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President Bola Tinubu has directed the immediate removal of persons convicted of serious crimes, including kidnapping, drug-related offences, human trafficking, fraud, and unlawful possession of firearms/arms dealing, among others, from the presidential pardon list.Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, announced this in a statement issued on Wednesday, October 29, 2025.The presidential pardon list had elicited …

Former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and ex-Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva, has dismissed rumours linking him to an alleged coup plot, describing the claims as baseless and politically motivated.In a statement on Wednesday, Sylva’s Special Assistant on Media and Public Affairs, Chief Julius Bokoru, said the false narrative was being circulated by “desperate and narcissistic politicians” …

Recent reports have indicated that Nigerian farmers across the country are lamenting falling food prices despite recording bumper harvests this season, saying the decline has left them struggling to recover production costs. Prices of staple foods such as rice, beans, tomatoes, and maize have dropped sharply due to increased supply from ongoing harvests. A 50kg bag of rice now sells …

Sunshine and thunderstorms have been predicted by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency(NiMet) across the country Wednesday to Friday, October 31, 2025.The agency, in its weather outlook released on Tuesday, October 28, envisaged sunny skies in the northern region on Wednesday morning.‎The weather agency predicted isolated thunderstorms in parts of Taraba and Adamawa States later in the day.‎It stated: “For the central region, …

Armed police officers on Tuesday sealed the Lagos headquarters of Nestoil Limited following a Federal High Court order permitting First Bank of Nigeria and its subsidiary, FBNQuest Merchant Bank, to take over the company’s assets over an alleged multibillion-dollar debt default.The enforcement came after Justice D. I. Dipeolu of the Federal High Court, Lagos, on October 22, 2025, granted a …