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Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man and chairman of Dangote Industries Limited, has disclosed that he will no longer continue with plans to enter Nigeria’s steel industry.   His revelation comes two months after his company said it was making plans to invest in the steel industry.   Addressing journalists at …

The bill sought to establish an agency that would be saddled with the responsibility of regulating road transport and the transportation profession in Nigeria. However, lawmakers rejected the bill which was sponsored by the Deputy Senate Leader, Oyelola Ashiru, during Thursday’s plenary. The bill was titled National Road Transport Council …

The Senate has rejected a bill aimed at repealing the Foreign Exchange (Monitoring and Miscellaneous Provision) Act, 2004, and establishing a new Foreign Exchange Market in Nigeria.   Sponsored by Senator Mohammed Sani representing Niger East, the bill was first read in February 2024. Its purpose was to introduce provisions …

The House of Representatives has rejected the Samoa agreement, requesting the Federal Government to suspend its implementation until all controversial clauses are clarified.   This decision came after the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance by Rep. Aliyu Sani Madaki (NNPP, Kano) and 80 others during the Plenary …

French President, Emmanuel Macron refused the resignation of the country’s prime minister, asking him on Monday, July 8 to remain temporarily as the head of the government after the weekend’s chaotic election results that left the government in limbo.   Macron on Monday his PM to stay, pending difficult negotiations …

The Supreme Court said on Wednesday that it would not decide whether Biden administration officials may contact social media platforms to combat what the officials say is misinformation, saying instead that the states and users who had challenged the contacts had not suffered the sort of injury that gave them …

A fresh bail application filed by detained Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, for his release pending the conclusion of his trial, was on Wednesday, June 19, struck out by Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja.    The request made by Kyari who is facing an …

The family of the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba popularly called Mohbad, have rejected the autopsy result carried out on him by the Lagos state government and have demanded an independent toxicology be conducted on his body to ascertain the true cause of his death.   At a conference in Lagos …

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says it has never contemplated N100,000 as the minimum wage for workers in the country let alone the ₦62,000 offered by the government.   In a chat with Channels TV on Monday, June 10, the Assistant General Secretary of NLC, Cheis Onyeka, said the Laobur …

Real Madrid manager, Carlo Ancelotti has confirmed that the Spanish giants will not play at next year’s Club World Cup.     The competition is set to be expanded to 32 teams and will be played across four weeks in the US next summer following the conclusion of the 2024-25 season.    …