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Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the house of representatives, and Idris Wase, his deputy, on Wednesday, engaged in a verbal confrontation during the plenary session. A dramatic situation unfolded when Gbajabiamila before the adjournment of plenary, asked Hassan Fulata, chairperson of the house committee on rules and business, to make the order paper for […]

Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, says the federal executive council (FEC) has not been dissolved. Speaking with state house correspondents after the valedictory council meeting on Wednesday, Mohammed said the report that the council has been dissolved was fake. He said President Muhammadu Buhari directed all ministers to return to […]

Ibikunle Amosun, former Ogun state governor, says he is not to blame for the relocation of the newly commissioned Dangote Refinery from Ogun state to Lagos state. Dapo Abiodun, the Ogun state governor, had accused his predecessor of scuttling Ogun’s chance of hosting the $19 billion refinery project due to a disagreement between […]

Festus Keyamo, minister of state for labour and employment, says the concept of minister of state is a constitutional aberration. While giving a valedictory speech at the presidential villa on Wednesday, Keyamo said raising the issue did not mean he was ungrateful. The minister said he was attempting to solve an anomaly […]

Nigeria’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 2.31 percent year-on-year in the first quarter (Q1) 2023 — indicating a decline from 3.11 percent recorded in the corresponding quarter of 2022. The figure is also lower than the 3.52 percent recorded in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2022, according to the latest GDP report […]

The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) on Tuesday night picked Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, governor of Kwara state, as its next chairman to succeed Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, the outgoing governor of Sokoto state. But the intrigues that led to the choice of Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo state, as the deputy chairman of one of the […]

Members of the Joint Health Workers Union (JOHESU) on Wednesday staged a protest in the federal capital territory (FCT), Abuja over the federal government’s failure to meet their demands. The workers were demanding the payment of hazard allowance and an adjustment of the consolidated health salary structure. They also want an end […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it has revoked the operating licences of 132 microfinance banks, three finance companies, and four primary mortgage banks. Godwin Emefiele, governor of the apex bank, revoked the licences of the institutions on Monday, an official gazette of the federal government said. Emefiele revoked the licences […]