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“Order the deployment of the ECOWAS stand-by force to restore constitutional order in the Republic of Niger. ECOWAS has declared war action against Niger. The Economic Community of West African States has ordered its standby force to restore constitutional order in the Niger Republic. The President of ECOWAS, Omar Alieu Touray, made the declaration while reading the resolution of ECOWAS ...

A 400-level student of Economics at the University of Ibandan, Orire Agbaje, appointed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as a member of the presidential committee on fiscal policy and tax reforms. Newsmaxngr reports that Orire Agbaje is the president of The Tax Club, University of Ibadan, as well as the president of the Nigerian Universities Tax Club. In a readthrough ...

Taiwo Odukoya, the senior pastor and founder of The Fountain of Life Church, Ilupeju, Lagos, is dead. A statement posted on the Church’s official Facebook page on Tuesday, said that the popular clergy died on Monday, August 7, 2023 in the United States of America.   More to come.

Godswill Akpabio, Nigeria’s Senate President, on Wednesday, unveiled 19 more ministerial nominees submitted by President Bola Tinubu. In the new list are former Governors Gboyega Oyetola (Osun), Simon Lalong (Plateau), Bello Matawalle (Zamfara) and Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi). Earlier, the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, submitted the supplementary ministerial list to the Senate. The immediate past Speaker of ...

There is anxiety across Nigeria as diphtheria disease spreads to eight states in the country, the federal government has said. Faisal Shuaib, Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) made this known during a news briefing in Abuja on Monday. The NPHCDA noted that Nigeria has recorded 83 deaths and 836 confirmed cases of diphtheria since ...

Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos State has announced a 50 per cent reduction in transportation fares charged by buses operated by Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) and a 25 per cent reduction by yellow buses across the state. This measure is aimed at cushioning the effects of the removal of fuel subsidies on Lagos commuters. Governor Sanwo-Olu made this ...

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Jim Obazee, Chief Executive Officer of the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria, as a special investigator to probe the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and related entities. President Tinubu has appointed a Special Investigator to probe an alleged fraud in the CBN. Newsmaxngr reports that President Bola Tinubu has appointed Jim Obazee, Chief Executive Officer ...

The authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, Sunday, issued a seven-day ultimatum to the military in Niger Republic to restore ousted President Muhammed Bazoum to office. The decision of the extraordinary session of the Authority presided over by its Chairman, President Bola Tinubu in Abuja followed its deliberations on developments ...

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Friday sent the list of nominees for his cabinet to the State House Assembly for screening and confirmation. The list sent to the Lagos State House of Assembly, contained 39 names, which is mixture of politicians and technocrats. While some of the immediate past Cabinet members returned, many did not return. The former ...

Godswill Akpabio, Nigeria’s Senate President has announced a 28-man ministerial nominees of President Bola Tinubu. After a long wait by Nigerians, the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Thursday afternoon, presented Tinubu’s ministerial list before the Senate. Gbajabiamila, the immediate past Speaker of the House of the Representatives, presented the list to Senate President Godswill Akpabio at ...