President Bola Tinubu has added Festus Keyamo to his list of minister-nominees to be screened by the Senate. The President also withdrew the nomination of Maryam Shetty, naming Mairiga Mahmud as her replacement. The president communicated the new development to the Senate via a letter at the resumed screening of the minister-nominees on Friday. Godswill Akpabio, the Senate President, read the letter from the President during plenary. Keyamo was the Minister of State for Labour...

Former Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje has emerged as the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Ganduje was elected the national chairman of the ruling party at the 12th meeting of the National Executive Committee, NEC, of the party on Thursday. Senator Ajibola Basiru was also elected as the party’s national secretary. The meeting took place at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja. The former national chairman, Abdullahi Adamu and ex-national secretary, Iyiola...

President Bola Tinubu has assured Nigerians that his administration’s policies are in the best interest of every Nigerian. “Our policies are for the people, not to punish the people,” the President said at the 12th National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Thursday in Abuja. Since he assumed office on May 29, President Tinubu has taken several policies that have been dubbed ‘anti-masses’ and heavily criticised by many Nigerians. Some...

Following Wednesday’s closed-door meeting with leaders of labour unions at the State House in Abuja with President Bola Tinubu, the union has agreed to suspend its nationwide protest to give room for negotiation with the federal government. Recall that on Wednesday the Labour had declared protest across the country after the price of fuel moved to N617 from N537 and the delay by the government in providing relief from economic hardships. In a statement jointly...