The Federal Government says it will reduce the price of petrol sold by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) for the next 30 days to ease the cost of …
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FG Says Infrastructure, Market Access Crucial to Unlocking Nigeria’s Gas Resources
by Torkuma Gborby Torkuma GborThe federal government says infrastructure, financing and market access must expand alongside Nigeria’s gas resources to support energy transition and economic growth. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), …
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Ex-Australian Catholic Bishop Bags Six-Year Jail Term for Sexually Abusing Young Men
by Torkuma Gborby Torkuma GborA former Catholic bishop in Australia, Christopher Saunders, has been sentenced to six years and six months in prison for sexually abusing two young Indigenous men. Six years ago, amid …
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A veteran communication scholar and former Lagos State commissioner of education, Idowu Akanbi Sobowale, is dead. A family member, Richard Adeyinka Emmanuel, announced Mr Sobowale’s death in a statement on …
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EU Releases €225,000 Humanitarian Aid for Conflict-Displaced Populations in Kebbi
by Torkuma Gborby Torkuma GborThe European Union (EU) has released €225,000 (around N340 million) in humanitarian assistance to support conflict-displaced communities in Kebbi State, North-West Nigeria.The funding was announced on Tuesday, October 7, 2026, …
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Ondo Crash: NAF Helicopter Makes Precautionary Landing in Benue
by Torkuma Gborby Torkuma GborThe Nigerian Air Force says one of its helicopters made a precautionary landing on a farm in Benue after providing close air support during an operation against suspected kidnappers. An …
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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden, has awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature to Canadian author and poet, Anne Carson. Ingrid Carlberg, the academy’s secretary-general, announced …
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AGF Fagbemi Assures Investors of Protection, Says Tinubu Committed to Stronger Legal Environment
by Torkuma Gborby Torkuma GborThe Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, has assured foreign and local investors that Nigeria has enabling laws to protect their business interests. …
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AfriLabs Takes Innovation Drive Nationwide, Backs Nigerian Solutions With Funding, Mentorship
by Torkuma Gborby Torkuma GborAfriLabs has taken its innovation support drive to all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, working with the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) to identify, mentor, …
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Nigerian Students Seek Reforms to Improve Quality of University Education
by Torkuma Gborby Torkuma GborSome Nigerian university students have called for urgent reforms to improve the quality of university education in the country. The students, who spoke in separate interviews in Abuja, said Nigerian …
