BUSINESS NEWS

MRS filling stations begin selling petrol at ₦739 per litre amid surge in Dangote refinery sales

Daily Dispatch December 17, 2025

Motorists in Lagos have begun flocking to MRS Oil filling stations as the company started dispensing Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) at ₦739 per litre, following a sharp reduction in the ex-depot (gantry) price by the Dangote Petroleum Refinery. The price cut, which took effect in parts of Lagos

BUSINESS

FG falls short of 2025revenue target by N30 trn – Finance Minister

Daily Dispatch December 17, 2025

The Federal Government has recorded a major revenue shortfall in the 2025 fiscal year, missing its target by about N30 trillion, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, has disclosed. Edun made this known during an interactive session with the House of Representatives Committees on Finance and National Planning, convened […]

NEWS

President Tinubu’s security reforms yielding results – Gov Ododo….thanks NSA, DSS DG, other security chiefs

Daily Dispatch December 17, 2025

Kogi State governor, Alhaji Usman Ododo on Tuesday in Lokoja the state capital, said security reforms recently introduced by President Bola Tinubu is yielding results across the country, including the recovery of a large stockpile of arms and ammunition in his state. The governor thanked the National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, the Director-General of […]

EDUCATION

Polaris Bank Champions Girls’ Hygiene Awareness with Female Hygiene Essentials Distribution in Kuramo & Victoria Island Junior and Senior Secondary Schools

Daily Dispatch December 17, 2025

Polaris Bank has continued its commitment to empowering the Nigerian girl-child through health education and essential support, with the successful distribution of female hygiene essentials to female students of Kuramo and Victoria Island Junior and Senior Secondary Schools, Lagos. This initiative stems from Polaris Bank’s 2025 International Women’s Day celebration and

NEWS

NMDPRA Chief disowns statement on Dangote’s corruption allegations

Daily Dispatch December 17, 2025

The Authority Chief Executive of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Engr. Farouk Ahmed, has disclaimed a statement purportedly issued by him in response to corruption allegations made by the Chairman of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote. In a clarification issued on Tuesday, Engr. Ahmed said his attention had been drawn to […]

NEWS

CSO official alleges coordinated smear campaign against BPP leadership

Daily Dispatch December 17, 2025

A public policy and governance advocate, Okezie Emmanuel, has alleged that the leadership of the Bureauof Public Procurement (BPP) is being targeted by a coordinated smear campaign orchestrated by vested interests seeking to undermine ongoing reforms in Nigeria’s procurement system. Emmanuel, who is of the Baobab Centre for Public Integrity, made the allegation in a […]