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Nigeria’s economy has shown early signs of recovery following the removal of fuel subsidies, with non-oil exports driving growth, according to new policy data. Nigeria introduced crude oil as a social product in 1973, fixing domestic prices below international levels. At that time, crude oil was sold locally at $1.93 per barrel, while the global price stood at $3.00, with …

Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has described Nigeria as a “typical example of where democracy is dying,” citing a lack of accountability and elite capture of the state. Obi made the remark at the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation Annual Democracy Dialogue in Accra, Ghana, with the theme “What Makes Democracy Die?” At the programme, which held on Wednesday, the …

The President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide Senator John Azuta Mbata, has asked every Igbo resident in any part of Nigeria to go and ensure that he or she is registered to participate in the 2027 general election and other elections. In a video, Mbata release on Thursday, he said that the federal government has no advantage in still keeping …

The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has criticised the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for what it described as a “confused and inconsistent” stance on zoning its 2027 presidential ticket. In a statement issued on Thursday, APC spokesperson, Seye Oladejo, said the PDP’s latest decision to leave its ticket open to all zones after initially zoning it …

The Nigeria Immigration Service has officially ended passport production at multiple centres, transitioning to a single, centralised system for the first time in 62 years. Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, said this on Thursday while inspecting Nigeria’s new Centralised Passport Personalisation Centre at the NIS Headquarters in Abuja. He stated that since the establishment of NIS in 1963, Nigeria …

The Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, has tackled activist and Presidential Candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, over his comments, where he described President Bola Tinubu as a “criminal”. In a tweet on August 25, Sowore had described the President as a criminal, citing a video where Tinubu, during his visit to Brazil, said there was no …

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has dismissed reports that he suffered a heart attack while on a visit to London. Speaking on Thursday during the flag-off of the Arterial Road N1 project, linking Wuye District to Ring Road II in Abuja, Wike said he only travelled abroad to rest. Reports had circulated recently that Wike was …

Excerpts of Wike’s interview with Seun Okinboloye on ChannelsTV’s #PoliticsToday Will you be happy if you were an elected governor and you are removed by an equally elected President? Wait, a governor was removed before. See, let me tell you…let’s not personalise this. Wait, I always tell people, like I hear Atiku today pontificating. I have said it before on …

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, says there is no law compelling Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, to immediately return to office following the end of the six-month emergency rule in the state. President Bola Tinubu declared a state of emergency in Rivers State at the peak of the rift between Governor Fubara and loyalists of his …

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State is yet to be seen publicly nearly 24 hours after the Emergency rule imposed on the state was lifted. President Bola Tinubu had declared State of Emergency in Rivers at the height of the rift between Fubara and loyalists of his estranged godfather, Nyesom Wike, who is the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT). …