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  President Bola Tinubu has sworn in the board and management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, seven weeks after their appointment on April 2, 2025.   The board’s Non-Executive Chairman, Ahmadu Kida, and NNPCL’s Group Chief Executive Officer, Bashir Ojulari, were sworn in at a brief ceremony held ...

  Alejandro Garnacho has cast doubt over his future at Manchester United after being dropped by Ruben Amorim for the Red Devils Europa League final defeat to Tottenham.   United have endured their worst campaign in the Premier League era meaning they will miss out on European football entirely next ...

  A top Thai court on Thursday ruled that former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra must pay more than $300 million in compensation over a controversial rice subsidy scheme during her time in office.   The ruling is the latest round in a long-running legal battle over the rice scheme that ...

  President Bola Tinubu on Thursday transmitted a budget proposal of N1.48 trillion for the Rivers State Government to the National Assembly for consideration and passage.   The President said the budget proposal became necessary because of the nullification of the 2025 budget of the state by the Supreme Court ...

  The Anambra State Police Command has appealed to the public for relevant information regarding five individuals who were declared missing while transiting through the state.   PUNCH Online learnt that reports circulating on social media claim that the travellers, who left Lagos for Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, became unreachable ...

  Some educationists have condemned Artificial Intelligence and social media, subsets of the internet, saying that despite their positive impacts, when abused, they negatively influence students’ academic performance and reduce the quality of education in the country.   They disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja during interviews with the News ...

  The State Chairmen of the Labour Party in the North Central geo-political zone of the country have vowed to continue to give maximum support to the National Chairman of the party, Julius Abure in spite of the numerous political challenges he is currently facing.   The LP chairmen also ...

  The Rector of Ogun State Institute of Technology, Igbesa, Dr Abiodun Oluseye has expressed the institution’s solidarity and support to the Registrar of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof Ishaq Oloyede over the recent glitches encountered during the conduct of this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.   Recall that ...

  Former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi has denied reports that he travelled to Rome to meet President Bola Tinubu regarding an alleged ₦225 billion debt linked to Fidelity Bank.   In a statement released on Thursday, Obi described the report as part of a blackmail campaign aimed at ...

  President Bola Tinubu is committed to the $25bn gas pipeline project between Nigeria and Morocco, Senator Jimoh Ibrahim, representing Nigeria at the executive session of the African Parliament Union, announced on Wednesday in Casablanca.   The senator stated that this gas initiative is at the forefront of the Nigerian ...