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Vice-President Kashim Shettima says Nigeria did not apply to join BRICS, an economic bloc made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.  Shettima represented President Bola Tinubu at the 15th BRICS summit which held this week at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa. BRICS, which considers itself a counterweight […]

Nigeria’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 2.51 percent in the second quarter (Q2) of 2023, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The growth rate is lower than the 3.54 percent recorded in the same quarter last year. In the report, released on Friday, the NBS attributed the 2023 Q2 […]

Laolu Akande, an ex-spokesperson to former Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, says President Bola Tinubu should clarify which minister is in charge of innovation. While Tinubu appointed Bosun Tijani as the minister of communications, innovation and digital economy, he assigned science, technology and innovation to Uche Nnaji. Appearing on Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television […]

The federal government says the Port Harcourt refinery will begin operations by December 2023. Heineken Lokpobiri, minister of state for petroleum resources (oil), spoke in Port Harcourt on Friday, during an inspection tour of the rehabilitation work at the Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC) Limited plant. Lokpobiri’s assurance follows a similar statement […]

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mojoyinoluwa Dekalu-Thomas as the new managing director and chief executive officer of the Nigeria Electricity Liability Management Company (NELMCO). NELMCO is a special purpose entity (SPE) created by the federal government, and saddled with the responsibility of managing the liabilities and non-core assets of the […]

The military junta in Niger Republic has ordered Sylvain Itte, the French ambassador, to leave the country within 48 hours. The country’s foreign ministry made the announcement in a statement on Friday. According to the statement, the decision to expel the ambassador stemmed from his refusal to honour an invitation with Niger’s […]

Christopher Musa, chief of defence staff (CDS), says the military will hunt down bandits who killed 22 soldiers in Niger state.  Musa spoke on Friday at the burial ceremony of the soldiers at the national military cemetery in Abuja. On August 14, an aircraft conveying wounded soldiers from the scene of the […]

President Bola Tinubu says his administration will review the remuneration of judicial officers as part of efforts to fight corruption in the judiciary. Tinubu spoke on Friday when he received the leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) led by Yakubu Maikyau, its president. The president said the battle against corruption in […]

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has asked the military junta in Niger Republic to allow democracy to thrive in the country. The landlocked Western African country experienced its fifth coup on July 26 when a faction of soldiers toppled democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum. Efforts to restore constitutional order […]