Day: August 24, 2026

The meeting, themed “From Resources to Wealth: Continental Cooperation for Mineral Value Addition,” will focus on strategies for transforming Africa’s mineral resources into greater economic value. The gathering is expected to bring together African heads of state and government representatives, ministers, investors, development finance institutions, multilateral organisations and executives from mining, technology, processing, logistics and mineral traceability companies. AMSG said... Read more

President Bola Tinubu has renewed the appointments of the Director-General of the National Television Authority (NTA), Abdulhamid Salihu Dembos, and the Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Ali Mohammed Ali, for another three years. Their renewed tenure will commence on October 20, 2026.President Tinubu initially appointed both media executives on October 20, 2023.Dembos, from Yola in Adamawa... Read more

The Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals has expanded its free petroleum product delivery initiative to Kano, Imo, Anambra and Nasarawa States as part of efforts to reduce distribution costs and potentially drive down petrol prices. The programme initially covered Lagos, Ogun, Rivers, Kaduna, Abuja and Delta States. Under the initiative, the refinery absorbs the cost of transporting petroleum products to... Read more

A lawyer, Christopher Chidera, has criticised the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) over what he described as its silence on the continued detention of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Chidera made the allegation in an open letter addressed to the NBA leadership and copied to the International Bar Association. He questioned the legality of... Read more

The Abia State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has withdrawn its earlier threat to sanction former Governor of the state and Senator representing Abia North, Orji Uzor Kalu, and the member representing Ukwa East/Ukwa West Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Chris Nkwonta, over alleged anti-party comments. The decision was reached at a stakeholders’ meeting held on... Read more