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Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has promised to overhaul Nigeria’s student-loan system and consider debt forgiveness for qualifying beneficiaries if elected. The pledge was disclosed by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, in a statement issued Tuesday. According to Shaibu, Atiku believes Nigerian graduates should not be […]

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Daniel Osi Orbih, is dead, The Nation has learnt. A statement by his family, signed by Francis Udukhomoi Orbih, Esq., for the Orbih family, confirmed his death. Orbih, the Kulukulu 1 of Ogoni Land and Oduma of Uzairue, reportedly died on Monday, 31st August 2026.

Nigeria’s latest petroleum-sector drama is being described as a war between the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) and Dangote Refinery. That description is not entirely wrong. But it is also not big enough.What is unfolding between Africa’s biggest refinery and Nigeria’s petroleum regulator is ultimately a battle over something much more consequential: […]

A Federal High Court in Lagos has restrained Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) from enforcing its directive suspending the loading and truck-out of petroleum products from Dangote Petroleum Refinery. Justice Akintayo Aluko issued the interim injunction on Monday in a fresh legal battle between the refinery and the petroleum regulator over NMDPRA’s […]

The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has expanded Nigeria’s national tertiary education ranking framework to cover universities, polytechnics and colleges of education. ‎This is contained in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja by Mr Ikharo Attah, Special Adviser to the Minister on Media and Communications. ‎Attah quoted Alausa to have announced the development […]

Aston Villa signed Senegal winger Ibrahim Mbaye from Paris Saint-Germain in a deal worth a reported £47 million ($63 million) on Tuesday. Mbaye played 31 times in all competitions for PSG last season as the French club won the Champions League and the Ligue 1 title. The 18-year-old also appeared four times for Senegal at […]

The Kabiru Tanimu Turaki-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has endorsed the G-100 (a group of 100 opposition stalwarts) driven process of creating an all-opposition front to challenge President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general elections. A statement on Tuesday by the faction’s National Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong, said the decision was informed […]

David Beckham said Lionel Messi’s “legacy will live forever” after the Argentina legend announced his retirement from international football. Messi on Monday revealed he had called time on his remarkable career with Argentina after 207 caps and 125 goals. The 39-year-old won the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and his last game for his country […]

The National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW) has destroyed 1,419 illicit weapons and recovered 5,449 firearms in recent operations nationwide. The ​‌‍‍‍‍⁠⁠‌‍​⁠‍​‍⁠‍‌​director-general of the centre, retired DIG Johnson Kokumo, made this known on Tuesday in Abuja at the Joint Security News Briefing. The briefing was organised for spokespersons of […]

The United States Government has outlined two family-based immigrant visa categories available to foreign nationals seeking to move to the country permanently through qualifying family relationships. The US Department of State said foreign citizens seeking permanent residence in the country through family connections must obtain an immigrant visa and meet the requirements for their respective […]

By Demola Akinyemi No fewer than eight persons have been feared trapped in a collapsed two-storey building in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. Vanguard reliably gathered that the incident occurred in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The incident reportedly happened at 5:30 am at PopoGiwa, Madalasi Zhogoro area, off Sijikobi Road in llorin West Local […]

By Rotimi Ojomoyela, Ado-Ekiti The All Progressive Congress (APC), African Democratic Congress (ADC) and ten other political parties have fielded 174 candidates for the 26 seats in the Ekiti State House of Assembly in the 2027 general election. This was contained in a document signed and made available to journalists by the Ekiti State Legal […]