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Global recently held a remarkable triple celebration at the Marriott Hotel in Ikeja GRA, Lagos, honouring Minister GUC’s five-year journey with the label, marking his birthday, and unveiling his much-anticipated album, The Trio and I.    The event was hosted by Femi Daniel and Esther Umelo, bringing together prominent figures in the gospel music industry to celebrate Minister GUC’s past …

Journalist, Reuben Abati, has slammed Minister of State for Petroleum, Heineken Lokpobiri, for saying Nigeria is expecting a $50bn investment in the oil sector by December.   While speaking in Abuja on Tuesday, October 8, Lokpobiri said with foreign/local investors’ concerns being addressed, coupled with the “audacious’’ efforts to boost oil production to about 2.7 barrels per day,  Nigeria remains …

Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, has blamed Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, for the ongoing political unrest in the state.    Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday, Wike accused Fubara of inciting violence by proceeding with local government elections despite legal concerns.   “No person who believes in peace and stability of any nation will say he …

The immediate past Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen, Richard, has been thrown into mourning after her only son identified as Richard, passed away at the Cedar Crest Hospital in Abuja on Sunday morning October 6, after being hospitalised.   DailyTrust reports that the cause of his de@th was not immediately known but he was said to have been …

The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has asserted that electricity prices in Nigeria are the lowest compared to other African countries. Adelabu made this statement on Thursday, October 3, during a meeting with the Secretary of the Lottery Trust Fund, Tosin Adeyanju, at his office in Abuja.   In his remarks, Adelabu emphasized that Nigeria, along with the rest of …

The Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu on Sunday, September 29, said that over 40 percent of Nigerians now enjoy 20 hours of electricity supply daily.   Adelabu in a statement explained that the feat was achieved using measures adopted by the government to ensure that Nigerians enjoy more stable and regular electricity supply.   “This feat is as a …

The Minister of State for Petroleum, Heineken Lokpobiri has revealed that Nyesom Wike played a pivotal role in his appointment to the federal cabinet.   Lokpobiri who disclosed this while speaking at an event organised in honour of the FCT Minister by the Ijaw Peoples Congress (IPC) in Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital, emphasised the importance of political alliances …

The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has defended the recent 45% increase in Nigerian passport fees, attributing the rise to fluctuations in the exchange rate between the naira and the dollar. Speaking at a media briefing in Abuja, marking his first year in office, Tunji-Ojo explained that the government could no longer subsidize the cost of passports.   In August, …

The Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has issued a stern warning that officials of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) implicated in the apartment-for-prison scandal involving controversial cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, will face severe consequences.   This comes in response to reports circulating on social and traditional media that some NCoS officials allegedly arranged for Bobrisky to …