•Mohammed Idris The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, today, eased fear of job losses after the implementation of the Oronsaye Report. Idris disclosed this in a statement signed by his media aide, Rabiu Ibrahim today, reports The PUNCH. Twelve years after it received the Stephen Oronsaye Report, the federal gove...
•National Assembly complex, Abuja The Rivers State Tax Justice and Governance Platform (TJGP), in collaboration with Christian Aid (CA) and the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), has called on the National Assembly to urgently investigate all International Monetary Fund (IMF) loans received by the country. The call is necessit...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), this night, has suspended its two-day protest all over the country. The Labour, in a communique at the end of its National Executive Council meeting, said the objectives of the protest were achieved on the first day of the demonstration. “Consequently, NEC-in-session resolved as follows: to suspend street act...
•Third Mainland Bridge The Federal Ministry of Works says both bounds of the carriageways of the Third Mainland Bridge will be closed to traffic from noon tomorrow Wednesday to noon on Thursday. The Federal Controller of Works, Lagos, Mrs Olukorede Kesha, made this known in a statement made available to journalists in Lagos yesterday. She [&he...
•Tinubu jetting out President Bola Tinubu will visit Qatar in March for bilateral discussions as scheduled despite speculations of a snub by authorities of the Asian nation. A memo between the Embassy of the State of Qatar in Abuja and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs over preparations for a sidelines meeting was leaked and misrepresented [&hel...
•INEC chairman, Mamoud Yakubu The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the federal government released N313.4 billion for the conduct of the 2023 general elections. The commission in its 2023 General Election Report released yesterday, said that out of the N355 billion approved for the conduct of the elections, only the sum of...
•Tinubu and ASUU logo As Nigerians groan over the economic hardship in the country following reforms embarked upon by the President Bola Tinubu administration, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has vowed to fight the federal government. ASUU acting Zonal Coordinator (Bauchi Branch), Prof Nanmwa Voncir, disclosed this yesterday wh...
The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared a total sum of N1,149.816 trillion January 2024 Federation Account Revenue to the Federal, States and Local Governments. The revenue was shared at the February 2024 meeting of the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) chaired by the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Min...
•Minister meets with the NLC President, Joe Ajaero in Abuja The federal government has said the wage award of N35,000 for January and February 2024 is being processed. Earlier, the Trade Union Congress (TUC), an arm of the organised labour, had accused the federal government of not being serious about implementing the agreement signed with [&h...
•Tinubu The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association, NECA, has advised the federal government to eschew pride and review the removal of fuel subsidy and the floating of nation’s currency, the naira, warning of looming unemployment crisis, particularly with the current harsh economic situation. 4 NECA’s position came on a day oil marketers,...

