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The Organised Labour have described the Federal Government’s decision to suspend the removal of fuel subsidy as the “best option”. Mr Benson Upah, Head of Information, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) said this to newsmen while reacting to the recent suspension of the subsidy removal by the Federal Government on Thursday in Abuja. It would […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, has reiterated its readiness to revoke the registration of Non-Governmental Organizations found to have links with any terrorist group. Abdulrasheed Bawa the executive Chairman of the Commission disclosed this at the opening of a one-day workshop on economic and financial crime reporting the commission organised for […]
The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has asked the federal government to suspend the National Housing and Population Census scheduled to begin on May 3. The body requested this in a communique issued at the end of its monthly meeting held at the residence of its acting leader, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, in Isanya Ogbo, […]
Imran J Umar, a Nigerian student stuck in Sudan has narrated how his colleagues fleeing from the war outbreak in Sudan have to use their Passports as collateral for their bus to get going over alleged non-payment by the Federal Government. Umar, made the revelation while responding to a tweet by Madam Abike […]
The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Zubairu Dada, on Wednesday, said no Nigerian life has been lost so far in the crisis engulfing Sudan. He stated this at a media briefing after the Federal Executive Council Meeting, adding that the Federal Government had already perfected plans to evacuate over 5,000 citizens in the […]
The federal government says the 40 buses evacuating Nigerians from the civil unrest in Sudan cost about $1.2 million. According to NAN, Geoffery Onyeama, minister of foreign affairs, spoke on Wednesday. The minister said the high cost of the evacuation was to provide security cover for the Nigerians’ journey to the Egyptian borders. “The sum […]
Air Peace Chief Executive, Allen Onyeama, has warned that his support to evacuate stranded Nigerians from war-torn Sudan should not be considered an ethnic matter. Onyeama disclosed this on Wednesday in Arise TV interview. He stated that his action was not a publicity stunt but instead borne out of the deep conviction to promote […]
Monica Mensem, the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeal has ordered the Ebonyi State Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday to relocate to the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, with immediate effect. Mensem’s order was announced by Secretary of the Tribunal, Nyior Henry Sekulla, in Abakaliki on Wednesday. In explanation, Sekulla said after the order, […]
A Ghana’s presidential aspirant on the platform of the ruling NPP, His Excellency Allan John Kyerematen on Monday met with Interpol Systems Consultant, Sir Chikwe Udensi in his office in Abuja. Kyerematen was a former Minister of Trade & Industry and former Ghanaian Ambassador to the United States of America. He was in […]
Some residents of Abuja and environs have lamented the scarcity of the new naira notes. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has restored the old 200, 500 and 1000 naira notes to remain as legal tender until Dec. 31. Correspondents of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who monitored the availability of the new […]
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