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ECOWAS Gives Niger Junta Week To Cede Power, Imposes Sanctions & No Fly Zone

In a swift response to military coup in Niger Republic, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has enforced a no-flight zone over the country. The decision was announced today by the ECOWAS, at an urgent meeting following the increasing tension stirred…

30/07/2023

Senate Won’t Clear Incompetent Ministerial Nominees, Senate Leader Reveals

The Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele yesterday assured Nigerians that the upper chamber would not clear incompetent ministerial nominees, promising that they would be properly screened. Bamidele, also Chairman of the Southern Senators’ Forum, stated that the federal government would soon roll out social…

30/07/2023

Tinubu To Host ECOWAS Special Meeting On Niger Coup

President Bola Tinubu will on Sunday host a special meeting of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) over the political impasse in Mali. Armed presidential guards seized power in Niger Republic on Wednesday, detaining President Mohamed Bazoum. The situation has sparked…

29/07/2023

Niger: US VP Harris, UN Secretary-General Guterres Call Tinubu

United States Vice President Kamala Harris and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed strong support for Nigeria’s efforts toward the restoration of constitutional order in the Republic of Niger. They offered their support in separate telephone conversations with President Bola Tinubu on Thursday…

28/07/2023

El-Rufai, Wike, Other Nominees Face Senate Screening Monday

The Senate will, on Monday, commence the screening of the ministerial nominees submitted to it by President Bola Tinubu on Thursday. This is just as indications emerged that the President will create new ministries and form his full cabinet in two weeks. Speaking shortly…

28/07/2023

CAC to Strike off 100,000 Companies from it’s Register for Failure to File Annual Returns

The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has announced its plan to strike off one hundred thousand companies that have failed to file their annual returns in the last decade. The Registrar-General/CEO of the CAC, Alhaji Garba Abubakar, made this revelation during a Training…

27/07/2023

Wike, Umahi, 26 Others Make Tinubu’s Ministerial List (FULL LIST)

Former Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, made President Bola Tinubu’s ministerial list read on the floor of the Senate on Thursday afternoon. Ex-Governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi; and presidential spokesman, Dele Alake also made the list. After a long wait by Nigerians,…

27/07/2023

Your Planned Strike is Illegal – Solicitor General

The Federal Government has told the Nigeria Labour Congress that it is legally restrained from embarking on planned nationwide strike against the hike in the price of petrol and the high cost of living in the country. The NLC had given the government…

27/07/2023

NLC Threatens Nationwide Strike, Demands Reversal Of Petrol Price

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has issued a seven-day ultimatum to the President Bola Tinubu administration to reverse “all anti-poor” people policies including the hike in the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) known as petrol. In a communique at the end of…

26/07/2023

Development In Niger Republic Unacceptable — ECOWAS Chair

The Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), President Bola Tinubu, has described as unacceptable, the unfolding development in Niger Republic. “All players in the Republic of Niger, the leadership of the ECOWAS Region and all lovers of democracy around…

26/07/2023

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