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Barring last-minute changes, the House of Representatives will on Thursday hold the fourth ministerial briefing. Expected to appear before the House at plenary is the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Doris Anite. After the fourth ministerial briefing on her stewardship, since she assumed office, members are expected to ask questions with a view to getting clarifications on the …

The United States today announced an additional package of weapons and equipment for Ukraine to support the brave Ukrainian people as they defend their country and their freedom against Russia’s aggression. According to the Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, this package provides up to $300 million of arms and equipment under previously directed drawdowns for Ukraine. Capabilities provided in today’s …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House knew it had a political problem on its hands when a special counsel report questioned President Joe Biden’s memory last month, but Biden saw a much more personal affront as well. Robert Hur, who had been appointed to investigate whether Biden mishandled classified documents, wrote that the president couldn’t recall in an interview with prosecutors the …

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Two top Kansas Republican Party officials are facing internal calls to resign over a viral online video showing people at a fundraiser kicking and beating a mannequin wearing a mask of President Joe Biden, underscoring the national GOP’s deep divisions and problems winning over suburban voters. Mike Brown, the Kansas GOP’s state chair, and Maria Holiday, …

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has insisted on a living wage for workers in the country and asked the Federal Government to allow salaries and wages to be commensurate with the cost of living. President of the NLC, Joe Ajaero, said this at the 11th Quadrennial Delegates Conference of the Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria (MHWUN) in Abuja. …

The witness said Mr Emefiele, as the CBN governor, awarded 45 contracts, conferring corrupt advantage on family members and associates. A prosecution witness, on Monday, detailed how former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele, who is standing trial on fraud and corruption charges, allegedly awarded 45 contracts, cumulatively worth billions of naira, to family members, including his wife, Margaret …

President Bola Tinubu has urged the state governors to provide grazing land for pastoralists. Tinubu said the provision of grazing land for herders would end the violent clashes between farmers and herders and the loss of lives and farm produce.  He also asked the governors to pay wage awards to workers to relieve the substantial population of hunger and hardship. …

CNN — Brian Butler, a former Mar-a-Lago worker referenced as “Trump Employee Number 5” in the classified documents indictment of Donald Trump, spoke exclusively with CNN on Monday about what he saw at the former president’s private club and the subsequent fallout after a search there by federal investigators. Butler’s interview with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins provides new details on how he unwittingly helped move classified documents onto Trump’s private plane – and on …

Some members of the Northern Senators Forum (NSF) have dissociated themselves from the allegation of padding in the approved 2024 budget made by their chairperson, Abdul Ningi. The senators expressed their position in a statement jointly signed on Monday. The signatories are Aminu Abass (PDP, Adamawa Central), Ibrahim Bomai (APC, Yobe South), Abdulaziz Yar’adua (APC, Katsina Central) and Lawal Usman …

Last week, the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) indicated that following exchange rate volatility, rising inflation and other economic challenges that worsened the investment climate last year, 767 manufacturers shut down operations while 335 became distressed. MAN made this lamentation in response to the recently proposed Expatriate Employment Levy (EEL) by the Federal Government. According to the association, the unintended …