The Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, has given a one-week ultimatum to the Department of the State Security Service (DSS) to either charge the detained suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele to Court or set him free. Justice Hamza Muazu gave the order while delivering a ruling in a […]
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has kicked against the N500bn palliative proposed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, saying it will not be enough to ease the hardships faced by workers due to the fuel subsidy removal. National treasurer of the NLC, Hakeem Ambali, demanded a 300 percent salary increase to enable workers to cope with […]
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As Abuja High Court Orders DSS To Release Him From Detention Within 7 Days Detention Unjustifiable, Lawyers Say Celebration In Home Town As News Of Release Hits Delta Let Our Son Go Home Now, Ohanaeze Youths Urge Tinubu As a Democrat The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting in Abuja has ordered the […]
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• Alleges plot to stop him from ascending Olubadan throne A former Governor of Oyo State and Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, Senator Rashidi Ladoja, has taken the state governor, Seyi Makinde; the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun, Alli Okunmade II, and 10 members of the Olubadan-in-Council, who were recently elevated to Obas, to court […]
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$12 billion investment beckons in gas sector Nigeria eyeing $18b oil, gas investment, says NNPC Nigeria is pushing to offset about $1 billion gas legacy debt as stakeholders in the industry raised hope of a $12 billion investment and 10 Final Investment Decisions (FIDs) in the next one decade. The Federal Government, while unveiling a […]
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The chairman of the All Progressives Congress(APC) in Ekiti State, Paul Omotoso, who was kidnapped by gunmen along the Imesi Ekiti –Agbado Ekiti Road last Saturday has regained freedom. A reliable source at the APC Chairman’s Imesi-Ekiti hometown said Omotoso was freed on Wednesday night and has been reunited with his family. The source said: […]
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President Bola Tinubu has said N8,000 will be paid to 12 million Nigerian families for six months to cushion the effects of petrol subsidy removal. During his inaugural presidential address on May 29, he announced the removal of the petrol subsidy, causing the prices of petrol products to jump over 200% and an increase in […]
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President Bola Tinubu has poured encomiums on the Nobel Laureate and elder statesman, Prof. Wole Soyinka, a professor, on his 89th birthday, describing him as a veritable source of support, inspiration, and encouragement. The president, who called the literary giant a brother and comrade in the struggle for the restoration and entrenchment of democracy and […]
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• Again, Senate reconsiders ‘uneven’ disbursement of N483bn intervention loan • Ondo govt moves to cushion impact of subsidy removal, plead with residents With five weeks left from the eight weeks that the Federal Government and organised labour agreed for the conclusion of subsidy removal talks and palliatives, President Bola Tinubu yesterday, asked the House […]
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University Tuition Fee These are hard times for students and parents, as they are now to pay more for their education following an increase in fees by the nation’s federal and state universities. Many institutions have increased their fees by 100 to 200 percent, which may force some indigent students out of school. Already, most […]
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