President Bola Tinubu has appointed Henieken Lokpobiri, who served as Minister in the first term of President Muhammadu Buhari. He also appointed former Governors Bello Matawalle (Zamfara), Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi), Simon Lalong (Plateau), and Ibrahim Geidam (Yobe) and Isiaka Oyetola (Osun). Also appointed were Ahmed Tijani, Dr Isiaka Salako, Dr Tunji Alausa, Tanko Sunisi, […]
Leaders of the organised labour comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria are meeting President Bola Tinubu at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. The meeting comes just hours after the unions followed through on their plans to protest the economic hardship triggered by the discontinuance of petrol subsidy, as […]
Leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party have expressed optimism that the party will emerge victorious in the upcoming governorship elections in Kogi, Imo and Bayelsa States. The party leaders spoke at the inauguration of the National Campaign Council for the three states as well as the presentation of certificates of return to the party’s […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday said contrary to what some people may think, it has nothing to hide regarding the conduct of the 2023 General Elections. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu stated this at the Post Election Review of the 2023 General Elections […]
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has countered President Bola Tinubu over the claim that N1 trillion has been saved since his government stopped the payment of fuel subsidy. In a nationwide broadcast on Monday, the president had said a total of N1 trillion had been saved since subsidy payment was stopped. “In a little […]
Russia damaged almost 40,000 tonnes of grain in an overnight strike on southern Ukrainian ports near the Danube river, Kyiv’s infrastructure minister said on Wednesday. “The Russians attacked warehouses and grain elevators — almost 40,000 tonnes of grain were damaged,” Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said in an English-language post on social media. Kubrakov added that […]
The Senate, on Wednesday, set up a committee to dialogue with protesting unions who broke down the National Assembly Complex first gate. The protesters in their hundreds had marched from the Unity Fountain in Abuja to the NASS Complex in demonstration against the “anti-poor” people policies of the President Bola Tinubu administration. Upon their […]
The Chief of Staff to the President and the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajamiabila, has presented the new batch of ministerial list to the Senate. The Rules of the chamber were suspended at 3:15 pm to allow for the Chief of Staff to enter the hallowed Red Chamber. Gbajamiabila had […]
The Nigerian Medical Association, Lagos State chapter, has directed all the doctors working in the three government hospitals on the Lagos Island to begin an indefinite strike over the death of its colleague, Dr Vwaere Diaso. The NMA also declared a five-day mourning period in the state and asked doctors in the other government-owned […]
Three-quarter of pupils in Nigerian primary schools lack adequate literacy and numeracy, according to a UNICEF assessment report. The global agency’s Chief of Education in Nigeria, Saadhna Panday-Soobrayan, disclosed this on Wednesday, August 2, at the Foundational Literacy and Numeracy seminar in Maiduguri. “Nigeria has a severe learning crisis with three out of four […]
