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Lautech Nurses, Midwives Begins Indefinite Strike Over Minimum Wage Implementation
Nurses and midwives at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, Oyo State have commenced an indefinite strike over the non-implementation of the new National Minimum Wage and long-standing welfare issues. This was contained in a statement released by the Unit Chairman, Ojewumi Olutayo, and Secretary, Adedokun Foluwake, respectively in Ibadan, the state capital, on Saturday. PUNCH Online reports...
DSS Debunks Reports It Recently Arrested Any CBN Official
The Department of State Services (DSS) has debunked reports that its operatives recently arrested any official of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The DSS refuted the report in a statement on its X handle late Thursday night. “The DSS did not, in the last 48 hours, arrest any former or present official of the CBN,” the statement read. READ ALSO: No...
Not Our Responsibility To Force Any Candidate To Attend Debate — INEC
The chairman of the Independent National Election Commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu on Thursday declared that the commission is not saddled with the power to force any electoral candidate to attend a debate. He made the statement on Thursday while addressing the quarterly consultative meeting with media executives in Abuja. Yakubu argued that debate, just like voting, is a democratic right. We...
“FG, States, LGs Shared N2.2tn For August Revenue” – FAAC
The Federation Account Allocation Committee on Wednesday said the Federal Government, states, and Local Government Councils shared a total of N2.225tn as August 2025 revenue, representing an increase of N224.118bn or 11.2 per cent compared with the N2.001tn distributed for July. The Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, in a statement on Wednesday by its Director of Press...
Subscribers Lament As MultiChoice Raises DStv Subscription By 21%
Pay-TV operator MultiChoice Nigeria has announced a 21 percent increase in the subscription fee for its DStv Compact package, raising the price from N15,700 to N19,000, effective March 1, 2025. This latest adjustment follows a similar price hike in May 2024, which the company attributed to inflation and rising operational costs in Nigeria. The announcement has triggered widespread criticism from subscribers,...
Tinubu Seeks Senate Approval On N1.15trn Loan
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday sought the approval of the Senate to borrow N1.15tn from the domestic debt market to finance part of the deficit in the 2025 national budget. The request, contained in a letter read during plenary by Senate President Godswill Akpabio, is the latest in a series of borrowing plans presented by the executive to sustain government...
Nigeria, Pakistan Agree To Increase Food Production
Nigeria and Pakistan agreed to increase farmers' productivity over the weekend in an effort to improve food production. This was made known after a crucial meeting between the Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, Dr. Aliyu Abdulahi, and the High Commissioner of Pakistan to Nigeria, Maj. Gen. (Rtd) Sohali Ahmad Khan, at the Ministry’s headquarters in Abuja. Abdulahi said...
Tinubu Charges Service Chiefs On Producing Results Not Excuses
President Bola Tinubu, told the new service chiefs, who assumed office yesterday and promise to fight insecurity, that what is expected of them are results and not excuses as the country is in a hurry to celebrate peace. Ordering them to smash new armed groups he described as new snakes in troublesome areas of the North-Central, North-West, and some parts...
Nigeria @ 65: Tinubu Calls For Unity For Stronger Nigeria
President Bola Tinubu has called on Nigerians to unite in building a stronger nation, assuring that his administration’s reforms are laying a solid foundation for a prosperous future. PUNCH Online reports that Nigeria marked its 65th Independence Anniversary on Wednesday, October 1, 2025, commemorating the country’s freedom from British colonial rule in 1960. Traditionally, the occasion is celebrated with nationwide parades,...
350 Vehicles Seized By FRSC Over Illegal Plate Numbers
Over 350 cars with illegal license plates have been seized nationwide by the Federal Road Safety Corps in just one month. The Corps Public Education Officer, Mr. Olusegun Ogungbemide, made this known in an interview with newsmen on Monday in Abuja. NAN reports that on February 3, the FRSC began a nationwide operation to impound vehicles with unauthorized number plates. The operation...
