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NNPC retail outlets extend hours of operation to ease tightness of fuel

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has announced that all its retail stations serving Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) will now operate...

Nigeria’s debt level of N121.67trn remains within safe limits, says DMO

In spite of the increase in Nigeria’s total debt stock from N97.34 trillion in December 2023 to N121.67 trillion in March 2024, the...

Breaking: Pres. Tinubu gets second term as ECOWAS chairman

The ECOWAS Authority of Heads of States and Government has re-elected President Bola Tinubu for another one-year term. Persecondnews reports that Tinubu’s first...

CJN swears in daughter-in-law, Wike’s daughter, 10 other new FCT High Court judges July 10

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, will, on Wednesday, July 10, swear in the 12 newly appointed judges of the...

As food crisis persists, 82 million Nigerians may face severe hunger, says UN

Amid food insecurity in Nigeria, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), an arm of the United Nations, has warned that by 2030, about...

Updated: Tinubu inaugurates Presidential Economic Coordination Council, announces 2m bpd benchmark in few months

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday inaugurated the Presidential Economic Coordination Council (PECC) and launched the Economic Stabilization Programme to ensure food security, improved...

Samoa agreement will not harm Nigerian interests, FG assures

Minister of Information Mohammed Idris has given assurances that President Bola Tinubu will not sign any international agreement that would harm Nigeria’s interests....

Labour Party in landslide victory as Sunak concedes defeat in UK polls

Labour has won the UK general election and is heading for a landslide, with results from more than 500 of the 650 parliamentary...

Nigeria clinches right to host African Energy Bank headquarters

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr. Heineken Lokpobiri, has stated that Nigeria has been chosen as the host country for the...

Just In: FG Commissions 12 NNPC CNG Stations in Abuja, Lagos

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, through its retail outlets and partners, has inaugurated 12 CNG stations strategically located in Abuja and Lagos...

Breaking: Rivers crisis: Defected 25 lawmakers win at Appeal Court

The Court of Appeal has nullified an order of the Rivers High Court that stopped 25 members of the State House of Assembly...

𝐅𝐆 pays $𝟕𝟎𝟎𝐦 on debt servicing, says Finance Minister

The Federal Government has spent a total of $700 million on debt servicing, according to the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of...

Ogun Police neutralize two kidnappers, rescue three Indians, Nigerian

Three Indian nationals and a Nigerian who were kidnapped on June 30 at the Ilisan axis of the Sagamu-Ijebu Ode-Benin Expressway, have been...

Federal lawmakers begin review of Oronsaye’s report proposals

The House of Representatives Special Ad Hoc Committee on Restructuring of Government Agencies and Commissions has begun reviewing the recommendations in the Steve...

War on crude oil theft: NNPC Ltd. uncovers 108 illegal refineries, 35 suspects arrested

Barely 24 hours after declaring a state of emergency on crude oil production, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has uncovered 38 illegal...

We have declared war on crude oil production challenges – NNPC Ltd.’s GCEO Kyari

In an effort to increase Nigeria’s crude oil production and grow its reserves, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has declared a state...