Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has told the Federal Government to “think outside the box,’’ to end persistent fuel scarcity in Nigeria, just as the union threatened to embark on another strike if any of its…
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NLC COMMENDS NIGERIAN WORKERS
Speaking at the opening ceremony of NLC 40th anniversary public lecture and presentation held in Bauchi, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) through its chairman, Bauchi Chapter, Comrade Hashimu Gital, has commended Nigerian workers for their resilience in spite the current…
KWARA COMMUNITY THREATENS TO DENOUNCE NIGERIA
The people of Baruten local district of Kwara state, North-central Nigeria, have threatened to denounce their citizenship of Nigeria and join the Republic of Benin. According to the people, this becomes necessary due to the level of neglect by both…
YOBE SCHOOL ABDUCTION: EU SAYS IT’S AN ATTACK ON HUMANITY
Following the reported abduction of school girls in Dapchi, Yobe state, the European Union (EU), has said that the incidence is an attack on humanity. In a statement issued by the EU Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Catherine…
EFCC REJECTS OUT OF COURT SETTLEMENT FOR FORMER FCT MINISTER
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday told a Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday that it rejected an offer for an out-of-court settlement by a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Olajumoke Akinjide. Akinjide was…
TINUBU ACCUSE OYEGUN OF FRUSTRATING RECONCILIATION EFFORTS
All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has accused National Chairman John Odigie-Oyegun of frustrating reconciliation efforts in the ruling party. He said the chairman had compounded the challenge of reconciliation by taking “improper unilateral decisions” on issues affecting…
NIGERIANS WOULD BE BETTER OFF, IF BUHARI SEEKS RE-ELECTION – OKOROCHA
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has on Thursday asked Governors under the All Progressives Congress, APC, party to give him more time to decide if he would seek a second term in office come 2019. President Muhammadu Buhari President Buhari who…
2019: YOU HAVE NO POWER TO ALTER THE ORDER OF ELECTION- JEGA TELLS SENATE
Immediate past chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, have told the Senate it has no power to alter the order of election for 2019. Jega made his position…
COUNCIL OF STATE MEETING: FAYOSE MEETS BUHARI, JONATHAN ABSENT
The Council of State is an organ of the federal government saddled with the responsibility of advising the executive on policy making. Its duties include: advising the president in the exercise of his powers with respect to the national population…
NIGERIANS NO LONGER INTERESTED IN BEING GOVERNED WITH PROPAGANDA – FAYOSE TO FG
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has called on the Federal Government to publish all the properties it claimed to have recovered and their owners as well as buyers of the properties when they are eventually sold. The governor, who said…