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Labour Holds Emergency Meeting Over Subsidy, To Investigate Payment Under Buhari

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NLC Proposes Minimum Wage Of N709,000

The subsidy removal policy of the Federal Government may have snowballed into another crisis as the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress is perfecting plans to probe payments for imported fuel made under the Muhammadu Buhari administration. President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero gave this indication on Friday, at an emergency National Executive Council meeting of the Labour...

Bode George Gives Condition To Work With Tinubu

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Bode George Gives Condition To Work With Tinubu

A former deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Bode George has given condition to work for President Bola Tinubu’s administration. George expressed willingness to work with Tinubu’s administration if he invites him. Tinubu and Bode George have always been at parallel lanes. READ ALSO: 10th National Assembly: I Will Be Speaker Come June 13 – Hon. Abbas During the last...

10th National Assembly: I Will Be Speaker Come June 13 – Hon. Abbas

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Abass Elected House Of Representatives Speaker

The All Progressives Congress, APC, “anointed candidates” for the positions of Speaker and Deputy Speaker for the 10th House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas and Benjamin, on Thursday, met behind closed doors with President Bola Tinubu. The meeting, held at the Presidential Villa Abuja, came on the heels of the inauguration of the 10th leadership of the National Assembly, slated to...

Fuel Scarcity: FRSC Warns Motorists Against Indiscriminate Parking

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Insecurity: FRSC Impounds Vehicles With Foreign Number Plates

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ogun State Command, has warned motorists in the state against indiscriminate parking on the highways and inner roads in a bid to purchase fuel. Mr. Ahmed Umar, the Sector Commander of FRSC, gave the warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Ota, Ogun. READ ALSO: Subsidy Removal Will...

Subsidy Removal Will Damage Tinubu Govt – Primate Ayodele

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More Economic Hardship Coming, Change Your Strategy – Primate Ayodele Tells President Tinubu

Primate Elijah Ayodele of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church has stated that the removal of subsidies would harm President Bola Tinubu’s administration. To that end, Ayodele stated that his administration would be ineffective until 2026 unless God decides to show him mercy. Primate Ayodele stated that Tinubu should not remove the fuel subsidy because it will affect his government. READ ALSO: Supervisors...

Hope As Chief Daniel Okeke Sponsors Eye surgery For Visually Impaired Persons (Photos, Video)

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Women in Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency of Abia State are now in jubilant mode as the APC candidate for the constituency, High Chief Daniel Chimezie Okeke has finally revealed his plans for them if elected into the House. In a statement on Wednesday, the philanthropist expressed readiness to mobilize empowerment support that will make the women self-reliant through business start-ups and others. He said, "I will facilitate and lobby for grants to empower our women to be self-reliant and create empowerment programs, provide skill acquisition and equipment for business startups to reduce poverty, and improve the livelihood and well-being of our women. "It is no doubt that our people are well known for our industrious and commercial culture therefore, I will also build markets and construct roads to support and encourage trade in the rural areas." Our correspondent gathered that ever since he revealed this, women in the two local governments have expressed happiness for the lofty plan that will make them active participants in the economic sector.

Hope has been restored to latest beneficiaries of High Chief Daniel Okeke's philanthropy as they have regained their sights after a successful cataract occlusion surgery sponsored by Chief Okeke through his Omereoha/Mezie Abia foundation. High Chief Daniel Okeke is a renowned philanthropist and candidate a for the Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal House of Representatives in the just concluded 2023 election. The beneficiaries...

Supervisors Aiding Exam Malpractice, Says WAEC

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Supervisors Aiding Exam Malpractice, Says WAEC

The West African Examination Council has alleged that supervisors who are supposed to take questions to examination centres are aiding and abetting malpractices across the country. This was made known on Thursday in Abuja by the Head of National Office, Nigeria, Mr Patrick Areghan while monitoring the examination in some Government Secondary Schools. During the monitoring process, he identified 56 rogue website...

Gov Mbah Bans Illegal Mining Activities In Enugu

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Court Prevents NYSC From Further Denying Certificate Issued By Enugu Gov. Mbah

Government of Enugu State has banned all illegal mining activities in the state. This was contained in a statement released on Thursday night by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Chidiebere Onyia. The government while warning against flouting the directive said that there would be dire consequences for any illegal miner forthwith in the state. The government observed that it was in...

Abia Market Leaders, Touts Arrested For Disobeying Gov Otti’s Order

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Abia Market Leaders, Touts Arrested For Disobeying Gov Otti’s Order

The Abia State Government detained three market leaders and other touts in Aba for breaching the new administration's directive to ban all sorts of levies levied on commercial carriers in the state. The accused were apprehended on Thursday in Aba during a monitoring operation conducted by Deputy Governor Ikechuckwu Emetu. According to reports from the Deputy Governor's office, those arrested were...

Remove Subsidy On All Petroleum Products, Reps Tells FG

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Reps Urge FG To Auction All Police Barracks Over Poor Maintenance

The House of Representatives has called on the Federal Government to discontinue subsidies on not just the Premium Motor Spirit popularly known as petrol but on all petroleum products. This call follows the re-emergence of queues at the various fuel stations across the country, following the recent increase in the pump price of petrol products occasioned by the stoppage of...

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