Author: Damilola Olufemi

Farouk Ahmed has resigned from his position as chief executive officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA). His resignation followed a meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Wednesday. Ahmed was summoned by the president amid allegations bordering on corruption and economic sabotage linked to the operations of the regulatory authority. The Chief Executive  Officer  of the Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), Gbenga Komolafe, also resigned. This was made known in a statement on Wednesday by Tinubu’s special adviser on information and strategy, Bayo Onanuga. “Tinubu has asked the Senate…

A member of the House of Representatives, Abdussamad Dasuki, has raised concerns over what he described as discrepancies between the tax bills approved by the National Assembly and the version currently gazetted and in public circulation. Dasuki brought the matter before lawmakers during Wednesday’s plenary under matters of privilege, claiming that certain provisions in the officially published tax laws do not align with the harmonised bills passed by both the Senate and the House. “I’m here today because my privilege has been breached as a member of this all-important House,” he told his colleagues. “What was passed on this floor…

Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) have begun protest at the NLC Secretariat in Abuja over the worsening insecurity across the country. Among those present include the NLC President, Joe Ajaero, Omoyele Sowore and members of the Revolution Now Movement, in support of the NLC However, security personnel have been deployed to maintain law and order in the vicinity. The NLC had linked reason for the protest to worsening security crisis across the country. In a notice circulated to state councils on December 10, following its NEC-in-session meeting held on December 4, the union condemned the escalating attacks by…

Aisha Buhari, widow of former President Muhammadu Buhari, has revealed that her husband once began locking his room after rumours spread within Aso Rock that she was plotting to kill him. She said the former president briefly believed the claims and changed aspects of his daily life, a development that, according to her, disrupted his carefully managed health routine. The former president died at a London clinic on July 13, 2025. The former president died at a London clinic on July 13, 2025. Aisha made the disclosure in a newly released 600-page biography titled From Soldier to Statesman: The Legacy…

Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has urged Nigerian authorities to place age limits on access to social media, recommending that children under 16 be restricted from using such platforms to protect their welfare. Falana made the call during the weekend in Lagos while speaking as a special guest at the maiden edition of the Dare2Debate competition, an initiative designed to build leadership, critical thinking and public speaking skills among secondary school students through structured debates. He said the conversation around children’s access to social media is gaining momentum globally, noting that several countries are already…

Nigeria’s headline inflation rate declined further in November 2025, reflecting moderated price pressures following the adoption of a new base year, according to the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). In the report published on Monday, the NBS said the CPI increased to 130.5 points in November from 128.9 points in October, indicating a month-on-month rise in average prices. However, on an annual basis, headline inflation slowed to 14.45 per cent, down from 16.05 per cent recorded in October 2025. “The Consumer Price Index rose to 130.5 in November 2025, reflecting a…

Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has rejected as false a widely circulated claim suggesting he declared which region should produce Nigeria’s president in 2027. Social media reports had alleged that the African Democratic Congress chieftain said it was the South’s turn to produce the next president and hinted that he was backing Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, over former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. Reacting on Monday via his verified X account, El-Rufai described the reports as fabricated, stressing that he never made such comments in any public forum. “My attention has been drawn to a trending fake…

The Supreme Court has affirmed the constitutional authority of the president to proclaim a state of emergency in any part of the country to prevent a breakdown of law and order, including the power to suspend elected officials for a limited period. The decision followed a legal challenge brought by Adamawa State alongside 10 other PDP-governed states against the emergency rule imposed by President Bola Tinubu in Rivers State in March. As part of that declaration, the president suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, and members of the Rivers State House of Assembly for an initial six-month period. Delivering the…

Chairman of Dangote Industries Limited (DIL), Aliko Dangote, has accused the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) of approving large-scale imports of petroleum products from Russia, a move he says is crippling Nigeria’s downstream sector and threatening local refining. Dangote made the claims during a media interaction at the Dangote Refinery on Sunday, where he also levelled allegations of corruption against Farouk Ahmed, the chief executive officer of the NMDPRA. According to the billionaire industrialist, the regulator’s leadership is working in concert with foreign traders and fuel importers to frustrate domestic refineries by continually issuing import licences, despite…

As at press time, neither Peller nor any relevant authorities had released an official statement on the incident.