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Ex-Petroleum Minister, Timipre Sylva has blasted Bayelsa Governor, Duoye Diri Over claims he’s sponsoring bad governance protests. Sylva in a statement on Tuesday denied being behind the protests insisting he had rather spoken against it when he advised aggrieved youth to be patient with President Bola Tinubu. He said “I …

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has said the 10-day nationwide protest being planned by some Nigerians to commence on 1 August would be excessively long, counterproductive, disruptive with the potential for protests to turn violent or hijacked by criminals. ACF said this while indicating that its opposition to the nationwide …

IGP kAYODE Egbetokun The Take it Back Movement has requested the Inspector General of Police to provide the contact details of the senior police officers that he promised will give protection to its members during the nationwide protest slated for August 1 to 10. The IGP, Kayode Egbetokun had in …

According to the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), one of Africa’s most pressing agricultural concerns revolves around meeting the nutritional needs of its rapidly expanding population, projected to swell to 398 million by 2050. To satisfy this growing demand for food, agricultural output must escalate accordingly. Nigerians, as a critical …

 President Bola Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited to sell crude to Dangote Refinery and other upcoming refineries in Naira. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Publicity, Bayo Onanuga, made this known in a post via his official X handle on Monday. …

 Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has signed the new National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Bill 2024 into law. This newspaper reports that the new law is reviewable every three years. President Tinubu signed the Bill midway into the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Monday. Senate President Godswill Akpabio led National Assembly leaders to …

The Arewa Youth Assembly, AYA, has urged billionaire businessman, Aliko Dangote to respect and obey Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL as the country’s regulatory body. The group reminded Dangote that before the establishment of his refinery, the NNPCL, NUPRC and NMDPRA had been existing as regulatory bodies. “It will …

The Lagos State government has concluded plans to shut, and divert traffic from Osborne/Dolphin Estate to Sura en route Adeniji Adele Link Bridge for asphalt road pavement. Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, made the announcement on Saturday. He said the closure takes effect from midnight today, Saturday, July 27, to …

The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has issued a notice to dormant companies, giving them a 90-day grace to submit all outstanding annual returns or face potential delisting from its registry. According to a statement by the commission, the companies failed to file annual returns for a period of 10 years. …

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 …