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President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Afam Osigwe, SAN, has expressed concern over what he described as the growing misuse of the Cybercrimes Act to suppress freedom of expression in Nigeria. Osigwe, who spoke during an interview on Wednesday, said the law is increasingly being weaponised against critics, journalists, ...

Dangote Petroleum Refinery has lowered the ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) by N25 per litre, lowering the rate from N799 to N774 per litre. The refinery announced the price adjustment in a notice issued by its Group Commercial Operations Department, stating that the new price takes immediate effect. ...

An Arik Air Boeing 737-700 operating a Lagos–Port Harcourt flight on Wednesday made an emergency diversion to the Benin Airport following an in-flight engine incident. The airline said the aircraft, with registration number 5N-MJF, was operating flight W3 740 from the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, to the Port Harcourt International ...

The Lagos State Government has began a four-week partial closure of the Lagos–Abeokuta Expressway to allow the Federal Ministry of Works rehabilitate failed portions of the road. The state Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, disclosed this in a statement posted on the Lagos State Ministry of Transportation’s X handle on ...

The Citizen Watch Advocacy Initiative (CWAI) has praised the Commandant-General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Abubakar Ahmad Audi, for leadership reforms that have strengthened the agency’s operational efficiency and improved national security. In a statement signed by its Director of Media and Stakeholders Engagement in Kaduna ...

The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has disclosed the registration of over 10 million members nationwide through its recently concluded electronic registration exercise indicating the party is on course for victory in the 2027 general elections. The party described the development as evidence of its increasing ...

The Minister of Health, Prof. Mohammed Ali Pate, has disclosed that the Federal Ministry of Health received only N36 million out of the N218 billion capital allocation allocated for the ministry in the 2025 budget. Pate made the disclosure on Monday during the 2026 budget defence session before the House ...

The House of Representatives has pledged to strengthen institutions responsible for combating financial crimes in Nigeria, including the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), to enhance their effectiveness. Chairman of the House Committee on Financial Crime, Mr Ginger Onwusibe, made the pledge during ...

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has revealed that Nigeria’s power grid operated far below its installed capacity in January 2026, experiencing low generation availability and repeated system instability. From the report gotten from NERC’s X platform, it revealed that the national grid recorded frequency deviations beyond approved operating limits, ...

President Bola Tinubu has described banditry and terrorism as foreign to Nigeria’s culture and a major threat to the nation’s economy, assuring that his administration will intensify efforts to end the insecurity. The President spoke on Monday at the opening of the two-day National Economic Council (NEC) conference held at ...