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The House of Representatives has asked the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Investment, to immediately stop the signing and implementation of a trade partnership with the United Kingdom (UK), which allows UK lawyers to practice within Nigeria....

The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee has questioned the Bank of Industry (BOI) over the unrecovered micro, small and medium enterprises offtake grants from 19,538 Nigerians to address the COVID-19 health pandemic....

The House of Representatives Committee on Anti-Malaria, HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis has given the Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor MOHAMMED PATE, and the Permanent Secretary, DAJU KACHOLLOM, a 72-hour ultimatum to appear before it over allegations...

The federal government has began the distribution of 42,000 metric tonnes of grains nationwide as recently directed by President Bola Tinubu to curb rising good prices.The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, confirmed this during an interactive session with the National Assembly joint committee on Agriculture Production Services and Rural Development.The committee chaired by Senator Saliu Mustapha had interrogated the Minister...

The minister of solid minerals development, Dele Alake, has said the federal government would ban or foreclose on the issuance of mining licenses to investors without requisite plans for local value addition.He said the government is no longer going to allow anybody or license any company that wants to go into the mineral sector without giving it a plan for local value addition like processing, and refining and this has a multiplier effect on the economy.Al...

The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun has launched the 2023/2024 Human Development Report (HDI).The report was put together by the United Nations Development Programme in Nigeria.The 2023/24 Human Development Report, titled: Breaking the Gridlock: Reimagining cooperation in a polarized world, revealed that the country has not done well in all areas of Sustainable Development Goals.It noted that there w...

The Labour Party caucus in the House of Representatives has asked the leadership of the party to put an end to the infighting that is threatening the party and engage in further consultation in the overall interest of the party. The caucus leader, Victor Ogene wondered why the acting national publicity secretary of the party, Obiora Ifoh decided to play to the gallery, accusing the lawmakers of lying about the planned national convention of the party. ...

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has attributed the many socioeconomic challenges bewildering the nation to poor planning.Governor Obaseki spoke during an engagement with stakeholders in Afuze, Owan West Local Governments Area and Auchi, Etsako West Local Government Area. The engagement was focused on the State’s Regional Development Plan and the Benin City Master Plan.The engagement session rallied together various stakehold...

The Federal Government says it has uncovered the identity of 15 entities, including nine individuals and six Bureau De Change operators and firms, allegedly involved in terrorism financing.Details of the development were revealed by the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, entitled “Designation of Individuals and Entities for March 18, 2024.”The document revealed that the Nigeria Sanctions Committee met on March 18, 2024, where specific individ...

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has expressed the frustration of the electoral body over the rancorous primary elections in various political parties ahead of the September 21, 2024 governorship election in Edo State.Yakubu, who spoke in Abuja at the first regular quarterly consultative meeting with political parties, said INEC found the infighting within political parties disruptive of its activities,. ...