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Polaris Bank The National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions Employees (NUBIFIE) has said the meeting held between it and Polaris Bank management over the sack of its members ended inconclusively. The Secretary-General, NUBIFIE, Mr Mohammed Sheikh, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos that …

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Former President Muhammadu Buhari has submitted his assets declaration forms to the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, in line with Chapter 6 of the constitution. The CCB today issued an acknowledgement receipt. The completed declaration shows that his movable assets did not increase, at home in Nigeria or outside and …

Motorists queuing at a filling station Photo: Stanley Ogidi Fuel prices have almost tripled across Africa’s most populous nation after newly elected President Bola Tinubu announced Monday that subsidies were “gone”. This has triggered an increase in transportation costs, sending food prices soaring while electricity has become more costly for …

Uber Bolt drivers Drivers with App-Based Transport companies including Uber, Bolt, Lagride, Indriver and others have called for urgent review their price upward by 200 per cent. They also was the companies to set minimum trip fare at N2, 000 naira. The drivers, who made the demand under Amalgamated Union …

The Senate has whittled down the powers of the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission and the Commission following the amendment of the ICPC Act 2000. The actions of the Senate, according to findings are not unconnected with the prevention of corruption through the constituency …

  The immediate-past Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has refuted the claim that he was under probe by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over an alleged N4bn fraud. In a statement issued on Friday by the Head of the Fayemi Media Office, Abuja, Mallam Ahmad Sajoh, …

“That means by law, the subsidy regime was gone by 17 February 2022. But of course, the government can always decide to spend on its citizens, in the manner that it wants,” an official said. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) on Thursday said the petroleum subsidy regime in …

The President also named Goerge Akume the Secretary to the Government of the Federation. President Bola Tinubu has appointed the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, as his Chief of Staff. The president also named George Akume Secretary to the Government of the Federation(SGF). Mr Akume, a former …

Rivers State House of Assembly has screened and confirmed four former commissioners in the immediate-past administration of Nyesom Ezenwo Wike as commissioner under Governor Siminalaye Fubara. They are former attorney-general and commissioner for justice, Professor Zaccheaus Adangor and former commissioner for works, Dr. Dakorinama George-Kelly. Others are former commissioner for …