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Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu received the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, on Sunday. The British Royal couple was received by Sanwo-Olu; his wife, Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, and some members of the State Executive Council during a courtesy visit at Lagos House, Marina. L-R: Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle; the Duke, Prince Harry; Governor of …

The director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said Nigeria needs to continue to diversify attract investment and boost trade surplus. Okonjo-Iweala stated this while addressing newsmen after a meeting with the Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle and other women at the Nigerian Women in Leadership event in Abuja on Saturday. Nigeria recorded N1.41 trillion trade deficit between October and …

…Obasanjo, Adeleke, Oyinlola commission presidential lodge in Osun Former president of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo has said despite that Nigeria is a complex country it is not too difficult to govern.  Obasanjo while commissioning presidential lodge inside Osun state Government House, Oke-Fia, Osogbo alongside Governor Ademola Adeleke and former governor, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola on Sunday, May 12, noted that governance is easy when …

• Experts task FG, labour on speedy, rancour-free negotiation• Warn against unrealistic wage hike• Canvass interventions in education, health, housing, other sectors• Minimum wage below UN poverty line impoverishes, NLC insists As Nigeria prepares for negotiations for a new national minimum wage, Organised Labour and other critical stakeholders have tasked the Federal Government to ensure a hitch-free negotiation process that would …

RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Israel ordered new evacuations in Gaza’s southern city of Rafah on Saturday, forcing tens of thousands more people to move as it prepares to expand its operation and adding that it is also moving into an area in northern Gaza where Hamas has regrouped. Israel has now evacuated the eastern third of Rafah, pushing the operation …

The Police Command in Rivers has explained why it deployed about 30 armed policemen and Armoured Personnel Carriers to the residential quarters of members of the state House of Assembly in Port Harcourt. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the deployment has heightened political tension in the state amidst face-off between some  lawmakers and the state Governor, Siminalayi Fubara. …

•Let’s redesign the country or …•Vows not to run for president or any elective office under the present structure•Explains how FG can be made accountable to the people•Why I hardly lose my battles The Governor of Edo State, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has carved a niche for himself by being blunt, accentuating his opinion and always speaking truth to power. The strong-willed …

The Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly, Barrister Abdulmalik Sarkindaji, has disclosed that 100 female orphans who lost their parents in banditry attacks in Mariga Local Government Area of Niger State will be given out in marriage this month. The Speaker, who pledged to pay the dowries for the bridegrooms, has procured all the materials needed for proper …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has urged the Nigerian government to prohibit foreign missions in the country from charging visa and other consular services in foreign currencies. The EFCC has further advised all embassies to align with Nigeria’s regulatory framework by pegging the cost of their services to the local currency exchange rate. It contends that offering consular …

•••says no respite for Nigerians since May 29 President of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero, in this chat with Vanguard after the Workers’ Day celebration, speaks on how workers have felt in the last one year, labour relationship with the present government, electricity tariff hike among others. No breathing space On May 29, 2023, the narrative changed by mere pronouncement of …