•German Minister for Labour and Social Affairs, also co-leader of the Social Democratic (SPD) Party, Baerbel Bas German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s government faced new turbulence today when a key minister from its junior coalition partner, the SPD, unexpectedly quit and criticised “attacks” from the chancellor’s party. Baerbel Bas, labour min...
•The mayor of Saint-Denis Bally Bagayoko addresses High school students during their general assembly amid a nationwide protest movement over school conditions in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, yesterday Up to 500 schools across France will be totally or partly closed today because of a wave of student protests that has shaken the country, the ...
Indigenous oil and gas companies now account for more than 50 per cent of Nigeria’s crude oil production, the federal government has said, describing the development as a major shift in ownership and participation in the upstream sector. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, disclosed this during the ...
•Ireti Kingibe and Nyesom Wike Senator Ireti Kingibe, representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has told FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, that she cannot be intimidated by insults, threats or political pressure, insisting that no minister is above the law. Kingibe also declared that Wike could not determine whether she would return to the Se...
•NSCDC Commandant General, Ahmed Abubakar Audi The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has ordered a full-scale investigation into the circumstances surrounding the deaths of illegal miners in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Niger State. The minister directed the NSCDC Commandant General, Prof. A...
•FCT minister, Nyesom Wike The Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), the umbrella body of governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has rejected any alliance or political arrangement that could undermine President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid or affect the party’s candidates in the 2027 general election. The gove...
•Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake Solid Minerals Development Minister Dele Alake has urged residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to remain calm following another reported earth tremor on Tuesday. The Minister has also directed the Nigerian Geological Survey Agency (NGSA) to provide hourly updates of the seismic dev...
The minister of works, Engr Dave Umahi has named Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and explained that the former Lagos State governor conceived the idea and it was only proper to honour him even before the completion of the entire project for posterity. The minister also announced that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu ...
•Olusegun Osoba Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Isiaq Adekunle Salako, has described former Ogun State governor, Chief Olusegun Osoba, as one of the living consciences of Nigeria’s democracy and a leading pillar of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Demographics Salako spoke yesterday at Osoba’s residence in Ibara GRA, Ab...
•Minister of Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande, Corps members and Adire fabric The Minister of Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande, today, clarified that the federal government had yet to approve Adire as the new uniform for members of the National Youth Service Corps, hours after his comments on the proposed change generated widespread reac...
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