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Nigeria’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 3.11 per cent in the first quarter of 2022. The figure shows the sixth consecutive quarter of positive growth. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said this on Monday in its new Gross Domestic Product Report. According to the report, the first quarter 2022 […]

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that COVID-19 is not over in spite of reports that cases and deaths have declined significantly. Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general, said this on Sunday at the opening of the world health assembly in Geneva, Switzerland. The world health assembly is the decision-making body of WHO […]

Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, former minister of state for education, says the north would support the bid for a south-east presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress — if the south-west hopefuls quit the race.  Nwajiuba said in the interest of national justice and fairness, the south-east should produce the next president of the country. […]

Mohammed Hayatu-Deen, a former managing director of the now-defunct FSB International Bank, says Nigeria needs a president who understands how to run a thriving economy. Hayatu-Deen, a presidential hopeful on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) platform, spoke on Sunday at a media parley in Lagos. He said Nigeria has been governed by […]

Hyacinth Alia, a suspended priest in the Catholic diocese of Gboko, Benue, says he joined the state’s gubernatorial race to effect change. Alia, a governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was suspended by the church after his declaration. The priest has since submitted his gubernatorial expression of interest […]

The federal government has introduced a new telecommunications tax to provide finance to subsidise the cost of provision of health care services to vulnerable persons in Nigeria. This is contained in the National Health Insurance Authority Bill 2021 signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari on May 19. Section 26(1c) of the […]

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) says it has revoked unexecuted contracts awarded between 2000 and 2019 following a directive from the presidency. Ibitoye Abosede, director of corporate affairs, NDDC, said this in a statement issued on Sunday in Port Harcourt. Abosede said the cancellation followed recommendations of the recently-concluded forensic audit […]