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NNPC revenue drops N165BN

Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC LTD) has reported a decrease in N165 billion revenue for July. NNPC said in a summary of its monthly report-July 2025 that revenue fell to N4,406 trillion from N4,571 trillion recorded in June 2025, representing a decline of 3.59 percent. Likewise, profit after tax (PAT) fell 79.56 percent to N185 billion in July from …

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Evelyn Osagie: a short tribute to an unstoppable literary journalist

The news came like a shock, awakening a spiral of forged memories in those days when the activities of the association of Nigerian authors (Ana) were adequately reported and extended to the public by a battery of artists of arts and culture. Evelyn Osagie was just one of the brilliant and dedicated journalists who moved with writers from one end …

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Hat-trick Kane Nets when Bayern reached six against Leipzig

England striker Harry Kane scored a hat-trick for Bayern Munich when they claimed a 6-0 victory over RB Leipzig in the Bundesliga match on Friday night. It was the opening match of the German topflight season, and former Crystal Palace Wing player Michael Olise also scored two goals. Serge Gnabry chose Luis Diaz after a very good passing routine, to …

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Ruthless Chelsea Whip West Ham 5-1

Chelsea beat West Ham United 5-1 to earn the first victory of the Premier League campaign of 2025/26 and accumulate more pressure on their former coach, Graham Potter. The blues had the talisman Cole Palmer, their heating at the London stadium and remained behind in a spectacular sixth minute strike by Lucas Paqueta, but their response was emphatic. Joao Pedro …

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Boko Haram leader denies death in Niger

On Friday a close assistant to the head of the jihadist group Boko Haram denied the statements of the Nigerian army that he was killed in a target air attack in the Lake Chad basin. Boko Haram leader killed in Niger The militant group has conducted a bloody insurrection to establish an Islamic caliphate in the North -Ast of Nigeria …

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FG, State, LGAS shared N2TR as an income allocation for July

Three levels of government on Friday share N2 trillion as an income allocation for July. The Director of Information and Public Relations at the Ministry of Finance, Muhamed Manga, revealed this in a statement issued at the end of the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) this month led by the Minister of Finance and the Coordinating Minister for Economic, Wale …

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Allegations of criminals killing Polytechnic students in Bauchi

The criminals who were suspected on Friday killed an Abubakar Tatari Ali Polytechnic student in the state of Bauchi, Samuel Mbami. Spokesman for the State Police Command, Ahmed Deputy, confirmed the incident to journalists on Friday at Bauchi. He said the incident occurred around 3:00 in the morning when three armed disruptives invaded the cottage outside the campus that accommodated …

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Sultan asks Muslims to look for New Moon of Rabi’ul Awwal

The sultan of Sokoto and the General Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs in Nigeria, Alhaji Mohammed Sa’ad Abubakar LLL, recommended Ummah Muslims to start looking for New Moon of Rabi’ul Awwal from Saturday 23 August and reporting his sighting to the closest district head for Sulta This was contained in a press declaration issued and made available to Sokoto journalists …

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Diesel prices fell N24.36 in July – NBS

The National Statistics Bureau (NBS) said on Friday that the retail price of diesel averaged to N1.789.45 in July. This figure is N24.36 or 1.34 percent lower than N1,813.81 for products in June. NBS revealed this in the Diesel price watch for July, released in Abuja. The report reads: “In years-to-year, prices rose 29.72 percent of N1,379.48 per liter recorded …

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