President Bola Tinubu Tell Qatari Investors To Report Any Govt Official Asking For Bribe

President Bola Tinubu has urged Qatari investors to report any government official who demands a bribe or any form of inducement at any point in their business endeavour in Nigeria. Tinubu, who assured the investors of their direct access to his office at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, said Nigeria is ready for serious business. The president stressed that his administration would deal decisively with all entrenched interests in the country that undermine investor confidence in the Nigerian economy. He said these while speaking at the Nigeria-Qatar Business and Investment…

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Why We Lifted Sanctions On Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso – ECOWAS

The Economic Community of West African State​s (ECOWAS) has said that the decision to lift sanctions on Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso was based on the need to maintain regional unity and security. President of the ECOWAS Commission, D​r Omar Touray, said this at the end of the extraordinary session of the Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS on Saturday in Abuja. He said that the authority took note of the period of Lent and the approaching month of Ramadan and the impact on citizens, adding that pleas were…

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Gov Umaru Bago Inaugurates 10-Man Committee On Recovery Of Grazing Lands And Reserves In Niger State

By NewsBits The Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago, has inaugurated a 10-man committee on the recovery of grazing lands and reserves in the State. The committee, which is chaired by the Emir of Kagara, Ahmed Attahiru Gunna II, was inaugurated by Governor, Umaru Bago,at the Government House, Minna, the state capital. According to the governor, terms of reference of the committee are to identify all State and Federal government-owned grazing reserves; and trace relevant history associated with each grazing reserve. Others are; to ascertain the establishment, record of acquisition…

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Edo Guber: Ex-NBA President, Akpata Wins Labour Party Ticket

By NewsBits Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Olumide Akpata has been declared winner of Edo Labour Party (LP) Governorship primary election. Akpata scored 316 votes to win the exercise held in Benin City, the Edo State capital on Friday. The Deputy governor of Abia State, Ikechukwu Emetu, who is the returning officer for the poll made the declaration after collating the results. After his emergence, Akpata paid tribute to a former governor of Ondo State and NBA president Rotimi Akeredolu who was buried on the same day.…

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Calls For Uzodimma’s Sack As PGF Chairman Not Misplaced – UPF

By Tony Adibe The United Progressive Foundation (UPF), a political action committee of All Progressives Congress (APC), has maintained that calls for the removal of Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma, as the chairman of Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF) are not misplaced. UPF said that Governor Uzodimma’s actions over the years have never yielded any positive dividend for APC, stressing that the time has come to remove the governor from influential positions in the party, particularly the headship of APC Governors’ Forum. The group, which made its position public while…

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Police Release LP Chairman Julius Abure After Arrest For ‘Attempted Murder’

National chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Julius Abure has been released by the police. Abure was arrested on Wednesday in Benin city alongside Kelly Ogbaloi, the LP chairman in Edo state. The police said Abure was arrested over a petition accusing him of attempted murder and conspiracy to commit dangerous harm. Addressing supporters and party members after his release, Abure said no struggle to liberate a country comes easy. The LP chairman said he was released by the police on bail following several interventions. “Let me thank and appreciate…

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10th Senate In Nigeria Vow To Conclude Constitutional Amendment In 2026

The 47-member Constitution Review Committee of the 10th Senate rose from its inaugural meeting on Wednesday in Abuja with a pledge to conclude the exercise in two years. Chairman of the committee and Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin stated this while delivering his speech at the meeting. He said, “It is important to note that the committee is not constituted to rewrite the 1999 Constitution but to process proposed amendments to it, and we will strive to conclude this assignment within the next 24 months.” Jibrin pledged that members of…

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Finally, APC Drops Hope Uzodinma, Bassey Otu To Chair Fresh Edo Guber Primary

Governors Hope Uzodimma (left) and Bassey Otu To avert the impending crisis that is looming in Edo State, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has appointed Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State, as the chairman of its governorship primary election committee in Edo State. He replaces the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma who has faced severe criticism since the shambolic primaries, which he chaired. The party declared the initial primary election inconclusive after some governorship aspirants were declared winners of the exercise. Recall that Hope Uzodinma, governor of Imo and…

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Senate Confirms Appointment Of 17 National Population Commissioners

The Senate has confirmed 17 persons for appointment as Commissioners of the National Population Commission (NPC) out of 19 nominated by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Their confirmation followed the adoption of the screening report of the Committee on National Identity Card and Population at the Committee of the Whole on Wednesday. The report was presented by the Chairman of the committee, Sen. Abdul Ningi (PDP Bauchi). Ningi, while presenting the report, said out of the 19 persons nominated, 17 appeared for the screening. He said the nominees representing Ogun and…

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Senate Resolves To Probe Buhari’s N30Trillion Ways And Means

The N30trillion ways and means secured under the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari, is to be investigated by the Senate. The upper legislative chamber took this decision on Tuesday after it considered a report by its joint committee on banking, finance, national planning, agriculture, and appropriation. The ways and means is a loan facility through, which the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) provides short-term financing to cover the government’s budget shortfalls. Before the ninth National Assembly wound down, Buhari had asked it to approve N22.7 trillion his administration had…

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