The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed on Saturday said the recent increase in electricity and fuel prices will benefit ordinary Nigerians in the long-run.
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Nigeria’s debt stock to hit N31.7tr as FG awaits fresh World Bank, AfDB, IDB loans
Fresh loan disbursements expected from the World Bank, African Development Bank and Islamic Development Bank (AfDB) will raise Nigeria’s total public debt stock to N31.699tr in coming months.
Read More »Police vow to enforce court orders against labour union strike
Ahead of the planned strike action and protest by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) from Monday over the recent hike in electricity tariff and fuel price, the Nigeria Police Force has said it would
Read More »Governors in last minute moves to avert labour strike
Governors of the 36 states of the federation under the auspices of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) have again appealed to the labour unions to shelve the strike planned to start tomorrow.
Read More »Boko Haram: Death toll rises in Borno convoy attack
The death toll in the Friday ambush of security men by Boko Haram terrorists in Baga has increased. A Borno news online platform said 15 security personnel were killed, four more than earlier reported.
Read More »Attack on governor’s convoy: Atiku demands new anti-Boko Haram strategy from Buhari
Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has called on the Nigerian government to adopt new strategies to deal with the menace of insecurity.
Read More »COVID-19 claims three lives in Nigeria
Three persons have died of COVID-19 in Nigeria, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control reported on Saturday.
Read More »Ekiti health workers begin 7-day warning strike Monday
Ekiti State chapter of the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) is to commence a seven-day warning strike on Monday to press home its demand for payment of its members’ outstanding benefits.
Read More »Peter Obi distances self from 2023 presidential campaign posters
Vice-Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has disassociated him- self from the 2023 presidential campaign posters being circulated on the social media.
Read More »WAEC to release 2020 SSCE results late October
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has said that it has a 45-day timeline from its last paper to release the results of the 2020 Senior Secondary School Certificate (SSCE) Examination.
Read More »Blasphemy: Polish, 119 others offer to serve 10-year jail term for Kano teenager
Dr Piotr Cywiński, the Director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Warsaw, Poland, says he and 119 other volunteers across the world are offering to be jailed in exchange for the release of a teenager imprisoned for blasphemy
Read More »Yoruba in Kwara, Kogi seek merger with South-West
Yoruba ethnic group in Kwara and Kogi states have expressed desire to be merged with their kith and kin in the South-West region through boundary adjustment.
Read More »Court jails four Air Force personnel for embezzlement
Michael Oyebanji, a master warrant officer with the Nigerian Air Force in Makurdi has been sentenced to 21 years of imprisonment by a court martial.
Read More »Kaduna State approves N1.6bn for pensioners
The Kaduna State Government has released the sum of N1.6 billion for the payment of pensions, gratuities and death benefits to retired civil servants,
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