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Politics

Seun Kuti’s MOP, Obedients Among 110 Seeking Political Party Status

INEC says 110 associations have applied for party registration before 2027, including groups led by Ricketts and Johnson.

Community

Delta Communities Petition NIWA Over Night Oil Vessel Operations

Twenty-two Burutu communities say SEEPCO's night crude movements on the Ramos River wreck fishing gear and livelihoods, and want them stopped.

News

Raye Still Serving, No Service Extension – NYSC

The scheme says Rita Uguamaye remains an active corps member, rejecting Sowore's claim that her service was extended over criticism of Tinubu.

Community

Omadino Backs Chevron, Rejects Kokodiagbene’s Oil Field Claim

Omadino leaders cite a 1949 court ruling to back Chevron's trust registration, dismissing Kokodiagbene's rival ownership claim.

Politics

House of Reps Extend 2024 Budget Capital Spending to Dec 2025

The bill, presented by Ibrahim Halims, passed second reading by voice vote and was referred to the Committee on Supply.

Politics

Edo Assembly Approves N100bn Loan for Infrastructure

Lawmakers unanimously backed the First Bank facility to pay contractors on projects under the SHINE Development Framework.

Community

Unpaid Warri Land Rent Threatens Peace, Lori-Ogbebor Warns

She wants Abuja to enforce 1927 and 1951 rulings after Urhobo families ignored a deadline to pay.

Politics

PDP, INEC Hold Closed-Door Meeting in Abuja

Damagum, Yakubu, governors and senior officials met after a press briefing, with talks believed to cover party leadership and election preparations.

Community

WIPM Fires Back at Tantita Beneficiaries Over Counter-Protest in Warri

The movement says its grievance is contract violations and community abuses, not ethnicity, and wants surveillance jobs given to Itsekiri firms.

Community

EFCC Arrests NNPC Officials Over $7.2bn Warri Refinery Fraud

Former NNPC finance chief Umar Ajiya Isa and a past Warri refinery boss are being questioned over diverted maintenance funds.

Politics

Itsekiri APC Leaders Endorse Tinubu, Oborevwori for 2027

Stakeholders at the Warri meeting passed a unanimous motion, with Ayiri Emami calling the Itsekiri unity historic after a decade of division.

Politics

Senate Set to Hold Public Hearings on 1999 Constitution Review

More than 50 proposals, including state police, council autonomy and new states, will be debated at the sittings.

News

Benue Links Bus Passengers Kidnapped in Armed Ambush

The bus from Abeokuta was found abandoned in Okpokwu with belongings inside, and one passenger has been rescued as searches continue.

News

NNPC Hikes Petrol Prices by N35 in Abuja, N45 in Lagos

Stations in Lagos and Abuja have adjusted pumps, with MRS and TotalEnergies also raising prices after Dangote refinery lifted its ex-depot rate.

Community

ISOPLOT Calls Out INYA, Urges Suspension of Warri Ward Delineation

The group accuses the rival youth assembly of serving paymasters and warns the exercise threatens ethnic balance before 2031.

Community

Aja Osolo Protest Allegedly Disrupted by Armed OML 150 Group

Community members say men with cutlasses arrived by boat and tore down their barricade at the Delta jetty.

Community

Delta Govt Vows to Complete Orere Bridge Despite Setbacks

Half of the 500-metre bridge is done, but a faulty contractor barge and rising material costs have slowed work.

Niger Delta

Soneye Steps Down as NNPC Communications Chief

Soneye, appointed in October 2023, said he is leaving to spend more time with family and handle personal matters.