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    Day: September 4, 2025

    Dangote Warns Truckers Against Illegal Use of Logo, Vows Legal action

    September 4, 2025 (updated September 4, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

    Dangote Warns Truckers Against Illegal Use of Logo, Vows Legal action Dangote Industries Limited (DIL) has issued a fresh warning to truck operators against the unauthorised use of its company logo, stressing that offenders will face legal consequences. According to a statement, the company noted that despite repeated cautions, some truckers unaffiliated with Dangote continue to brand their vehicles with... Read more

    Category: Business

    Cashew Farmers Reject Export Ban, Warn of Mass Poverty

    September 4, 2025 (updated September 4, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

    Cashew Farmers Reject Export Ban, Warn of Mass Poverty The National Cashew Association of Nigeria (NCAN) has strongly opposed calls for restrictions on cashew exports, warning that such measures would push millions of smallholder farmers into poverty. In a statement issued on Thursday, NCAN President, Dr. Ojo Ajanaku, described the proposal as counterproductive, stressing that it would undermine years of... Read more

    Category: Business

    Troops Destroy 97 Illegal Refineries, Neutralize Terrorists Across Regions in August

    September 4, 2025 (updated September 4, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

    Troops Destroy 97 Illegal Refineries, Neutralize Terrorists Across Regions in August Nigerian troops intensified operations against economic saboteurs and terrorists in August, destroying nearly 100 illegal refinery sites in the Niger Delta and neutralizing scores of insurgents across the North-East, North-West, and North-Central regions. Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Markus Kangye, disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday while... Read more

    Category: Crime Alert

    Obi Urges FG to Suspend 5% Fuel Tax Until Nigerians Feel Economic Relief

    September 4, 2025 (updated September 4, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

    Obi Urges FG to Suspend 5% Fuel Tax Until Nigerians Feel Economic Relief The 2023 Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has called on the Federal Government to suspend its planned 5 percent tax on refined fossil fuel sales, saying Nigerians should first feel the positive impact of ongoing economic reforms. Obi made the appeal in a post titled... Read more

    Category: Business

    Oyo Govt Disburses ₦780m in Fourth Round of Compensation for Circular Road Project

    September 4, 2025 (updated September 4, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

    Oyo Govt Disburses ₦780m in Fourth Round of Compensation for Circular Road Project The Oyo State Government has released the fourth batch of compensation payments to property owners affected by the ongoing Circular Road project in Ibadan, amounting to ₦780 million. The payments were made on Thursday at the office of the Commissioner for Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Mr.... Read more

    Category: Uncategorized

    Retired Soldiers Storm Finance Ministry Again Over Unpaid Benefits

    September 4, 2025 (updated September 4, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

    Retired Soldiers Storm Finance Ministry Again Over Unpaid Benefits Retired Nigerian military personnel on Thursday barricaded the gates of the Federal Ministry of Finance in Abuja, protesting the ministry’s alleged refusal to release funds to the Military Pensions Board for the settlement of their long-overdue entitlements. The ex-servicemen had previously suspended a similar protest on August 4, following assurances from... Read more

    Category: Business

    Plateau: PLASIEC releases timetable for 2026 Local Government Elections

    September 4, 2025 (updated September 4, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

    Plateau: PLASIEC releases timetable for 2026 Local Government Elections Jos - The Plateau State Independent Electoral Commission (PLASIEC) has announced that local government elections will be conducted across the 17 councils of Plateau State on 1st September, next year. Addressing journalists on Thursday in his office in Jos, the Chairman of the Commission, Mr. Plangji Cishak, said the notice is... Read more

    Category: Politics

    WHO Urges Nigeria, African Nations to Boost Health spending

    September 4, 2025 (updated September 4, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

    WHO Urges Nigeria, African Nations to Boost Health spending The World Health Organization,WHO,has called on Nigeria and other African governments to increase public health spending to at least 20 percent of total health expenditure, while reducing out-of-pocket payments that push households into financial hardship. Speaking at the Health Financing Dialogue hosted by the National Health Insurance Authority,NHIA, in Abuja, WHO... Read more

    Category: Health

    Fresh NAF airstrike Neutralizes over 15 Terrorist Hideouts in Sambisa, Zuwa

    September 4, 2025 (updated September 4, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

    Fresh NAF airstrike Neutralizes over 15 Terrorist Hideouts in Sambisa, Zuwa Abuja — The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has intensified pressure on insurgents in the North-East, as a new wave of precision airstrikes wiped out more than 15 terrorists and flattened strategic hideouts in the Sambisa Forest. The operation, carried out on September 3 under Operation Hadin Kai, targeted a... Read more

    Category: Uncategorized

    Lekki Cult Clash: Police Arrest 23 Suspects, Recover Weapons

    September 4, 2025 (updated September 4, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

    Lekki Cult Clash: Police Arrest 23 Suspects, Recover Weapons The Lagos State Police Command has arrested 23 suspects following a violent clash between rival cult groups in Lekki, which claimed three lives on Sunday. Police spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, while confirming the incidence explained that the clash broke out at a security duty post on an uninhabited plot along Wole... Read more

    Category: Crime Alert, Law & Human Rights

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