On Tuesday, September 16, 2025, troops of the Joint Task Force (North East) Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) eliminated 11 Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists in separate operations across Borno and Adamawa states, as disclosed by a military source, per Vanguard and Punch. In Bama’s Kukawa Local Government Area, eight fighters, including two commanders, were killed on September […]
On Tuesday, September 16, 2025, UN Secretary-General António Guterres proposed a 15% reduction to the UN’s regular budget for 2026, slashing it to $3.238 billion from $3.7 billion and eliminating 2,681 jobs, as part of the UN80 Initiative to enhance agility amid chronic liquidity issues exacerbated by U.S. President Donald Trump’s policies, according to letters […]
On Wednesday, September 3, 2025, UK inflation remained unchanged at 3.8% in August 2025, matching July’s rate and analysts’ forecasts, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), fueling expectations that the Bank of England (BoE) will hold interest rates at 4% in its Thursday meeting, as reported by Reuters and BBC News. The BoE’s […]
On Tuesday, September 2, 2025, the Director-General of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Farouk Umar, warned that the N11,000 fee charged to airlines per flight, unchanged since 2008, is no longer viable given escalating costs for aviation infrastructure maintenance, as stated during a summit by the House of Representatives Committee on Aviation (Web:0, Web:1, […]
On Monday, September 15, 2025, the Dangote Petroleum Refinery commenced direct supplies of petrol to marketers, leading to skeletal operations at depots and a sharp decline in purchases, as sources close to the industry told Vanguard. An anonymous source attributed the shift to the refinery’s rollout of 1,000 CNG trucks on September 8, 2025, heightening […]
On Tuesday, September 2, 2025, the Presidency assured Nigerians that inflation, which eased to 20.12% in August 2025 from 21.88% in July, is on track to reach single digits soon, promising better living conditions amid rising food prices, as stated by Special Adviser on Economic Matters, Tope Fasua, on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief (Web:0, […]
A group of five armed individuals, suspected to be kidnappers, have abducted the wife and daughter of Alhaji Muhammad Swasun, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairman for Patigi Local Government Area in Kwara State. The incident occurred on Sunday night at the chairman’s residence in the Sakpefu area. Sources familiar with the event said […]
The Ministry of Labour and Employment has taken emergency measures to prevent a nationwide strike by the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) in response to a dispute with the Dangote Group. The Ministry rescheduled a key tripartite meeting to an earlier time in an attempt to get all parties to the […]
Following what Ukraine has called Russia’s largest-ever aerial assault, U.S. President Donald Trump has stated he’s prepared to impose additional sanctions on Moscow. The attack, which occurred on Sunday, saw a barrage of missiles and drones rain down across Ukraine, with the capital Kyiv’s government offices being hit for the first time in the three-and-a-half-year […]
On Wednesday, September 3, 2025, the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative (PCNGI) clarified that the Federal Government does not subsidize Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), addressing recent pump price increases by private operators like NIPCO Gas, as stated in a press release reported by Vanguard and The Punch (Web:0, Web:4). The PCNGI emphasized that pricing is […]