The Organised Labour says its nationwide strike to protest the removal of petroleum subsidy will proceed as planned. The strike is scheduled to begin on Wednesday. The unions, comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), spoke after a meeting with government representatives at the presidential villa on Monday. The unions expressed doubt…
Former vice president and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 2023 general elections, Atiku Abubakar has said that President Bola Tinubu’s national broadcast was uninspiring, deceptive, and aimed at persuading organised labour against its planned nation wide strike. Tinubu had on Monday in a television broadcast and rolled out measures to address the…
Full text of President Bola Tinubu’s broadcast to the nation on the economic challenges facing the country. AFTER DARKNESS COMES THE GLORIOUS DAWN My fellow citizens, I want to talk to you about our economy. It is important that you understand the reasons for the policy measures I have taken to combat the serious economic…
A coalition of Quranic Reciters, Memorizers and Learners has called on the Senate not to confirm former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai for appointment as minister. El-Rufai is listed among the 28 ministerial nominees President Bola Tinubu submitted to the senate for screening and confirmation. According to Daily Trust, the coalition stated this at a press…
The Plateau State House of Assembly has passed into law a bill seeking to establish a Law Reform Commission in the state . The Deputy Speaker of the House, Fom Gwottson, disclosed this on Sunday, in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media, Precious Kaneng Yohanna. The statement said the lawmakers equally passed…
The Arewa Citizens Watch for Good Governance, (ACWGG), has directed its members to converge on the Abuja headquarters of the Nigerian National Company Limited (NNCL), on Thursday, to demand for the resignation of Mele Kyari, its chief executive, over high cost of petrol and wide spread hunger. Addressing a press conference on Sunday in Kaduna,…
