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Russia Fires Ukraine Govt In War’s Biggest Air Attack
Russia fired its biggest-ever aerial barrage at Ukraine early yesterday, killing four people and setting the seat of the Ukrainian government in Kyiv ablaze in an attack President Volodymyr Zelensky warned would prolong the war. The attack was the first to hit Ukraine’s cabinet of ministers, a sprawling government complex at the heart of Kyiv. Drone strikes also damaged several high-rise...
FCT Police Cautions Public Against Offering Money To Officers
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has cautioned members of the public against offering money or any form of inducement to its personnel while discharging their official duties. In a random check by our correspondent, on X (formerly Twitter) handle, Sunday 7th September 2025, the Command stressed that such acts remain unlawful and undermine the integrity of policing in...
Dangote Dismiss Claims Of Shutting Down Petrol Unit
The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has denied a report that it could shut its petrol unit for two to three months. The spokesman of the Dangote Group, Anthony Chiejina, described the report as “fake”. Reuters had reported that the petrol unit at the 650,000 barrel-per-day Dangote refinery may be shut for two to three months for repairs, quoting industry monitor IIR...
Norway’s Election Votes Influenced By Wars, Tariffs Threat
Norway's Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party Jonas Gahr Store reacts prior to the start of a TV debate between Norway's three prime ministerial candidates on TV 2 station in Oslo, Norway, on September 7, 2025, on the eve of the Norwegian parliamentary elections. Norway votes on Monday in a closely fought election in which geopolitical issues, including...
“Natasha Resumes Senate After London Trip” – Lawyer
Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who represents Kogi Central, will return to the National Assembly later this month after completing her six-month suspension, her lawyer has confirmed. Speaking with The PUNCH in Abuja, her counsel, Victor Giwa, disclosed that the senator was on vacation in London but had already made plans to resume plenary alongside her colleagues when the Senate reconvenes on...
FG Disburses ₦192bn To Support Primary Healthcare As Cost Rises
The Federal Government states that it has disbursed more than N192 billion to strengthen primary healthcare facilities across Nigeria since the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) commenced disbursements in 2019. Dr Muyi Aina, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
“Immigrants Visa Applicants To Hold Interviews In Home Country” – U.S.
The US Department of State (DOS) says that starting November 1, 2025, all immigrant visa applicants must attend their interviews in the consular district where they live or, if requested, in their country of nationality. Right now, applicants can choose where to go for their visa interview. But under the new rule, that flexibility will end. The DOS explained the change...
FG Summons Dangote, NUPENG For Emergency Meeting To Halt Nationwide Strike
The Federal Government through the Minister of Labour and Employment, has summoned the management of Dangote group and the leadership of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, to an emergency meeting on Monday, September 8, in a frantic efforts to halt the planned nationwide strike over alleged anti-union policy among others. The oil workers have already...
“N70,000 No Longer Sustainable” – NLC Demand Minimum Wage Review
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and federal government workers have demanded an urgent review of the national minimum wage, insisting that the current ₦70,000 is no longer sustainable. They made the demand, following the bold steps taken by several states across the country, to increase the minimum wage of their workers above the N70,000 benchmark, in response to the prevailing...
NLC Slams FG On Increased Electricity Tariffs, Theeatens Strike
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has thrown its full weight behind the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, in its face-off with the Dangote Group, directing workers across the country prepare for a solidarity action The move comes as NUPENG announced the commencement of a nationwide strike beginning tomorrow, over what it described as among others, Dangote’s...
