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The majority leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila has described the suspension of Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin by the House for a period of 180 legislative days as unconstitutional and a breach of the rights of his constituency to have representation in the lower chamber...

The President/Chief Executive of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has dismissed insinuations that his advocacy for the sale of the assets was self-serving, saying he was not interested in any of the assets. Dangote said, if the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Company or any other...

Factional National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Modu Sheriff, fianlly bowed to pressure over weekend as he said he was open to reconciliation with the Senator Ahmed Makarfi-led Caretaker Committee of the party. Sheriff, however, said that he would only accept resolutions...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has barred eight banks from all foreign exchange transactions for breach of extant financial regulations . Thisday, exclusively gathered that they were barred for concealing and failing to remit the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) dollar funds to...

Mairo Mustapha, wife of Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto is pregnant. Mario got married to Tambuwal early this year in a private wedding ceremony in Sokoto. To prove their commitment and abiding love for each other, Mairo, ThisDay gathered, is expecting Tambuwal’s baby. The ever-smiling...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is currently carrying out examination on banks, in order to ascertain the actual well-being of banks owing to the nation’s macroeconomic challenges and rising non-performing loans, ThisDay reports. The Director, Banking Supervision, CBN, Mrs. Tokunbo Martins...

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Gabriel Olonisakin, has lamented that lack of aviation fuel is negatively affecting ongoing counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency operations against the Boko Haram terrorists in the North-East. Gen. Olonisakin therefore seek the intervention of Nigerian...

Suspected earth tremor in parts of Bayelsa and Rivers States, has caused palpable apprehension among residents of the affected communities in the two oil-rich states, ThisDay newspaper reports. Residents of the areas noted that the tremor caused serious cracks on the walls of their buildings...

The new acting Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris has written President Muhammadu Buhari in order to retire 30 senior officers of the Nigerian Police Force. The officers who are of the rank of Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of police, were said to have been marked out for immediate...

The Nigerian police force have again sealed the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, national secretariat known as Wadata Plaza, Abuja. The seal- off may be as a result of the intention to prevent the sacked acting National Chairman of the party, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff from gaining access to the...

Nigeria's former President Goodluck Jonathan has condemned a publishing on This Day newspaper, which alleged that he went on exile in Cote d'Ivoire for fear of being arrested. Here's a statement from Jonathan signed by his media aide, Ikechukwu Eze. FORMER PRESIDENT JONATHAN NEVER...

The Nigerian Army has commenced investigation into the recent killing of some pro-Biafra protesters in some parts of the south-east zone, especially Aba in Abia state, allegedly by its officers. The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, who made the disclosure while addressing newsmen...