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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), has disowned a letter claiming she was threatened after a visit to President Bola Tinubu. On Tuesday, Okonjo-Iweala visited Tinubu at the State House, Abuja. Tuesday was the second time Tinubu and Okonjo-Iweala were meeting since the president assumed office on May 29. […]

Angela Liu, counsel to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, says the “vigorous opposition” by President Bola Tinubu in the bid to unravel controversy around his academic records is suspicious. A US court had dismissed a suit seeking Tinubu’s academic records after Abubakar withdrew the case. Phrank Shaibu, an aide to the former […]

The Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) says the sanctions imposed by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on the Niger Republic following the coup in the country would not yield positive results. On Tuesday, ECOWAS, chaired by President Bola Tinubu, resolved to impose financial sanctions on individuals and entities […]

President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, met with Nasir el-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna, at the presidential villa. Nyesom Wike, former governor of Rivers and a ministerial nominee, was also at the State House to see the president. El-rufai’s meeting with Tinubu is his first public engagement with the president since Monday when […]

The Ekiti state government has rolled out palliative measures to cushion the effects of the petrol subsidy removal on residents. In July, Biodun Oyebanji, the governor, directed a three-man committee to meet with the leadership of organised labour to finalise proposals for the measures. Speaking with journalists on Wednesday, Akintunde Oyebode, commissioner […]

Doyin Okupe, an ex-aide to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has called on the leadership of the senate to confirm Nasir el-Rufai as minister. TheCable reported that the senate withheld el-Rufai’s confirmation as minister over security clearance. The red chamber had approved the appointment of 45 out of the 48 ministerial nominees submitted […]

Godwin Emefiele, suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has asked a federal high court in Lagos to restrain the federal government from further prosecuting him. The Department of State Services (DSS) is prosecuting Emefiele for “illegal possession of a firearm”. Emefiele is also seeking an order of the court […]

The presidential committee on fiscal policy and tax reforms says the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and 62 other ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) of the federal government should not collect revenue directly. Taiwo Oyedele, chairman of the committee, spoke on Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television programme, on Wednesday. He said the […]