The mass retrenchment exercise by the Central Bank of Nigeria has angered members of the House of Representatives who resolved to look into the matter. Recall  that in recent months, the apex bank has  dismissed over 300 employees including directors, deputy directors, assistant directors, principal managers, senior managers, and lower-ranking officials for reasons not made public. During the plenary session on Wednesday, the lawmakers, after adopting a motion sponsored by Jonathan Gaza from Nasarawa state, passed a resolution...

President Bola Tinubu has signed the National Anthem Bill 2024 into law, which will see the current national anthem “Arise, O Compatriots” replaced with the previous national anthem “Nigeria, We Hail Thee.” The bill was passed by both the Senate and the House of Representatives and signed into law by President Tinubu on 29 May 2024. The old national anthem was adopted when Nigeria gained independence on 1 October 1960 and was replaced in 1978...

It has been a turbulent year for Nigeria since President Bola Ahmed Tinubu took office. From economic hardships to security crises, Nigerians are grappling with a myriad of challenges that seem to have only intensified under Tinubu’s administration. Tinubu’s tenure as the 16th president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria began with his inauguration on 29 March 2023. Tinubu, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, from Lagos who previously served as the Governor...

Primate Elijah Ayodele of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church has been warned to stop political prophecies of doom for governments in power, and the downfall of politicians in the country. The Senior Special Assistant on Public Enlightenment to the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Chief Oliver Okpala stated this while reacting to Primate Ayodele who had a few days ago prophesied that the National Chairman of the APC, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje’s time was up...