DEMOCRACY DAY: President Tinubu’s speech as he promises to repay Nigerians for subsidy pains

Below is a full text of President Bola Tinubu’s democracy day broadcast on Monday morning. In the speech, he addressed various issues affecting the country and also extolled the legacy of late Moshood Kashimawo Olawale (MKO) Abiola. Fellow Nigerians, 2. It is exactly three decades today that Nigerians went to the polls to exercise their […]

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Tinubu decries poverty, orders NEC to work on salaries, palliatives to cushion effect of subsidy removal

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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Health Sector Union suspends strike for 21 days after meeting Tinubu

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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Breaking News: FG’s Subsidy Removal meeting with NLC, TUC ends in deadlock

The meeting on subsidy removal between the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the federal government of Nigeria has ended without an agreement. The meeting called by the federal government, was intended to reach an agreement with organised labour after President Bola Tinubu’s announcement that petrol subsidy would cease to be in […]

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