…To Roll Out 70 Smart Fuel Stations Nationwide THE NNPC Retail Ltd. has unveiled a fully smart, 24-hour self-service fuelling station designed for faster, transparent fuelling experience, volume accuracy, customer trust, direct control and energy security, just as it is set to Credit: NAN The station, located along Bill Clinton Drive, Airport Road, between the Flight Training School and the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) Headquarters, Abuja, was commissioned on Thursday with live forecourt demonstrations. The newly commissioned smart station offers a 180,000-litre Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) storage capacity, self-service fuel dispensing, Electric Vehicle (EV) charging, Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) dispensing,…
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THE FEDERAL Government says decriminalising attempted suicide is a public health and human rights imperative requiring urgent legislative action to replace punishment with care and appropriate intervention. The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Iziaq Salako, said this on Thursday in Abuja at a media conference commemorating 2026 World Suicide Prevention Day. Salako, represented by the Permanent Secretary, Ms Daju Kachollom, said the reform would replace punishment with care, support and appropriate intervention for people experiencing mental health crises. He said Nigeria remained one of about 24 countries where attempted suicide was still a criminal offence under…
THE POLICE Command in Kaduna has explained the circumstances surrounding the dispersal of a crowd carrying African Democratic Congress (ADC) banners in Kaduna metropolis. A statement by Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Mansir Hassan, on Thursday in Kaduna said the incident occurred on Wednesday following a distress call from security personnel attached to Murtala Square that some persons were attempting to forcefully gain entry into the premises. He said police personnel were immediately deployed to the location to prevent a breach of security and maintain public order. According to him, on arrival, the police observed a large number of…
CHAD is lifting import duties on some grains and banning exports of other agricultural products to avert food shortages after intense heat and drought damaged harvests across the country. The Central African nation experienced repeated dry spells between July and mid-August, raising concerns about crop development and yields, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization said in a report this week. In a decree published late Wednesday, Finance Minister Tahir Hamid Nguilin said wheat, corn, millet and rice, as well as livestock feed and agricultural equipment, would be exempt from import duties and taxes. A separate decree dated Wednesday and…
THE TRADITIONAL Ugandan kingdom of Tooro was plunged into a bitter succession battle on Thursday after the family of the late king, Oyo Nyimba, rejected clan members’ choice of a television news anchor to succeed him. While Uganda is a constitutional republic, it has several ancient kingdoms whose leaders are revered as symbols of tradition and wield vast social influence. King Oyo, who became the world’s youngest reigning monarch when he took the throne in 1995 as a 3-year-old boy, died on August 27 at the age of 34 in the United States, where he had been receiving treatment for…
INDIA will host the BRICS Leaders’ Summit this weekend, seeking to lift the bloc’s global profile even as the U.S.-led war on Iran splits its membership, with Tehran and Abu Dhabi on opposing sides of the conflict. The September 12-13 summit in New Delhi comes more than six months after the U.S. and Israel launched attacks on Iran, a BRICS member since 2024. The conflict has led to a virtual shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s key choke points in the oil trade, pushing crude prices to over $100 a barrel. BRICS member, UAE, after being…
THE INTER-PARTY Advisory Council (IPAC) has commended police for arresting 46 suspects over an attack on the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi’s convoy. IPAC also urged thorough investigation to establish the immediate and remote causes of the incident, identify perpetrators and sponsors, and ensure all faced justice. The council made the call in a statement on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Martins Egbeola, condemning the attack on Obi along the Makurdi-Gboko highway. IPAC described the incident as political intolerance against Obi, who was travelling to Yelwata, Guma local government area, to sympathise with the families affected…
THE ALL Progressives Congress (APC) and President Bola Tinubu have prayed the Federal High Court in Abuja to dismiss, in its entirety, a suit filed by Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of African Democratic Congress (ADC). Atiku and ADC had, in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1888/2026, sued President Tinubu, APC and Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over allegation that the president presented a forged National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) discharge certificate to INEC. Atiku, a former vice president, and his party, therefore, sought a court order disqualifying Tinubu and APC (1st and 2nd defendants) from the 2027 presidential election. In…
By Victor Itodo Abuh THE RESOURCE Centre for Human Rights and Civic Education (CHRICED) has called for stronger collaboration between the media and civil society organisations (CSOs) to safeguard electoral integrity and protect Nigeria’s shrinking civic space. The Executive Director of CHRICED, Comrade Ibrahim M. Zikirullahi, made the call on Wednesday at the opening of a two-day Media and CSO Workshop on the theme: “Strengthening Media and CSOs for Electoral Integrity and Civic Space Protection in Nigeria” in Kano State. The workshop, held at CHRICED Legacy House, 211 Farawa, Maiduguri Road, Kano, is aimed at strengthening the capacity of journalists…
UNITED States President Donald Trump has promised every adult U.S. citizen a 5,000 dollars payment if Republicans retain control of both chambers of Congress in November’s elections. “So, if the Republicans win, you win with us, and you get 5,000 dollars,” Trump said at a Republican Party convention in Dallas on Wednesday. He said the payment would be called the “Trump dividend.” Trump said the payment would be made if Republicans maintained their majorities in the Senate and House of Representatives. With more than 245 million adults in the United States, the proposal would cost more than one trillion dollars…