EPL fixtures: Man City host Arsenal as Chelsea face Man United
Title-chasing Manchester City face leaders Arsenal in a seismic showdown at the top of the Premier League on Sunday. Troubled Chelsea will face Manchester United in the race for Champions League qualification at Stamford Bridge, while Liverpool are also in search of a morale boost in the Merseyside derby. Arsenal travel to the Etihad Stadium on Sunday nursing a six-point lead...
Army dismantles oil theft syndicate along Lagos waterways, arrests 15
Troops of the Nigerian Army have broken up a suspected large-scale oil bunkering syndicate operating along the Lekki-Ibeju coastal axis of Lagos State, arresting 15 suspects and seizing trucks, marine equipment, and pumping devices used in illegal petroleum siphoning. The operation was carried out in the early hours of Thursday by troops of 65 Battalion under the 81 Division, acting...
Retired police officers protest low pension, demand exit from contributory scheme
Retired police officers took to the streets in Ibadan on Thursday, protesting what they described as grossly inadequate retirement benefits and demanding that the police be removed from the Contributory Pension Scheme administered by the National Pension Commission. The retirees staged their demonstration at the Oyo State Police Headquarters in Eleyele, decrying a pension system they said leaves officers financially...
Nigeria needs $2.3trn to close infrastructure gap — ICRC
Nigeria requires $2.3 trillion over the next 23 years — roughly $100 billion annually — to bridge its infrastructure deficit, the Director General of the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission, Dr. Jobson Ewalefoh, has said. Ewalefoh disclosed this on the sidelines of the ongoing World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings in Washington DC, telling journalists that current budgetary allocations fall far short of...
Tinubu to opposition: You can’t scare me off, I’ve been through this path before
President Bola Tinubu has declared that he will not be intimidated by opposition voices, insisting that he remains committed to leading Nigeria through its current challenges. Receiving a delegation of the Renewed Hope Ambassadors led by Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma at the State House in Abuja on Thursday, April 16, 2026, Tinubu said attempts to discourage him from pursuing...
Tinubu to Nigerians: I won’t let you down, don’t allow opposition to deceive you
President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed his commitment to building a stable, peaceful, and prosperous nation, assuring that the well-being of Nigerians remains his top priority. Tinubu stated that the political and economic structures that have long undermined Nigerians’ prosperity are being steadily replaced through the realignment of the economy to enable full participation. The president said this during a meeting with...
Oluremi Tinubu to flag off FG’s ECoN programme in Kano
First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu will on April 23 officially launch Energise Commercialisation Now (ECoN), a Federal Government programme designed to drive innovation and industrial production across the country's six geopolitical zones. Kano State Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs, Ibrahim Waiya, disclosed this at a news conference on Thursday, describing the three-day event — scheduled to run from April...
Atiku fires back at Tinubu, accuses president of hypocrisy, historical amnesia
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has launched a stinging counterattack on President Bola Tinubu, accusing him of hypocrisy, historical distortion, and an inability to engage documented facts about Nigeria's economic history. In a statement issued on Thursday by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, Atiku described Tinubu's recent remarks as a "reckless tirade" that exposes "a troubling...
NAPTIP nabs two men for trafficking daughters to Libya
The Ogun State Command of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) is investigating two men for allegedly trafficking their 15-year-old daughters through the Sahara Desert to Libya for child labour. The state commander, Bose Jimoh, identified the suspects on Thursday as Akinsanya Oladimeji, 55, and Kehinde Rasheed, 45, whose daughters — Adeola and Rokibat Adeyemi...
Oil prices slip as hopes for US-Iran peace talks raise supply outlook
Oil prices fell in early trade on Friday, April 17, 2026, on optimism that the Middle East conflict could be nearing an end after a 10-day ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel took effect. United States President Donald Trump also said the U.S. and Iran may meet for talks over the weekend. Brent crude futures declined by $1.34, or 1.35%, to $98.05...
