archiveJune 2023

The Director of Media and Publicity for the defunct All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, Bayo Onanuga, has asked Nigerian workers to ignore the call of the President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero to embark on a protest over the subsidy removal. Onanuga made this call in...

Following the rumours of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu’s death, the Ondo State government on Saturday, urged the people of the state to ignore such a rumour, adding that the governor is very much alive. There has been tension in the state about the whereabouts of the governor since he resumed his...

  Nigerian human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) has declared that only President Bola Tinubu has the capacity to name the pump price of fuel and not the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). The NNPCL recently adjusted the fuel pump price across its mega filling stations across the 36...

The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has condemned the sudden removal of subsidy on petrol. Addressing newsmen after its emergency National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Abuja, on Friday, TUC President, Festus Osifo, urged the Government to revert to status quo ante. However, unlike the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), which announced...

  Knocks NLC, TUC for rejecting subsidy removal The Lamidi Apapa faction of the Labour Party (LP) has asked the presidential candidate of the party, Peter Obi to step down his case at the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal (PEPT), noting that he (Obi) is not showing any seriousness. The faction...

The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) retired Col. Hameed Ali on Thursday inaugurated a 3.2billion dollar modernisation project to end manual administration. Ali, while inaugurating the Project Management Office in Abuja, said the project, aimed at full automation of NCS was a dream come through. According to him,...

The Oyo State Police Command on Friday declared embattled transport union leader, Mukaila Lamidi who is also known as Auxiliary a wanted. The Police authorities declared Lamidi who was recently sacked as the Chairman of the Oyo State Park Management System wanted in a press briefing. The move follows a...

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday, pledged support to Mouka Foam Nigeria, in a bid to expand its business base in the state. Makinde gave this assurance when the management of Mouka Foam Limited led by its Managing Director, Femi Fapohunda paid him a courtesy visit at the governor’s...

  The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Friday dismissed the petition filed by the Action Alliance’s (AA) candidate in the March 18, 2023 election, Mr Babatunde Ajala, against Governor Seyi Makinde’s victory. The three-man tribunal, led by Justice Ejiro Emudainohwu, in a unanimous...

  President, Bola Tinubu, on Friday, appointed former Minister of Special Duties, George Akume, as Secretary to the Government of the Federation (DSGF)  and former Deputy Governor of Jigawa State, Sen. Ibrahim Hadejia, as Deputy Chief of Staff (DCS). This was revealed in a statement signed on Friday by the...