archiveNovember 2023

The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections,  Peter Obi, has criticised the attack on the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, in Imo State. On Wednesday, Ajaero was picked up from the Imo council secretariat of the NLC in Owerri by heavily armed...

A group, the Northern Consensus Movement of Nigeria, has vowed to stop the supply of food from the North to the southern part of the country. The group made this threat following a recent ultimatum issued by a Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho for the...

  The organised labour unions, comprising the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) have declared a nationwide strike over the attack on its NLC President, Joe Ajaero. Announcing the development at a briefing in Abuja on Friday, the leadership of the NLC and TUC issued a...

The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee has summoned the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the 11 Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) over $321 million and N18.2 billion loans for the accelerated transmission distribution interface, lines and substation projects. They are to appear before the Committee the Committee on November...

  Justice Olukayode Adeniyi of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, on Thursday, ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to release with immediate effect the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele. Justice Adeniyi, who issued the order while...

The city of Lagos is agog with enthusiasm as tech entrepreneurs and creative enthusiasts ignite their anticipation and excitement for the biggest tech ecosystem event in Africa - Art of Technology - scheduled to be held in December at the Landmark Event Center, Victoria Island, Lagos. Art of Technology Lagos...

  The Central bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it has sufficient stock of Naira notes allaying fears of some Nigerians on scarcity of Naira notes in circulation. The CBN in a statement signed by Dr. Isa AbdulMumin, Director, Corporate communication CBN, said “The attention of the Central Bank of Nigeria...

    agency to commercialise products via technology transfers secures $200m deal with REA on renewable energy attracts lots of private sector requests   The Executive Vice Chairman of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Mr. Khalil Suleiman Halilu has said his vision or direction for the...

Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma has broken silence on the brutal attack on Joe Ajaero, the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) president, during a union protest in the state. Ajaero was arrested by the Imo State Police Command on Wednesday while leading a protest in the state capital, Owerri. However, the...

  Pay-Tv operator, Multichoice Nigeria has announced another price increment across its DStv and GOtv packages by at least 19 per cent. Coming as the second increment this year after the first one was implemented on May 1, 2023, Multichoice said the latest increment takes effect from Monday, November 6....