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  TUC shuns NLC warning strike in Kebbi The Leader of the Senate, Opeyemi Bamidele, has appealed to the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) to shelve their planned indefinite strike in national interest. The senator made the appeal in an independence anniversary message made available by …

SERAP is also arguing that the “36 state governors are constitutionally required to act in the public interest. Secrecy in government is a form of coercion. Government secrecy promotes arbitrariness and covers illegal acts”. The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the 36 state governors …

President Bola Tinubu has told Nigerians that he wished today’s difficulties did not exist, but charged Nigerians to endure for a better future. The president in his Independence Day broadcast to the nation, said there is no joy in seeing the people of this nation shoulder burdens that should have …

President Bola Tinubu has announced the approval of N25,000 provisional allowance for junior federal workers over the next six months. He said the approval followed negotiations with labour unions and other stakeholders in the business community to increase the federal minimum wage without triggering undue inflation. “For the next six …

The Managing Director, Julius Berger, Dr Lars Ritcher (left), and the FCT Minister Mr Nyesom Wike (middle), during the minister’s tour of projects on Saturday in Abuja The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Mr. Nyesom Wike, says a number of the region’s ongoing road projects will be completed in less …

President Bola Tinubu on Sunday told Nigerians that reform is indeed painful, but said it is what greatness and the future require. Tinubu, in his independence Day nationwide broadcast said he is aware of the pains and hardships Nigerians are going through as a result of the removal of fuel …

Former President, Goodluck Jonathan, said Africans no longer trust democracy because it has caused serious crisis in recent years. He noted that the current spate where civil governments are being overthrown across the African continent shows that democracy needs to be ”rejigged” and put in a proper direction. Jonathan made …

CONFUSION has continued to trail the ruling of the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Kaduna State after reports emerged that the election has allegedly been declared inconclusive by the three-man panel led by Justice Victor Oviawe. Journalists were not granted access to cover the tribunal’s ruling delivered via Zoom. About …

  The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okojo-Iweala, has urged South-East stakeholders to foster joint leadership in order to collectively tackle the challenges bedevilling the region.Okonjo-Iweala made the call in her keynote address to the South-East Summit on Security and Economy, which kicked-off in Owerri on …

The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab, has ordered immediate closure of Ladipo Market, Mushin, for several environmental offences including, reckless waste disposal, unhygienic premises, and non payment of waste bills, among others He said the market would remain closed until the mandatory conditions of redress …