A bill proposing a single, non-renewable six-year term for the Governor and Deputy Governors of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has passed its second reading in the House of Representatives. Under the current CBN Act 2007, the governor and deputy governors serve a renewable five-year term. The new bill seeks to replace this with a single tenure to reduce political interference and promote continuity in monetary policy. The bill is sponsored by Jesse Okey-Joe...
United States Congressman, Riley Moore, has dismissed claims that climate change is responsible for the violence often described as farmers–herders clashes in Nigeria. He insisted that Christians in Benue State are being deliberately targeted by Fulani and Islamic extremists. Moore, who spoke during an interview with Fox News, recently led a U.S. delegation to Benue State on a fact-finding mission on the persecution of Christians. The trip, authorised by U.S. President Donald Trump, included five...
The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has again cut the price of petrol at its gantry, lowering the ex-depot rate from ₦828 to ₦699 per litre. The reduction took effect on 11 December 2025. This is the refinery’s 20th price adjustment this year as it continues to respond to market dynamics. The refinery’s petrol benchmark was reduced by ₦129 per litre, a decrease of about 15.58 per cent. The reduction follows remarks by Aliko Dangote, Chairman of...
The Supreme Court has overturned President Bola Tinubu’s decision to commute the death sentence of Maryam Sanda, ruling that the President acted outside his constitutional powers by intervening while her appeal was still pending before the courts. In a judgment delivered on Friday, the apex court, in a split decision of four to one, restored the death sentence earlier imposed on Sanda by an Abuja High Court and affirmed by the Court of Appeal. Sanda...
Comrade Timi Frank, former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has condemned in strong terms the recent killing of nine protesting women in Yola, Adamawa State, by military operatives and demanded justice for the victims. Soldiers had allegedly opened fire on protesting women in the Lamurde Local Government Area of Adamawa State on Monday. Also, 51 others were said to have been hospitalised where most of them are still receiving treatment...
An unprovoked attack by armed men, suspected to be the Jukun militia, in Tse Ajogo village, Wukari Local Government Area, Taraba State, has claimed the lives of fewer than 17 persons. The armed men, according to security expert Zagazola Makama, coordinated the attack on returning Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, in the village on Wednesday at about 6 am, leading to the death of 17 persons, while others are still missing. The attackers were said to...
The Bayelsa State deputy governor, Senator Lawrence Oboraw-Harievwo Ewhrudjakpo has died after collapsing suddenly in his office. It was gathered that the deputy governor slumped in his office and was rushed to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Yenagoa and was pronounced dead shortly after arrival by medical personnel. The incident occurred at approximately 1:30 p.m., prompting an immediate emergency response. The Bayelsa State government is yet to issue an official statement regarding the deputy governor’s...
The immediate past Minister of Labour and Employment and a former Governor of Anambra State, Dr. Chris Ngige, has been reportedly arrested in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. Ngige was said to have been picked up by armed security operatives at his residence on Justice Mohammed Bello Road in Abuja. As of the time of filing this report, details surrounding the operation remain unclear, and no security agency has officially commented on the arrest. But...
Disturbed with the high level of insecurity in some parts of the country, failing tertiary education and ongoing health sector strikes, the Nigeria Labour Congress has declared a nationwide protest set on Thursday, 17 December 2025. The announcement came after the NLC’s National Executive Council met at the union’s Sub-Secretariat in Yaba, Lagos, on Thursday, 4 December 2025, and added that the protest is also to demand urgent government action on rising concerns over political...
Ahead of the 2027 general elections, a coalition of prominent national figures under the Movement for Credible Elections (MCE) has asked the House of Representatives to urgently initiate reforms to restore public confidence in the system. Members of the body include Usman Bugaje, its Deputy Chairman (North), Femi Falana (SAN) (Legal Counsel), Pat Utomi, Chairman of the Interim Steering Council, former minister Oby Ezekwesili, former NLC chairman, Ayuba Wabba (Co-Chair), Bilikisu Magoro and Nkoyo Toyo...
