Shareholders have strongly defended Africa’s foremost industrialist, Aliko Dangote over the on-going petroleum product supply controversies, while criticising the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Farouk Ahmed, for deliberate attempt at demarketing Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals. The shareholders under the aegis of Pragmatic Shareholders …
Read More »Stanbic IBTC Empowers 200 Nigerian Future Leaders Through Transformative Scholarship Programme
Following its successful launch in 2019, with the selection of 100 students nationwide, the annual Stanbic IBTC University Scholarship programme has proven to be a launchpad for Nigeria’s brightest minds to advance academically; providing a supportive environment to for them to reach their full potential. To further extend its impact, Stanbic IBTC …
Read More »Organisers Of #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria Protest Are Hunger, Unemployment, Insecurity – Sowore
The protest, the human rights activist said, was going to be massive, which has been selected for August 1st to 10th. Human rights activist and convener of the #RevolutionNow movement, Omoyele Sowore, said on Wednesday that upcoming nationwide ‘Day of Rage’ protest against exacerbating hunger in Nigeria is going to …
Read More »Hardship: Tinubu Government Slashes Allowances Of Nigerians On Scholarships Abroad
The slash was announced through the Federal Ministry of Education, and it was attributed to the adjustment to current economic crises in Nigeria. The President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government has announced a slash of 12.7% in allowances for Nigerians on scholarship abroad who are currently stranded in Russia, Morocco, Algeria, …
Read More »Delta Assembly Ex-Candidate, Harrison Gwanishu Dumps Labour Party Over Allegations Of Betrayal
He denied the allegations against him and said that he was fully prepared to cooperate with any investigations to clear his name. The former candidate of the Delta State House of Assembly for Aniocha South State Constituency on the platform of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, Harrison …
Read More »Tinubu Government In Panic, Conveys Emergency Meeting Over August 1 #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria Protests
it was earlier reported that Tinubu urged Nigerian youths to call off their planned protest and wait for the government to address their concerns. The President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government has scheduled an emergency meeting for Wednesday morning to address the imminent nationwide protest tagged #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria set for August 1. …
Read More »BALHADER, CDHRDA, Over 5000 MWUN demand end of casualization in developing countries
Some of the leaders of the groups at the press conference Members of the Bureau of African Labour Human and Democratic Rights (BALHADER), as well as the Center for the Defence of Human Rights Democratic in Africa (CDHRDA) and the wrongly disengaged Over 5000 Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria …
Read More »Tinubu wants youths to shelve planned nationwide protest – Minister
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, on Tuesday told journalists that President Bola Tinubu has appealed to Nigerian youths to shelve their planned nationwide protest. Idris disclosed this to journalists after a meeting with President Tinubu at Aso Rock presidential villa. The Minister said Tinubu does …
Read More »Katsina govt probes alleged torture by Hisbah personnel
The Katsina government has set UP a seven-member committee to investigate reports of alleged torture of people by the personnel of the state’s Hisbah Board. The State Government set up the committee against the backdrop of a viral video allegedly showing personnel of the board torturing individuals. The Secretary to …
Read More »NBS report indicates significant rise in food prices in June
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said prices of beans, tomatoes, irish potatoes, garri, yam and other food items witnessed significant price increases in June 2024. The NBS said this in its Selected Food Prices Watch report for June 2024 released in Abuja on Tuesday. The report said that the …
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