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…Old Students Inaugurate First National Executive 40 Years After Unity High School’s Establishment …New Exco Targets Toilets, Roofing, Furniture, Teaching Aids, Student Welfare Ayomide Awe The Old Students Association of Unity High School, Ago-Ika, Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Thursday, inaugurated its first National Executive Council, nearly four decades after the establishment of the school. The historic inauguration, held on the school premises, also rekindled memories of the late business mogul and philanthropist, Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, who, according to the association’s maiden president, Mr  Odusiji Kabiru, built the school after the government said it lacked funds to do so.…

…Agency Investigates Named Product As Women Report Itching, Burning Sensations And Other Reactions ….Regulator Launches Laboratory Tests After Concerns Over Substances Allegedly Found In Menstrual Product Daud Olatunji The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has launched fresh investigations into the safety of disposable sanitary pads sold in Nigeria following growing concerns over their chemical composition and possible health effects. The agency said it had commenced laboratory evaluation of a named sanitary-pad product and was also conducting a vigilance exercise to determine the presence of volatile organic compounds in selected registered sanitary pads. The development followed renewed…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has alleged that French cement giant, Lafarge, mounted obstacles against Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, during his push to establish himself in the cement industry. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed that French cement company, Lafarge, allegedly made concerted efforts to frustrate the business ambitions of Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote in the cement sector. Obasanjo made the disclosure on Wednesday while speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony of the Dangote East Africa Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals Special Economic Zone in Lamu County, Kenya. According to the former President, Dangote encountered significant opposition from Lafarge while attempting to…

Zainab Abioye The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited said it incurred N11.2tn in costs to secure the country’s oil and gas assets in 2025, with the Federal Government expected to reimburse the state-owned energy company. The disclosure is contained in NNPC’s 2025 audited financial statements, which classified the expenditure as “other receivables from federation” arising from advance payments to the federation and costs incurred to secure the nation’s oil and gas assets. The development means that billions of naira spent by NNPC on oil and gas security during the year remain recoverable from the Federal Government under an approved framework…

The Federal Government incurred an electricity subsidy obligation of ₦679.58bn in the first half of 2026, representing a 35.27 per cent decline from the ₦1.05tn recorded in the corresponding period of 2025, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has disclosed. NERC made the disclosure in its Second Quarter 2026 Report, released on September 29, 2026, detailing the operational and commercial performance of Nigeria’s electricity supply industry. The latest figure means the government continued to shoulder a substantial portion of the cost of electricity supplied to consumers amid the absence of cost-reflective tariffs across all distribution companies. According to the report, the…

Daud Olatunji The 66th Independence anniversary of Nigeria on Thursday triggered fresh criticism of the Federal Government’s economic record, with the Tanimu Turaki-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party describing President Bola Tinubu as a “Pharaoh” while former Anambra State governor, Peter Obi, lamented persistent poverty, hunger and insecurity across the country. The two opposition voices spoke separately as President Tinubu, in his Independence Day address, declared that Nigeria had passed through its own “Red Sea” of economic reforms and was entering what he described as an “age of prosperity.” Tinubu acknowledged that millions of Nigerians were still struggling with…

Zainab Abioye A commercial tricycle operator, identified as Mr Friday Ani, has reportedly died following an altercation with revenue enforcement officials at the Garriki Terminal in Enugu South Local Government Area of Enugu State. The reported death, which occurred on Wednesday night, September 30, 2026, triggered a protest by hundreds of tricycle operators in the area on Thursday, disrupting commercial activities and forcing some transport parks in parts of the city to temporarily shut down. Ani, said to be in his early 50s and a father of five, was reportedly involved in a dispute with officials enforcing daily ticket payments…

Ayomide Awe The Lead Pastor and General Overseer of Victory Life Bible Church International, Apostle Lawrence Achudume, has urged Nigerians to harness the country’s vast human and natural resources for national development, while using democratic processes to demand accountable and responsible leadership. Achudume made the call in Abeokuta, Ogun State, during a special programme organised by the church to pray for Nigeria as the country marked its 66th Independence anniversary. The cleric said Nigeria was endowed with enormous human capital, agricultural resources and other natural assets capable of transforming the country into a prosperous nation, but stressed that such potential…

Daud Olatunji Public servants across the federal, state and local government levels are set to withdraw their services nationwide for three days from Friday, October 2, following the declaration of a warning strike by the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council. The industrial action, scheduled to begin at midnight on Friday and end on Sunday, October 4, is coming amid growing concerns over the rising cost of living and what the council described as worsening economic hardship confronting workers and their dependants. The council announced the strike in a circular issued on Thursday and signed by its National Secretary, Comrade…

Amidah Abdul Fatai More than 380 suspects have been arrested and over 230 convictions secured in Kano State within two months of the government’s intensified crackdown on drug abuse, illicit trafficking and related criminal activities, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has disclosed. Yusuf made the disclosure on Thursday while addressing residents at the 66th Independence Anniversary celebration held at the Sani Abacha Indoor Stadium, Kano. The governor said the arrests and convictions followed the establishment of the Kano State Multi-Agency Task Force on Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in July 2026, alongside an Executive Order designed to strengthen the state’s response…