Following the suspension of Central Bank of Nigeria governor, Godwin Emefiele by President Bola Tinubu on Friday, questions of legality have been raised by some. While the provisions of the constitution may appear vague, there is however, a precedent. Recall that on February 20, 2014, President Goodluck Jonathan suspended Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as the governor […]
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Tasked with an immediate need to reform the financial sector, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Friday suspended Godwin Emefiele, the governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN from office with immediate effect. The suspension of the CBN Governor was announced in a statement by signd by Willie Bassey, Director of Information, for the Secretary to […]
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A member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Socio-political activist, Reno Omokri has said the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, denied the PDP Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, the presidency. Omokri said Atiku would have been president, but Obi played the role of Judas. He insisted that President Bola Tinubu came third and […]
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NIGERIA – President Bola Tinubu has directed the National Economic Council (NEC) to come up with inputs on palliatives and the minimum wage review as part of measures to cushion the pain of subsidy removal. The directive is coming as part of a way of meeting the demands of the Trade Union Congress, who said […]
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The government of Edo and Kwara states have announced the reduction of work days from five to three to cushion the effect of the petrol subsidy removal on civil servants. In a statement on Tuesday, Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki, said his government shared the pains of the people, assuring that his administration will stand […]
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Following a meeting with the Federal Government, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have suspended the planned strike over the removal of the petrol subsidy. The labour unions announced the suspension after a meeting of their leaders and representatives of the federal government on Monday. They are to reconvene on June […]
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An undergraduate student of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), identified simply as Adekunle, was on Saturday shot dead by armed robbers at Harvey Road, Moore Road Junction, in the Yaba area of Lagos state. It was gathered that Adekunle and his school mate identified as Opeyemi boarded a shuttle bus from Yaba to UNILAG and […]
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The Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) has suspended its indefinite strike for 21 days. The suspension of the strike was made known to the media after a meeting between the leadership of the union and President Bola Tinubu, on Monday. Confirming the situation to TheCable, Obinna Ogbonna, JOSEHU’s acting chairman, said the union is suspending the strike […]
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The latest ranking of countries with the highest unemployment rate has shown Nigeria at the top of the chart for the wrong reason. The World of Statistics in its latest release on Sunday via its verified Twitter handle ranked Nigeria high, indicating the country has the highest level of unemployment in the world at 33.3%. […]
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The Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has denied the allegation of demistic violence, which claimed that he was fond of beating up his wife, Mrs Oluwaseun. A group, under the auspices of the Society for Women Empowerment, alleged that Ayedatiwa had physically assaulted his wife twice in four months which, according to […]
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