) generated dropped from 2,917.83 (MW) to 1.5 (MW) between 11 am and 12 pm on Wednesday. Shortly after the collapse, the Nigeria National Grid, an X handle that provides updates on Electric power distribution announced that “System restoration is in progress.” In another tweet, the X account stated that the Disco loads of all power distribution companies across the country aside Ibadan DisCo have come down to zero megawatt. “Disco load” is the amount of power (in megawatts, MW) allocated from…
ABUJA Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, yesterday, recanted on his earlier comments on Nigeria’s N149.39 trillion debt, stressing President Bola Tinubu is committed to ensuring that borrowing remains responsible and tied to productive investments. Abbas made the comment at the 11th Annual Conference and General Assembly of the West Africa Association of Public Accounts Committees (WAAPAC), hosted by Nigeria’s House Public Accounts Committee, under the theme: “Strengthening Parliamentary Oversight of Public Debt.” The National Assembly recently approved President Bola Tinubu’s ambitious external borrowing plan for 2025–2026, which included $21.19 billion in foreign loans, €4 billion, ¥15…
Former lawmaker representing Kogi West senatorial district, Senator Dino Melaye, has declared that the Peoples Democratic Party is “dead and buried,” alleging that the party is now under the control of the ruling All Progressives Congress. Speaking in an interview on Arise Television, Melaye dismissed any hopes of revival for the opposition party, saying it no longer operates independently. “Apart from our Lord Jesus Christ, no dead can rise again. PDP is dead and buried. The party was sold, and I’m not sure they even got the payment receipt. What you have now is an APC-controlled PDP,” he said. Melaye,…
Dangote refinery on Tuesday said that the country would not witness petrol shortage despite an ongoing strike by a union representing fuel tanker drivers. The strike, which began Monday and has since drawn support from other unions in Nigeria and abroad, comes as the refinery, the largest in Africa, is hiring its own drivers to deliver gasoline to retailers. Spokesman for the refinery, Anthony Chiejina said, “There is no fuel shortage, everything is going on,”. He added that that talks were continuing between the union, the government and the company. Before last year’s opening of the Dangote refinery, with a…