archiveJune 2023

Indications are that Nigerians may pay 40 % more for electricity tariffs by the start of July 2023. The development is coming about two weeks after President Bola Tinubu declared the end of the fuel subsidy regime during his inauguration. The increase as a result of the subsidy removal would...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has come out to reveal that beneficiaries of student loan initiatives in other countries were committing suicide over their inability to repay debts. The ASUU National President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke stated this while speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. He said, “This would...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will on Thursday, June 22, join world leaders in Paris, France, to review and sign a New Global Financial Pact that places vulnerable countries on a priority list for support and investment. This follows the devastating impact of climate change, energy crisis, and after effect of...

Three Presiding Officers of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday told the Presidential Election Petition Court ( PEPC) that the refusal of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) to transmit the presidential election results on election day frustrated their jobs. The Officers admitted that the results of the...

Airtel Nigeria, one of the leading mobile network operators in the country, has officially launched its services powered by fifth-generation (5G) technology. By this, Airtel becomes the third operator to offer this technology in the country. With the advent of 5G, users can expect lightning-fast data services that have the...

  An effort by President Bola Tinubu and his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) to stop the Allied People’s Movement (APM) in its petition challenging President’s qualification for the February 25, presidential election has been rejected by the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC). The President, through his lead counsel,...

The National Industrial Court has declared that the order restraining the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) from embarking on their planned industrial action subsists. In Monday’s ruling, Justice Olufunke Anuwe said the order as granted on June 5 subsists pending the hearing and determination of the...

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo has expressed concern over the lingering problems in Lagos concerning an allegedly planned demolition of some property at the Alaba Market dominated by Igbo traders. The President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, stated this in a statement issued by the group’s National Publicity Secretary,...

Legal icon, Dr Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, has implored President Bola Tinubu to honour Justice M.L Uwais by implementing the Uwais Committee Electoral Reforms he celebrates 87 birthday. He made the call in a press statement he signed and made available to Business247 News Online on Sunday. According to Agbakoba, “The...

  The Lagos State Government has initiated the demolition process for 17 buildings in Alaba International Market. According to witnesses, the demolition began early on Sunday morning, discreetly under the cover of darkness. The furniture section of the market was most affected. An anonymous source shared with Nairametrics that a...