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President Bola Tinubu •Reps sit on N500bn subsidy relief request today, FG, Labour for fresh negotiations •N500bn not enough for 125 million poor Nigerians affected by deregulation – NLC, TUC The Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress have thumbed down the N500bn palliative proposed by President Bola Tinubu, …

Senate in session The Senate, on Wednesday, launched an investigation into allegations of bribery and corruption levelled against officials of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System at various universities across the federation. The Senate also resolved to hold an interactive session with the Head of Service, the National President …

Governor Siminalayi Fubara in a handsake with the Managing Director of Julius Berger Nigeria PLC, Dr. Lars Ritcher after the signing of contract for Port Harcourt Ring Road Project in Government House, Port Harcourt on Wednesday Governor Siminialayi Fubara’s administration in Rivers has signed a contract with Julius Berger (JB) …

Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi Peter Obi, the 2023 presidential candidate of Labour Party and leader of the Obi-dients movement, has condemned the killings of innocent Nigerians by criminals. Obi, who is also the former Governor of Anambra State, laid emphasis on the killings in North Central and the …

Senator Stella Oduah The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will on Tuesday, arraign former Aviation Minister, Sen. Stella Oduah, before Justice James Omotosho of a Federal High Court in Abuja on a fresh charge. Oduah, who represented Anambra North Senatorial Distinct in the 9th National Assembly, will be arraigned …

A Lagos Federal High Court, today, ordered the remand of Bamise Ajetunmobi, a Ponzi Scheme Operator, who has been on the run since 2021, over alleged N7.5 billion fraud. The court presided over by Justice Chukwuejekwu Aneke, remanded the Ponzi Scheme Operator, after he pleaded not guilty to 12 counts …

Mmesoma Ejikeme Innoson Group has announced the withdrawal of the scholarship the firm awarded to Ejikeme Mmesoma after the committee set up by Chukwuma Soludo, Anambra State governor revealed that she faked her Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result. Cornel Osigwe, head of corporate communications and affairs at Innoson Group …

The Senate, on Thursday, said it will investigate a gas processing deal involving the Ministry of Finance, the Niger Delta Power Holding Company, Calabar Generation Company Limited and Accugas Limited. According to the sponsor of the motion, Senator Aniekan Bassey (from PDP, Akwa Ibom), the gas supply agreement is disadvantageous …

Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has replied a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, who in a statement titled ‘Lagos Without a Cabinet’ on Friday, had accused him of running a one-man show. Adegboruwa had said that the state fund was being spent daily without commissioners and without an …

Mmesoma sitting before the panel Joy Mmesoma Ejikeme, Anambra JAMB candidate, has finally owned up to forging her 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination result. This was the major highlight of the report of a panel set up by Governor Chukwuma Soludo to probe the raging issue. Professor Soludo set up …