The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened industrial action if the federal government fails to reverse the recent hike in petrol price and electricity tariff in 14 days. The NLC president, Ayuba Wabba, said this at the end of the NLC’s central working committee (CWC) meeting on Wednesday in Abuja. Mr Wabba said workers and […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has described Nigeria as the most prosperous black nation in the world. The unveiling took place during the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in Abuja, the nation’s capital. Speaking on Wednesday during the unveiling of the theme and logo for the country’s 60th independence anniversary in Abuja, Buhari said the anniversary calls […]
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Not less than eight persons were injured on Wednesday as supporters of Rotimi Akeredolu of All Progressives Congress (APC) and Eyitayo Jegede of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) clashed in Ondo. This face off is coming less than a month to the October 10 governorship poll. It was gathered that Mr Akeredolu’s campaign convoy ran […]
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Despite the seeming delay in resolving the concerns of Nigerian traders regarding some stiff business regulation imposed by Ghanaian authorities, the Federal Government will ensure that affected Nigerians get justice, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. The Vice President gave the assurance on Tuesday evening during a meeting with representatives of the Nigerian community […]
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The minister of Niger Delta affairs, Godswill Akpabio, has denied accusing members of the national assembly of benefiting from contracts awarded by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Recall that while appearing before a house of representatives committee probing an alleged mismanagement of N81.5 billion by the commission, the minister said national assembly members were […]
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The Akwa Ibom State office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), is set to arraign two university lecturers for their alleged involvement in electoral offences during the 2019 elections in the state. Findings revealed that the lecturers who were engaged as Collation and Returning Officers during the 2019 General elections, manipulated and falsified election […]
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The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday justified his government’s borrowing to finance infrastructure. Buhari stated that his administration take loans to solve the dire shortfall in infrastructure. The president spoke on Tuesday at a meeting with members of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC) at the State House, in […]
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In line with efforts at ensuring apt coordination of security arrangements towards a hitch-free election in the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Edo State slated to hold on September 19th, 2020, the Inspector General of Police, IGP M.A. Adamu NPM mni has deployed DIG Adeleye Olusola Oyabade, mni, Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of […]
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The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has explained its reason for not organising protests against the increase in pump price of petrol and the new electricity tariff. The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) had announced an increase in the price of premium motor spirit, better known as petrol. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 160 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This was revealed in a tweet on Saturday night. Plateau and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) both topped the list of cases with 39 cases each while Ekiti, Edo, Abia, Bayelsa recorded the least number of cases […]
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