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Speaker of the House of Representatives Femi Gbajabiamila on Thursday spoke on his rumoured appointment as chief of staff to President Bola Tinubu. “Be patient. The system works in its own way – allow the system to work,” Gbajabiamila told a journalist that quizzed him at the State House in Abuja. A report by Leadership Newspaper claimed that Tinubu appointed …

The former aviation minister stated that the appointment has shown that under Tinubu’s administration, appointments are made based on “merit, loyalty and competence”. President Bola Tinubu has appointed the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, as his Chief of Staff, the Director of News Media of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Committee, Femi Fani-Kayode, said on Thursday. …

WASHINGTON — Veering away from a default crisis, the House approved a debt ceiling and budget cuts package late Wednesday, as President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy assembled a bipartisan coalition of centrist Democrats and Republicans against fierce conservative blowback and progressive dissent. The hard-fought deal pleased few, but lawmakers assessed it was better than the alternative — a devastating economic …

By Eben Enasco  Amid President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s ‘no more subsidy’ declaration on May 29, 2023, residents and consumers of fuel are witnessing long queues in Edo State. This is because marketers of the product are riding on the uncertainty created by the announcement and had arbitrarily hiked the pump price of petrol to 511 naira per liter against the …

…commission to drive plan for conservation, devt of Edo forests Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, will on Wednesday, June 7, 2023, inaugurate the Edo State Forestry Commission to drive the government’s plan for the conservation, management, and development of Edo forests. The Commission headed by Edward Obiaw as Acting Chairman will be inaugurated at the Okomu National Park in …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has called for a paradigm shift in the global fight against the increasing prevalence of tobacco consumption, emphasizing the need for new approaches and innovative strategies to address the global challenge. Obaseki made the call in commemoration of World No Tobacco Day marked by the World Health Organisation and other organs of the United …

… assures robust collaboration among guilds, experts, others Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has inspected the ongoing construction work at the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA), Edo, expressing commitment to promoting cultural renaissance and attracting tourism receipts to Edo. Obaseki, who was accompanied by members of the bronze casters guild, woodcarvers’ guild, and tourism industry experts, among other …

The President, Bola Tinubu, is currently meeting the Service Chiefs led by the Chief of Defense Staff, General Lucky Irabor, at the State House, Abuja. Tinubu who arrived at the Villa at 10:53am on Thursday went straight into a closed-door session with the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Farouk Yahaya; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo; the …

• FG, Labour talks deadlocked• Alake: Consultations adjourned to later date• APC governors back Tinubu• Logistics, palliative framework missing • NMDPRA silent on grey areas• NECA cautions govt, says approach could trigger fresh economic crisis• Your aides speaking in discordant tunes, be transparent with Nigerians, Farounbi tells Tinubu Less than 24 hours after President Bola Tinubu insisted that subsidy removal …

Strong indications, yesterday, suggested that senators, mainly from the South West, have called for a meeting for tomorrow, where they would take a decision to work towards reviewing their position on choice of leadership of the Senate. This is coming amid speculations that the candidacy of former Senate Minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio, may have hit a brick wall, as …