By Prosper Okoye A Nigerian civil society group has praised the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, Felix Omatsola Ogbe, for what it called inclusive growth and transformative projects in the country’s oil and gas industry — even as he faces criticism from some former militant leaders. The Concerned Citizen Initiative said Mr. Ogbe’s leadership has …

The United States Mission in Nigeria says Nigerian visa applicants must disclose all social media usernames and handles used over the past five years in their visa applications. The U.S. Mission in Nigeria made this known via a statement shared on X on Monday, August 18, 2025. It noted that Nigerian visa applicants must provide a comprehensive list of their …

As Nigeria intensifies efforts to grow its economy to $1 trillion, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the Ministry of Finance, and top industry experts are set to converge at the 2025 Finance and Business Online Publishers (FiBOP) Conference to refine strategies for sustainable economic expansion.  Arrangements are in top gear to  ensure that the regulators and the technocrats from …

The Imo State Government has introduced major reforms in the education sector, banning graduation ceremonies for kindergarten, nursery, and Junior Secondary School 3 (JSS3) students, while also prohibiting schools from changing textbooks every academic year. The directive was contained in a policy memo dated August 15, 2025, signed by the Commissioner for Education, Prof. Bernard Ikegwuoha, with reference number MOEPS/COMMR/2025/VOL.1/155. …

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has commenced the deportation of some of the foreign nationals recently convicted by the court following their arrest for cyber terrorism and Ponzi scheme offences. It was gathered that 42 out of the 192 Chinese and Philippine nationals convicted by the Federal High Court in Lagos were deported back to their home countries on Sunday, …

Again, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has reduced the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise known as petrol, at its retail outlets in Lagos and Abuja. The NNPC Limited slashed petrol pump price to N865 per litre in Lagos and N890 per litre in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The price reduction represents a N10 cut in both …

Bishop David Oyedepo, the founder of Living Faith Church, has rejected calls by some Muslim groups for female students in Christian mission schools to be allowed to wear the hijab. Speaking during a church service, Oyedepo likened the demand to “a tenant decreeing for the landlord” and insisted that mission schools should uphold their founding standards. He urged those making …

The Lagos State House of Assembly has announced new Tenancy Bill positioned to reduce agency or commission fees from 10 to five per cent of annual rent. The Speaker of the House, Mudashiru Obasa, disclosed this during a one-day public hearing at the Assembly complex in Lagos on Wednesday, August 13, 2025. The bill is titled ‘A Bill for a …

In a bid to boost electricity supply and support national industrial growth, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved major funding to upgrade power infrastructure across the country. ‎The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, disclosed this after the FEC meeting chaired by President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Wednesday, August 13, 2025. ‎Adelabu said the first …

The Federal Government plans to revoke 1,000 dormant mining licences, in addition to the 900 already cancelled in 2024, as part of efforts to sanitise Nigeria’s solid minerals sector. Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake, disclosed this on Wednesday at the opening of the maiden National Steel Summit in Abuja. “To clean up our licencing system, I revoked …