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Nigeria has secured a major legal win after an arbitration tribunal dismissed claims by European Dynamics UK Ltd, saving the government an estimated $6.2 million in potential liabilities. The ruling, delivered at the International Centre for Arbitration and Mediation, Abuja, arose from a dispute over a national e-procurement project under the ...

Nigerians will soon have the opportunity to own equity in the multi-billion-dollar Dangote Group’s petroleum refinery, with public share sales expected within four to five months, according to its president, Aliko Dangote.Dangote disclosed the plan during a briefing at the Lagos refinery complex following a working visit by the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC...

A lone road accident along the Railway Crossing on the Abeokuta–Lagos Expressway has claimed three lives and le...

The Executive Chairman of Ipokia Local Government, Johnson Akohomeh Avoseh, has pledged continued collaboration with ...

The Senate of the University of Abuja has taken a hardline disciplinary stance, expelling 28 students following findi...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged sweeping reforms at the National Open University of Nigeria, calling for the immediate reinstatement of its suspended Law programme and deeper integration of artificial intelligence into academic delivery.Obasanjo made the appeal in Abeokuta while receiving the newly appointed Vice-Chancellor of NOUN, Uduma Uduma, alongside members of the university’s management team. ...

Environmental specialists have warned that Nigeria’s rapid biodiversity decline could undermine food security, tourism, public health and long-term economic growth, calling on federal and state authorities to prioritise ecosystem preservation.The appeal was made in Abeokuta during the validation and inauguration of Multi-Stakeholder Platforms and a Biodiversity Needs Assessment Study focused on conserving the low...

The substantial rise in Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in Ogun State — climbing from ₦50 billion in 2020 ...

The Oba Lasisi Olagbemileke Oladimeji, Aranyin of Iranyin, has appealed to Seyi Makinde to urgently resolve the prolonged vacancy of the Aresa-Adu of Iresa-Adu stool in Surulere Local Council of Oyo State.The revered throne has remained unoccupied for nearly eight years, a situation the monarch described as detrimental to traditional governance, security coordination, and historical continuity within the Aresa-Adu doma...

The second edition of the Niger Delta Games has commenced in Benin City with a strong reform-driven message, as organisers declared zero tolerance for age falsification, doping, athlete poaching, and other unethical practices in Nigerian sports.Chairman of Dunamis-Icon Limited, the organisers of the Games, Sir Itiako Malik Ikpokpo, said the tournament is designed not only to discover talent but to reset the standards o...