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The United States District Court in Northern District of Illinois has ruled in favour of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, and ordered the Chicago State University to release President Bola Tinubu’s academic record on Monday. But Tinubu’s lawyers insisted that the documents would not be relevant in Atiku’s appeal against […]
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has described fuel subsidy as an organised crime. Obi, on Monday, said this on a ‘Morning Show’ on what approach he would have taken differently in resolving the looming strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress. “Fuel subsidy is […]
The National President of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, Mr Ambali Olatunji, has expressed the readiness of his union to join the nationwide strike on Tuesday. The Nigeria Labour Congress has earlier declared to embark on an indefinite strike beginning on Tuesday, October 3, 2023, following the hardship that came about over the […]
Former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, appeared in a London court on Monday to face charges bordering on receiving bribes in the form of cash. Other charges against the former minister were receiving luxury goods, flights on private jets and the use of high-end properties in Britain in return for awarding oil contracts. Alison-Madueke was arrested […]
Residents of Du community in the Kwall District, Rigwe Chiefdom, Bassa local government area of Plateau have been thrown into mourning as armed men on Sunday night killed eight persons in the community. The diverse leadership groups of the Chiefdom condemned the incident and called on security agencies to arrest the perpetrators. The Spokesman of […]
The Federal Government has waived valued-added tax (VAT) on diesel for six months. Information and National Orientation Minister Mohammed Idris said this in a statement on Sunday after a meeting between government officials and labour unions over the latter’s planned industrial action. “VAT on diesel will be waived for the next 6 months,” he said, […]
President Bola Tinubu has urged Nigerians to continue to endure the hardship caused by the removal of subsidies on petrol. In a broadcast to mark Nigeria’s 63rd Independence Anniversary, Mr Tinubu said the hardship is an aftermath of the essential removal of subsidy on petrol. “I am attuned to the hardships that have come. I […]
President Bola Tinubu has approved N35,000 as a provisional wage award for all treasury-paid federal government workers for a period of six months. Malam Mohammed Idris, Minister of Information and National Orientation, announced this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. He said that this followed consultations between the federal government and the leadership of […]
As Nigeria marks her sixty-third independence anniversary, the Speaker of the Anambra State House of Assembly, Right Honourable Somtochukwu Udeze says God is capable of restoring the image, unity, peace and economy of the country. In his independence message to Nigerians, Right Honourable Udeze expressed satisfaction with the contributions of the foremost political leaders and […]
Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State, has renamed the state’s International Passenger and Cargo Airport after late Chinua Achebe, a novelist, to immortalise him for making an indelible mark on the history of human civilization. Recall that Achebe a native of Ogidi in Idemili North Local Government Area of the state, died on March 21, […]