Otti suspends levies on transport operators in Abia

All kinds of transport levies payable to the Abia State government, which are imposed on tricycles (Keke), buses, taxis, and other commercial vehicles in the state were yesterday, suspended with immediate effect by Governor Alex Otti. Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Publicity, Ferdinand Ekeoma, who disclosed this in a statement, stated that […]

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Fuel subsidy removal: Posers about $800m palliative, Labour’s next move as Nigerians brace for higher inflation

Graphical interpretation of fuel increment in Nigeria from 1999 till date • FG, Labour talks deadlocked • Alake: Consultations adjourned to later date • APC governors back Tinubu • Logistics, palliative framework missing • NMDPRA silent on grey areas • NECA cautions govt, says approach could trigger fresh economic crisis • Your aides speaking in […]

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NGO sensitises mothers, girls on menstrual hygiene, distributes pads in Osun

To mark the 2023 world menstrual hygiene day, a non-profit organisation, Loving Heart of Faith Foundation, has sensitised mothers and girls on the need to stay clean and free from germs. The NGO visited the Coker community and Community High School, Ota-efun in Osogbo, Osun State capital with the hygiene message. The event highlights include […]

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Tinubu targets 1m digital jobs as stakeholders set agenda for new administration

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed his administration’s readiness to create one million new digital jobs for the economy. Tinubu, in his inaugural address on Monday, in Abuja, stated this with an assurance that his administration must create meaningful opportunities for the teeming youths. Digital jobs are created through the application of Information and Communications […]

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Memory of slain OAU masters student comes alive as hotelier, 2 others bag death sentence

Finally, justice on Tuesday came the way of the family of a Master’s student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Timothy Adegoke, who was murdered in November 2021. An Osun State High Court passed a death sentence on an Ile-Ife hotelier, Ramon Adedoyin, and two of his staff, Bola Bamigbola writes. The already tense atmosphere […]

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Petrol subsidy removal takes effect as fuel price jumps over N500 per litre

Fuel queues at NNPC filling station in Abule-Egba, Lagos State The National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited Wednesday morning officially increased fuel pump prices to more than N500 in different parts of the country. Our correspondent gathered that the NNPC station pegged fuel price at N537 per litre in Abuja. Nigeria President Bola Tinubu during his […]

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Population Commission, N200b vote and botched 2023 census

Preparations were being concluded for the 2023 Population and Housing Census, when, suddenly, the Federal government announced that it had been postponed. Indefinitely Fidelis Abu, in this analysis, takes a look at the implications of the cancellation. Declaration by the Chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC), Nasir Isa Kwarra, that the Commission had spent […]

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Tinubu, Shettima assume duties in Aso Villa as Nigerians await official appointments

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (right) being welcomed to office by Vice President Kashim Shettima at the State House Abuja…yesterday. Credit: Philip Ojisua President Bola Ahmed Tinubu officially assumed office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, yesterday, same as Vice President Kashim Shettima. Tinubu, who arrived at the forecourt of the Presidential Villa, a day after he […]

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Nationwide chaos, pain as stakeholders seek caution on subsidy removal

• Tinubu backpedals as NNPC claims FG owes it N2.8tr • Shettima: Nigerians will soon appreciate FG’s position on subsidy removal • Marketers divided as MOMAN, IPMAN, DAPMAN back move • Nigeria’s 36.9m MSMEs, 96.7% businesses face collapse • TUC, NUPENG reject immediate subsidy removal • NLC: Instead of hope, Tinubu’s inauguration day brought tears, […]

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