Federal government meets organized labour today in bid to avert looming strike
The federal government of Nigeria has invited organized labour over in a bid to avert a nationwide strike action called at the instance of the latter over the increase in the pump price of petrol. The...
View ArticleBuhari: No intelligence linking Boko Haram source of weapons to ISIS
President Muhammadu Buhari said on Saturday that there was no credible intelligence linking Boko Haram’s source of weaponry to the Islamic State. Boko Haram had last year pledged allegiance to IS, the...
View ArticleOpen Alliance commends president Buhari for committing to open government...
The Open Alliance, a coalition of Nigerian civil society groups that seeks transparency in governance and public finance has commended Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari for publicly committing to...
View ArticlePresidency: Over 8million Nigerians to benefit from poverty alleviation...
*5.5 million school children to be fed for 200 school days in first phase of homegrown school feeding programme *Over 1.6 million Nigerian traders, market women, men, artisans to receive loans. *1...
View ArticleHouse to hold stakeholders’ summit on new version of PIB
Following the inability of the Executive to forward the new version of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) to the National Assembly, the House of Representatives is set to hold a stakeholders conference...
View ArticleRowdy session at house of reps at the moment over petrol price hike
Members of the House of Representatives have been embroiled in a shouting match at the time of filing this report, over the increase in the pump price of petrol by the federal government. Petroleum...
View ArticleI’m not going to have a good relationship with David Cameron, says Donald Trump
AP LONDON— Presidential candidate Donald Trump says he may have a poor relationship with Prime Minister David Cameron in light of the British leader’s criticism of Trump’s call for all Muslims to be...
View ArticleBuhari holds closed door meeting with Wike
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met briefly behind closed door with Rivers State Governor, Mr. Nyesom Wike, reports Punch. The meeting which was held inside the President’s office at the...
View ArticleLagos reopens Lekki gardens after buildings passed structural tests
The Lagos State government has approved the reopening of buildings belonging to Lekki Worldwide Estates Limited, owners of Lekki Gardens; which were recently sealed after an uncompleted building...
View ArticleMeeting between federal government and labor over fuel price hike ends in...
There was no discernible headway as organized labour held talks with Nigeria’s federal government over the increase in the pump price of petrol, Monday. The meeting which lasted four hours, ended at...
View ArticleAmid rowdy session, House urges labour to shelve proposed strike
The House of Representatives has urged the Nigerian Labour Congress to suspend its planned strike over the hike in the price of petrol. The lawmakers, after their meeting with the Minister of State...
View ArticleTo cushion petrol price hike, Ambode donates 50 new buses to BRT
Lagos state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has issued 50 new buses to the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) service to cushion the biting effect of the increase in the pump price of petrol on Lagosians. The price...
View ArticleTompolo: ‘I’m not behind Niger Delta Avengers; believe me’
Alleged retired militant, Government Ekpemupolo, popularly referred to as Tompolo, has said he has nothing to do with the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA). The group has been on a sabotaging spree of oil...
View ArticleSenate withdraws anti-social media bill
The senate has withdrawn the controversial frivolous petition bill, known as anti- social media bill, TheCable is reporting. The red chamber announced the decision at plenary on Tuesday after David...
View ArticleEFCC picks up former Kaduna governor Ramalan Yero
Immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Ramalan Yero, was arrested on Monday by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and whisked away to Kano where he’s presently being...
View ArticleKOWA party: Petrol price hike proves the insensitivity of Buhari
Today, we have finally decided to respond to the incompetence and incoherence of this administration in what has now turned out to be a repeated act when it comes to issues of national importance...
View ArticleSenate throws weight behind petrol price hike
Sunday Aborisade, Abuja The Senate on Tuesday, expressed support for the increase in fuel price but asked the Federal Government to immediately commence the implementation of palliative measures to...
View Article$12.5bn oil suits: ‘You have case to answer’, court tells oil companies
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has struck out the preliminary objection filed by the Nigerian Agip Oil Company Limited (“Agip”) against the Federal Government of Nigeria (“FGN”). The...
View ArticleOsinbajo: Petrol price hike was a very difficult decision for Buhari
“If there is one person in Nigeria that believes that petroleum prices should not go up by one Naira, it is President Buhari,” Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, asserted earlier today at a public...
View ArticleIf you hit the streets in the name of a strike in Lagos, Ambode will have you...
Lagos governor Akinwunmi Ambode has read out the riot act to labour in the nation’s commercial capital. The Ayuba Wabba faction of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) will hit the streets of Nigeria...
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