NUPENG Calls Off Nationwide Strike After Unionisation Deal with Dangote Refinery

  The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG has announced the suspension of its nationwide strike. UGAMATV reports that the suspension followed an agreement on Tuesday with…

Gunmen kidnap Army Lt Colonel in Delta community

Gunmen have kidnapped an army ranking officer simply identified as Lt Colonel Josiah in Bomadi local government area of Delta State.     The military officer was abducted from his…

Ex‑Senator Dino Melaye Warns President Tinubu Might Soon Borrow from Fintech Giants Opay and Moniepoint

  Former Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye has decried the rate of borrowing by President Bola Tinubu. Melaye said Tinubu may soon borrow from Nigeria’s leading fintech companies, Opay and…

School fee hikes blamed on Nigeria’s economic crisis, says private school owner

  Proprietor of Triumph and Peak International Academy, Enugu, Dr Gladys Ajaero, has lamented the current hardship in Nigeria. Speaking in an interview on ‘Prime Time’, a programme on Arise…

South African Star Tyla Snags ‘Best Afrobeats’ at 2025 MTV VMAs

  South African songstress, Tyla has won the ‘Best Afrobeats’ award at the 2025 edition of MTV Video Music Awards, VMAs. She won the award over her Nigerian competitors with…

Egregious Attempt to Stifle Democracy”: Lawyer Calls DSS Request to Delete Omoyele Sowore’s Account Unlawful

  Human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has petitioned Meta Platforms Inc., urging the tech giant to reject a request by Nigeria’s Department of State Services, DSS, to deactivate the Facebook…

Delta State Transport Costs Surge as IPMAN and NUPENG Launch Indefinite Fuel Strike

  Transport fares have risen in Delta State as members of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, and the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG,…

Two Cows Dead, Car Shredded as Fallen Power Line Sparks Blaze – TCN Urges Public Safety Compliance

  The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, has reported that a heavy thunderstorm on the night of September 3, 2025, led to the collapse of the 132kV Otukpo–Nsukka–New Haven transmission…

Nigeria’s Oil Labor Talks End in Deadlock as Government and Dangote Group Fail to Reach Deal

  The high-level consultative meeting between the Federal Government, executives of the Nigeria Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, Dangote Group, and other stakeholders ended in a deadlock on Monday.…

Nigeria’s public debt tops $97 bn, breaching the 40 % GDP ceiling, Speaker warns of fiscal danger

  The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, has warned that Nigeria’s rising debt profile has exceeded the country’s legal threshold and now poses a major threat to…