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Bode George, former deputy national chairman (south) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says he’ll never congratulate Bola Tinubu, president-elect, on his victory. Speaking on Arise Television on Monday, George said he has nothing personal against the former Lagos governor. The PDP chieftain said he disagrees with Tinubu’s “methodologies of governance, his […]

A splinter group of the minority caucuses in the house of representatives has declared support for Tajudeen Abbas and Benjamin Kalu. Abbas and Kalu are the anointed candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the position of speaker and deputy for the 10th assembly. The group — Minority Parties Forum — […]

For the first time since the return of democracy in 1999, the ruling party has been unable to produce the majority of members-elect in the house of representatives.  The opposition parties won more seats in the lower legislative chamber than the ruling party at the February 25 national assembly election and the subsequent […]

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), says young people will not be keen to relocate abroad if they can thrive in the country. The former finance minister spoke on Monday at the 2023 induction for re-elected and elected governors. The event, organised by the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF), had […]

Olisa Agbakoba, a former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), says the swearing-in of Bola Tinubu as president is bound to happen on May 29. Tinubu, the standard bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was declared as the winner of the February 25 presidential poll with 8,794,726 votes. However, criticism […]

Chris Ngige, minister of labour and employment, has kicked against the bill seeking to mandate medical and dental practitioners to practice for five years in Nigeria before relocating abroad. According to NAN, Ngige spoke to journalists after a federal executive council (FEC) meeting on Monday. In April, Ganiyu Johnson, an All Progressives […]

Abdulaziz Yari, a former governor of Zamfara state, says he is still in the race for senate president. The senator-elect spoke on Monday while addressing reporters on the sidelines of the induction ceremony of new and returning members of the national assembly. The ruling party had nominated Godswill Akpabio and Jibrin Barau […]

The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the National Council on Climate Change (NCCC) to ensure the development of a climate change framework and provide guidelines for regulating emissions in Nigeria. Speaking on Monday during the signing ceremony, Aminu Umar-Sadiq, managing director and chief executive officer […]