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Pope Leo will sing Benedetto Carlo Acutis on Sunday 7 September, the first ceremony of his mandate and the first Catholic saint of the millennial generation, raising him to the same level as Mother Teresa and Francis of Assisi.Carlo, an Italian of British origin who died of leukemia in 2006 at the age of 15, had been canonized on April …

He arrests police traffickers, save 3 children from the abduction attempts The State Police Command of Nasarawa has foiled an attempt to traffic of minors in Mararaba, following the rapid intervention of its agents who led to the arrest of a suspicion and the safe rescue of three children. On 04/09/2025 at about 1745 hours, a rescue call was received …

The federal government has denied the report that an additional five percent fee in gasoline and diesel will take effect in January 2026, saying that there is no implementation date that has been set. The Chairperson of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reform, Taiwo Oyedele, clarified the issue in a video message released on Friday, emphasizing that …

Every resident remaining in Gaza’s largest city must go to the designated area in the south, the Israeli military has warned. Israeli forces conducted offensive on the suburbs of Gaza, in the north of the region, as part of the plan to capture it – increasing concerns over the humanitarian crisis that had lived. When Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Has …

In 2025, new research shed light on the urgent need of Nigeria to strengthen the protection of minors in line with international standards. The firm, recently completed by a Nigerian legal scholar, examines the gaps in current legislation and asks for reforms that align with the United Nations Convention on the rights of the child (CRC), the African Charter on …

Nigeria Midstream and the downstream oil regulatory authority (NMDPRA) have rejected subsidized claims in the oil and gas sector, insisting that the country operates a complete deregulation market. The Director of Public Affairs at NMDPRA, George Ene-Ya, made this known in Abuja on Friday when reacting to reports that show that the federal government has removed subsidies or raised the …

Former Vice President and 2023 Presidential candidates from the Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, have expressed concern over what he described as “coordinated and dangerous attacks on different voices” in Nigeria. Atiku’s statement followed the recent incident, including the police call former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, and the leaders of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), the attack on former …

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) ordered Ibom Air to compensate the passengers affected by the cancellation of the airline flight on Friday 5 September 2025. The directive followed a complaint from one passenger on X, who accused Ibom Air of little service. The passenger wrote: “After moving a 3:30 flight to 5:20, you still call your customers to go …

The Nigerian equity market continues to decline because investors lose N832 billion in the new trading Sunday. Bourse recorded profits in only one of the four trading sessions this week, losing in three because the Federal government was declared Friday 5 September 2025, as a public holiday to mark Eid El Maulud’s celebration. Market capitalization fell to N87,937 trillion from …

Petroleum Tanker Driver (PTD) has replied to the strike notification issued by the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (Nupeng) for the alleged prevention of dangote refinery for compressed natural gas tanker drivers (CNG) from “joining the trade union”. Ripples Nigeria has reported that Nupeng has directed the driver of the tanker to the tools down from 8 …