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The presidency has denied reports that Nigeria lost out in the recent United Nations Human Rights Council elections. Explaining the controversies surrounding the recent elections, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, BAYO ONANUGA, said the country did not stand as a candidate for this cycle of elections. ONANUGA  revealed that the United Nations General Assembly elected 18 members to the Human Rights Council for the 2025-2027 term, stressing that the election conducted via secret […]

Nigeria’s First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu has said her husband, President Bola Tinubu, should not be blamed for the current economic hardship in Nigeria. Oluremi made the remark yesterday at the palace of Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, and equally inaugurated a hostel and a 2.7kilometre road donated to Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile Ife, by the Ooni of Ife and named after her. She said Tinubu's administration is still […]

Petroleum marketers revealed that the Nigerian government has completely removed the subsidy on petrol which is the reason for the latest increase in the price of the product to 1,030 Naira and 998 Naira per litre in Abuja, and Lagos State by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL. The spokesperson of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, CHINEDU UKADIKE, who disclosed this to newsmen, was reacting to the latest fuel […]

President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu on her election as President of the Union for International Cancer Control UICC. Shinkafi-Bagudu, who is a pediatrician consultant and former first lady of Kebbi State, was elected as UICC president for the 2024-2026 term, following the election that was conducted virtually during the UICC General Assembly held on Tuesday, October 8. President Tinubu, in his congratulatory message yesterday through his Special Adviser […]

President BOLA TINUBU has ordered the Nigeria Police Force to protect local government secretariats in Rivers State against incursion by arsonists and vandals. Violent clashes erupted in at least four local government areas with parts of the buildings in Eleme, Ikwerre, and Emohua council premses set ablaze, while gunshots were fired sporadically in Ahoada East to resist the new council officials.  However, the president in a statement by his  spokesman , […]

Former Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye says the court has acquitted him of 12 cases filed against him by the Nigerian government. Melaye, who revealed this yesterday on his X account, stated that justice has been served after six years, emphasizing that justice delayed is not justice denied and expressed gratitude to God along with Mike Ozekhome and Ricky Tafa for the outcome, while asserting a stance of no retreat, […]

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Olayemi Cardoso, has said his leadership made the decisive move to float the Naira in the foreign exchange market to bring the official exchange rate closer to market reality. Cardoso made the disclosure while addressing members of the Harvard Club of Nigeria in Lagos at the weekend on the topic, Leadership in Challenging Times: Restoring Credibility, Building Trust, and Containing Inflation. […]

The Vice President of Nigeria, KASHIM SHETTIMA, has commended the Enugu State Governor, PETER MBAH for his practical leadership style, aimed at turning the state around, through multiple projects across all sectors, assuring of the federal government ‘s support to the State. SHETTIMA gave the commendation yesterday, in his speech during his One Day official visit to Enugu State for the unveiling of the 5Th Expanded National Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, MSME Clinic, Enugu 2024, Organised by the office of the Vice […]

The House of Representatives has expressed dissatisfaction with the conferment of national honours on the leadership of the National Assembly by President BOLA TINUBU, describing it as discrimination against the Green Chamber. A motion sponsored by all 360 lawmakers drew attention to the conferment of the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON) on Senate President GODSWILL AKPABIO;and the Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice KUDIRAT KEKERE-EKUN. The lawmakers, however rejected theconferment of the […]