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Fuel Subsidy Removal: Work Only 3 Days in Week, Obaseki Tell Edo Civil Servants
The Edo State Government has announced a reduction in the workdays for workers in the state to three days a week as part of the palliative measures to cushion the biting effects of the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, it would be recalled, had during his inaugural speech on May 29, announced the...
Gov Mohammed Approves Recruitment Of 1,684 Workers
Bauchi State governor, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed has approved the recruitment of 1,684 secondary school teachers, extension workers, and staff of the state-owned Aminu Saleh College of Education, Azare. This was disclosed to journalists in Bauchi by the State Head of Civil Service, Alhaji Yahuza Adamu Haruna, adding that the approval followed the lifting of the embargo of employment into...
Abia First Lady, Priscilla Otti Promises Adequate Care For Rescued Baby Factory Inmates
The First Lady of Abia State, Mrs. Priscilla Otti, has assured that appropriate action is being taken to rehabilitate the inmates rescued from a baby factory located at Umunkpeyi, Nvosi, in Isialangwa South LGA. Mrs. Otti gave the assurance Tuesday when she paid an unscheduled visit to the young girls at Madonna College of Health Technology, Olokoro, Umuahia, where they...
Obi: Removing Petrol Subsidy Suddenly Is Like Forceful Removal Of Tooth
Despite his support for the subsidy, Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi argues the current administration's elimination of it was a "forceful" attempt. Obi talked to journalists in Abuja on Tuesday while attending an electoral petition tribunal session. The termination of the petrol subsidy followed President Bola Tinubu's declaration that the petrol subsidy regime was finished. Following Tinubu's remarks, massive lineups...
No-Man’s Land: Lagos Assembly Vows To Make Laws To Protect Indigenes
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, Tuesday, disclosed that the state would promulgate laws for the protection of its indigenes. Obasa, who was elected speaker of the 10th Assembly for the third consecutive term, said as part of its legislative agenda, there would be laws and resolutions in the areas of economy and commerce, property...
Peoples Democratic Party Leaders Meet Today Over Fuel Subsidy, Polls
The Peoples Democratic Party's National Working Committee will meet on Wednesday (today) to discuss a wide range of national concerns. According to a reputable source at the party's national secretariat in Abuja, the meeting will be presided over by the PDP's acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, with other members of the committee likely to attend. Although details of the meeting were...
We Will Protect You – Simon Ekpa To SouthEast-based Oil Companies
A well-known Biafra activist and separatist, Simon Ekpa has sent a warning to oil corporations operating in Nigeria's southeast region. Ekpa, a Finnish lawyer and the Prime Minister of the Biafra Government Republic in Exile revealed this in a letter to the Oil Producers Trade Section on Tuesday. BRIGIE, he claims, will protect both onshore and offshore oil companies in the...
Reps Declare Nigeria Air Launch Fraudulent
The alleged debut of Nigeria Air during the final months of former President Muhammadu Buhari's presidency was called a hoax by the House of Representatives. After the key participants in the agreement between the Federal Government and Ethiopian Airlines denied knowledge of the launch, Nnolim Nnaji, chairman of the House Committee on Aviation, proclaimed Nigeria Air's launch to be a...
Nothing Can Stop Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu Vows
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has announced that the fight to bring Biafra into reality cannot be subdued. Kanu, in a tweet posted by his legal counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, on Tuesday, said Biafra is non-negotiable. Ejimakor tweeted, “Personal Message from Mazi Nnamdi Kanu: “I deeply appreciate the abiding solidarity of the people of Biafra & the...
Court Dismisses Suit Against Tinubu’s Inauguration Over 25% FCT Votes
A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the suit filed by five residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), who sought to stop the inauguration of Bola Tinubu as president. Inyang Ekwo, the presiding judge, on Tuesday, ordered the lawyer representing the five residents to pay the sum of N10 million each to the attorney-general of the federation and...
