archiveJuly 18, 2023

President Bola Tinubu has ordered the full details of the proposed palliatives for Nigerians to help against the effect of petrol subsidy removal to be made public. Dele Alake, the Special Adviser on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy to the president reports said in a statement on Tuesday that the...

  Mrs Oluremi Tinubu, First Lady of Nigeria, has renamed the National Centre for Women Development (NCWD) after the late Maryam Babangida. Tinubu also revealed her portrait and a compendium of activities of the First Lady and wives of governors of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023. Maryam was the wife...

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has asked the Federal Government to take appropriate actions to mitigate the impact of the petrol subsidy removal on Nigerians. The union made the call in a statement signed by Shuaibu Leman, its national secretary, on Tuesday. The petrol pump price surged to N617...

      The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has asked the federal government to review the proposed N8,000 to 12 million household palliative. Last week, President Bola Tinubu asked the senate to approve a borrowing request of $800 million. With this, the federal government intends to transfer N8,000 per month...

  Nigerian equities market on Tuesday sustained its bullish run as market capitalization gained N449 billion, as investors’ interest in Dangote Cement Plc and 49 others added to their opening value. The market All-Share Index (ASI) gained 823.37 basis points, which amount to 1.31 per cent to close at 63,766.72...

The Middle Belt Forum, Forum (MBF) has described the sudden increase in the pump price of petrol in Nigeria as criminal since there is no justification for the action. The forum insisted that it was unacceptable to have such an increase within the first 50 days in the life of...

Pursuant to the judgement passed by the Court of Appeal sitting in Asaba, Delta State in Appeal No. CA/AS/276/2019: FRSC and Darlington Ugo Ehikim, wherein the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) operations were restricted to only federal roads, the Corps Marshal, Dauda Ali Biu has stated the intention of the...

  The Kano State Government has declared Wednesday, July 19, work-free to mark the beginning of the 1445 Islamic (Hijrah) New Year. This was contained in a statement issued by Baba Dantiye, the Commissioner for Information, on behalf of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf on Tuesday. The governor, who congratulated Muslims...

Vice President, Kashim Shettima, on Tuesday assured Nigerians of the determination of the Tinubu administration to continue to develop economic policies and programmes that will drive investments. The Director of Information, Office of the Vice President, Mr Olusola Abiola, in a statement, said Shettima gave the assurance when the board...

As  reactions trail the latest hike in petrol pump price from N500 per litre to N617 per litre, the  Governor of Ekiti State, Abiodun Oyebanji has pleaded with Nigerians  to be patient with the President  Bola  Tinubu-led administration. According to him, Nigerians should exercise more restrain with the Federal Government...