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The senate has advised President Bola Tinubu to consider diplomatic options rather than military intervention in the Republic of Niger. On Friday, Tinubu, who is the chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), wrote to the national assembly about the military intervention in Niger, following the coup that removed President […]

Bosun Tijani, a ministerial nominee from Ogun state, has apologised to senators for calling them “morons” in a 2021 Twitter post. On Saturday, Tijani, CEO and co-founder of CcHub, appeared before the senate to for screening as a minister. During the screening, Simon Nwadkon, the senate minority leader, read out a Twitter […]

Bosun Tijani, a ministerial nominee from Ogun state, was on Saturday grilled by senators over a Twitter post he made in 2019. At the commencement of the screening, Abdulfatai Buhari, senator representing Oyo north, asked Tijani to speak on the post. “Nigeria is a bloody expensive tag,” Tijani wrote in the controversial […]

A report released by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) shows that distribution companies installed 171,107 meters for consumers in the first quarter of 2023. The figure represents an additional 6,495 meters installed, which is a 3.95 percent increase compared to the 164,612 meters installed in Q4, 2022. According to the report, […]

The senate, on Saturday, resumed the screening of ministerial nominees recommended by President Bola Tinubu. On Friday, the senate adjourned the screening of the 48 nominees to Saturday. At the resumption of plenary, the lawmakers moved to a closed-door session. But after the closed-door session, the upper legislative chamber commenced the […]

Catherine Colonna, the French minister for Europe and foreign affairs, says France is “strongly” in support of efforts by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to “defeat” the coup in the Niger Republic. Colonna spoke on Saturday when she visited Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou, prime minister of the Niger Republic, at Quai d’Orsay. […]

Standard and Poor’s (S&P), the international rating agency, has upgraded Nigeria’s credit outlook from negative to stable, citing President Bola Tinubu’s planned reforms. A credit rating is a measure of how likely a company or government entity is able to pay back its debts, based on an independent assessment of its financial health. […]

President Bola Tinubu says a comprehensive forensic audit of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is underway. The president also said a thorough overhaul of the federal civil service payroll is imminent. Tinubu spoke on Friday at the presidential villa during a meeting with Ajay Banga, the World Bank president.  “A […]