Latest from Tuesday, October 7th, 2025

Leading figures across business, civil society, religion, and academia released a Joint Statement on the Dangote Refinery Dispute on October 6, urging sustained dialogue and laying out key principles as the refinery continues to navigate labour, regulatory, and market tensions.

The Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Geoffrey Uche Nnaji, has resigned from President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet following allegations of certificate forgery.

Professor Mahmood Yakubu has handed over to May Agbamuche as the Acting National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Filling stations and gas plants belonging to independent and major marketers selling Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), popularly known as cooking gas, have shut down operations in Kano due to the scarcity of the product.

A 69-year-old Nigerian solo biker, global adventurer, and humanitarian, Ibijuwon Sofekun, popularly known as Firekiss, has embarked on a 99-day cross-continental motorcycle journey across 40 countries in Europe and Africa to raise awareness about the mental health of the boy child.

Seventeen passengers kidnapped by gunmen along the Calabar–Oron waterway have regained their freedom after spending 12 days in captivity.

The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has condemned recent remarks by Senator Adams Oshiomhole on national television, describing them as a distortion of labour laws and an attack on workers’ rights.

The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) has called on the federal government to create at least 27 million formal jobs by 2030 — an average of 4.5 million jobs annually — to prevent unemployment from worsening as Nigeria’s working-age population expands to 168 million within the decade.

Nigeria has begun one of its largest-ever vaccination campaigns, targeting 106 million children against measles, rubella, and polio, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).