By JOY ADARA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the new leadership of the National Assembly, saying that “the election of Distinguished Senator Godswill Akpabio, CON and Rt. Honourable Tajudeen Abbas as the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives for the 10th National...
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Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State, Mr Ade Adetimehin, has assured Nigerians that they will soon begin to reap the gains of the President Bola Tinubu-led administration ‘Renewed Hope Agenda’. Adetimehin, in his goodwill message on the 2023 Democracy Day issued in Akure, said that the pains which trailed...
Fuel station owners and pump attendants in Kano are lamenting low patronage as patrons have reduced volume of purchases following pump price increases. Pump price of petrol was increased from N195 per litre to between N540 and N570 per litre upon the pronouncement of fuel subsidy withdrawal by President...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – As Nigeria celebrates her 24 years of uninterrupted Democracy, the Nasarawa State chapter of the ruling All progressives Congress (APC), has assured of more better days ahead. A statement by party on Sunday evening said the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the...
The Federal Government has assured Nigerians of the brighter future of the country in spite of the several challenges the citizens are going through. Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, gave the assurance on Friday in Abuja, at a World Press Conference on the...
BY EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has warned Nigerians to beware of a fake grant scheme being circulated on social media as ‘President Bola Tinubu’s N50,000 Cash Grant’ to Nigerians. Mrs Hadiza Umar, Head, Corporate Affairs and External Relations, NITDA, disclosed this in...
No fewer than 108 Nigerians who have been stranded in Tripoli, Libya, have been received by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). This is contained in a statement by the agency on Wednesday in Lagos. Mr Mustapha Ahmed, Director-General, NEMA who officially received the returnees on behalf of the...
The Federal Government in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Tuesday evacuated another batch of 112 stranded Nigerians from Libya’s capital, Tripoli. Amb. Kabiru Musa, Charge D’Affaires En Titre of the Nigerian Mission to Libya made this known in a statement made available to the News...
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has tasked officials elected on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) platform to focus on policies that will make life more pleasant and comfortable to Nigerians. Abubakar, also the PDP 2023 Presidential Candidate, said this in a statement by his Media Adviser, Paul Ibe on Tuesday...
The meeting between the federal government and the labour unions ended on Monday with a resolution to reconvene on June 19 to agree on implementation framework on resolutions reached. Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of the House of Representatives, who led the government side, disclosed this at the end of...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ebonyi Chapter, has said the authorities should have listened to the poor masses before the removal of Fuel Subsidy. Prof Oguguo Egwu, the state chairman of the Congress, made the remark in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in...
The National Industrial Court on Monday granted an order restraining the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) from embarking on their planned Wednesday industrial action. Justice Olufunke Anuwe also ordered that there should not be strike of any nature, pending the hearing and determination of the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – A Former Commissioner for Information, Edo State, Prince Kassim Afegbua, has alleged that the planned strike by The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) reportedly slated for Wednesday 7 June is politically motivated; because the Ajaero-led NLC has ‘become a partisan Congress, doing the bidding of...
The Kaduna Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr. Zubairu Mato, said Nigerians, amongst other third world countries, needed attitudinal change to encourage cycling for better health. Mato said this to newsmen on Saturday in Kaduna while cycling within the state’s metropolis in commemoration of the World...
Alhaji Garba Sani, Founding Chairman, APC United Kingdom Chapter, on Friday in Abuja, implored Nigerians to support the administration of President Bola Tinubu` in spite of the challenges posed by the removal of fuel subsidy. He gave the advice while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at an...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Friday in Abuja said improved livelihood for Nigerians remains a top priority of his administration, with more people-focused economic policies, assuring that the national minimum wage needs a review to reflect realities. The President, who received members of the Progressive...
The Nigeria Labour Congess (NLC) has declared a nationwide strike from next Wednesday. This comes amid fuel shortages across the country occasioned by President Bola Tinubu’s inaugural speech in which he declared that “fuel subsidy is gone”. NLC President Joe Ajaero made the announcement after an emergency meeting of...
A two-term Lagos lawmaker, Mr Jude Idimogu, has urged Nigerians and labour unions to show understanding with President Bola Tinubu led administration on removal of fuel subsidy. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Tinubu announced the removal of petrol subsidy on May 29 in his inaugural address...
Mr Victor Akande, a Member of Lagos State House of Assembly representing APC-Ojo I, has urged Nigerians to endure the pains of the recent announcement over subsidy removal by President Bola Tinubu. Akande made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Police Command in conjunction with the labour unions, security agencies and other stakeholders have appealed for calm amidst the recent fuel subsidy removal by the federal government. The joint sensitization meeting with all security agencies had in attendance different stakeholders including...