Comfort Emmanson, a female passenger on an Ibom Air flight from Uyo to Lagos, has been remanded to the Kirikiri Correctional Centre following a disruptive incident on board the aircraft. The episode, which quickly went viral on social media, has drawn national attention and stirred public debate. According to reports from airline staff and eyewitnesses,
As global crude oil prices trend downward, Nigerians are facing a starkly different reality at home: petrol prices have surged past ₦900 per litre, reaching as high as ₦960 in some parts of the country. For Amina Salisu, a commercial driver in Kano, the hike defies logic. “When oil prices go down, we expect some
India’s state-owned refineries have stepped up purchases of Nigerian crude, even as Nigeria’s $20 billion Dangote Petroleum Refinery increasingly relies on oil imports from the United States. The development, described by industry watchers as an “oil trade irony,” underscores the complex interplay of geopolitics, pricing, and supply chain realities in the global crude market. Under
Former Anambra State governor Peter Obi, presidential candidate for the Labour Party in 2023, has renewed his one-term pledge, promising to serve just four years if elected president in 2027. Obi insists that true leadership should be service-driven, not power-hungry and he believes that a committed leader can effectively transform Nigeria within a single term.
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has temporarily withdrawn access to the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results for school candidates due to technical issues discovered after the results were released. In a statement issued by its Public Affairs Department, WAEC revealed that the glitch was linked to a new security feature
By Chinyere Akataobi Last December, I came across a tweet that talked about the possibility of a Goodluck Jonathan candidacy. The tweet drew parallels to John Mahama’s victory at the Ghana elections in which he reclaimed a mandate he lost in 2016. I shared the tweet with an old friend who was incidentally part of
The national leadership of the Labour Party (LP) has firmly distanced itself from a planned protest scheduled to take place on Wednesday, August 6, 2025, at the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Senior Special Adviser on Media to the party’s Interim National Chairman,
The Federal Government of Nigeria has secured a $25.35 million concessionary loan from the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development to help address the growing number of out-of-school children in Kaduna State. This funding is part of a broader $62.8 million blended finance package involving international development partners. It is aimed at expanding access to
Maritime industry experts have raised concerns over Nigeria’s persistent loss of more than $500 million annually due to the absence of a structured and regulated shipbroking system. This loss, they say, is largely tied to the informal nature of vessel chartering and the lack of professional oversight in the maritime sector. Speaking with journalists in
The crisis in the African Democratic Congress (ADC) deepened on Tuesday as state chairmen of the party strongly rejected the newly announced coalition led by former Senate President, Senator David Mark. In a statement jointly signed by Elias Adokwu and Godwin Alaku, the chairmen described the leadership arrangement as an unconstitutional hijack of the party,
