archiveJuly 2023

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has given the Federal Government a seven-day ultimatum to reverse all perceived anti-poor policies, including the recent hike in the pump price of petrol, or face an indefinite nationwide strike from August 2. Consequently, the NLC has directed all its affiliates and state councils to...

  The Presidency, on Wednesday, said that despite the hike in ancillary fees at several universities nationwide, tuition remains free in federal universities. This comes barely five days after Federal Unity Colleges increased the school fees for new students from N45,000 to N100,000. “For the avoidance of doubts, federal universities...

  Following the emergency meeting of the Board of Directors on Tuesday, 25 July 2023, Nigerian Exchange Group Plc today announced an interim dividend of 25 kobo per Ordinary Share of 50 kobo each, distributable to shareholders for the first half of financial year 2023. This dividend, which is the...

gets endorsed by Lumumba, Awoyemi, Olumide-Ojo, others   Endorsements have been pouring in from local and international sources for Nkechi Ali-Balogun (FNIPR) a frontline candidate vying for re-election into the governing council of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations . Prominent local and international personalities have been endorsing her bid...

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has began a new roadmap to strengthen quality service regulations in the industry to meet up with the changes in technology development. This was disclosed by the commission during the public inquiry on six regulatory instruments and the draft presentation on Tuesday in Abuja. The...

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the February 25 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, has insisted that the declaration of Bola Tinubu as Nigeria’s president is unlawful and unconstitutional. He stressed that Tinubu must be removed from office to sanitise the country’s polity. Atiku stated this in...

  .The Senate Majority Leader, Senator Michael Opeyemi Bamidele has said that the list will be submitted to the Senate in the next 48 hours. Bamidele made the disclosure at a birthday lecture and book presentation in Abuja on Tuesday, saying that Tinubu had personally informed him of the development...

  The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has increased the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR), which measures interest rate from 18.5 to 18.75 per cent. Acting CBN Governor, Folashodun Shonubi, announced this to journalists on Tuesday after the bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting at...

seeks reliefs for Ikire victims   A former governorship aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State, Omooba Dotun Babayemi, has implored the Federal Government to urgently put in place, mechanisms that would help to stem the menace of flooding currently threatening some parts of...

The House of Representatives has resolved to recover the over $9 billion gas flaring fines that the Federal Government had imposed on erring local and foreign companies operating in the Nigerian oil and gas industry. The House, through its ad-hoc committee investigating gas flaring in the country, also resolved to...