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The Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) has confirmed that Ademola Lookman, former England youth player, has finally gotten approval to switch his allegiance to the Super Eagles. In a tweet on his verified Twitter account on Thursday, Amaju Pinnick, NFF president, said Lookman has now been cleared by FIFA, the world football’s governing body, […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered that “producers and providers” of the off-spec petrol imported into the country must be held accountable. The president issued the directive in a statement issued on Thursday by Garba Shehu, his senior special assistant on media and publicity. On Wednesday night, Mele Kyari, general managing director, Nigerian […]

Lanre Arogundade, director of the International Press Centre (IPC), was, on Thursday, reportedly detained by officers attached to the Department of State Services (DSS). According to Arogundade, he had just arrived the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, from The Gambia, when he was detained by DSS operatives around 3:30pm. The IPC […]

On February 8, 2022, the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) confirmed the importation and distribution of petrol with methanol quantity above Nigeria’s specification. The regulator said the impacted product had been isolated and withdrawn from the market, including the loaded trucks in transit. The development resulted in long queues across […]

Two police officers are feared dead following an attack on a bullion van in the Idi-Ape area of Ibadan, Oyo state capital. The aftermath of the robbery incident, which took place on Thursday, was filmed by several witnesses. The armed robbers were said to have waylaid the van after which they […]

A US court of appeals for the second circuit has overturned orders which blocked Nigeria from obtaining documents to support its appeal against a $10 billion judgement awarded against it in a case against Process and Industrial Developments (P&ID). In 2019, a British court gave P&ID the go-ahead to seize Nigerian assets worth $9 […]

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, says Nigerian customers should update their value-added tax (VAT) identification numbers by February 25. The social media giant said this in a statement issued on Thursday. The company said it made recent updates to allow some Nigerian customers to provide 11 or 12 digit VAT identification […]

The house of representatives has asked the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited to suspend the companies involved in the importation of methanol-blended petrol. The lower legislative chamber also asked the NNPC to provide the names of the companies to its committee for investigation. The resolution was passed during the plenary session […]

Douye Diri, governor of Bayelsa state, says the state is broke owing to unfavorable federation allocation. The governor said this while speaking on Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television programme, on Thursday, on his record as governor in two years. A report by Economic Confidential listed Bayelsa among the insolvent states in the […]