Concerned civil society organisations in the Niger Delta have described as insensitive the intention of the government to resume oil production in Ogoniland. The CSOs met at the Port Harcourt office of Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria to deliberate on the recent invitation by the office of the National Security Adviser ...
•Ali Pantami Former Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Pantami, has revealed that despite the federal government’s substantial security funding, only a small percentage reaches soldiers on the battlefield. Pantami made this known recently while answering questions on NIN-SIM linkage and factors contributing to insecu...
•Nigerians waiting in Abuja to buy government subsidised bags of rice Many residents of the Federal Capital Territory have been experiencing difficulty accessing the Federal Government’s 50Kg bag of rice at N40,000. Our correspondent, who visited the Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation (NAIC) headquarters, a payment centre, revealed th...
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed the N30 billion alleged illegal advertisement lawsuit instituted against Meta Platforms Incorporated (owners of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp platforms) and its agent AT3 Resources Limited by the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria. Justice Peter Lifu dismissed ARCON’s case with su...
The pan-Nigerian welfarist group, Afenifere, has queried the rationale behind the current administration’s push for local government autonomy, stating that such move has a hidden taxation agenda for state capture purposes. Afenifere also said that it clouds the decision to take the right steps as suggested by the group to resolve the fundament...
•Atiku Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar says the lacklustre posture of the federal government is reversing military successes recorded against terrorists in Nigeria’s North-East geopolitical zone. “It is unfortunate that much of the pushback that had been achieved against the Boko Haram terror sect are being cancelled, owing mainly to the ...
There are strong indications that some helicopter operators may refuse to pay the $300 landing fee introduced by the federal government through its concessionaire, NAEBI Dynamic Concepts Limited. A source said some of the operators have voiced concerns about the new fee, noting that they have also indicated interest in joining the Airline Oper...
•Vice President Shettima (middle) addressing Nigerian workers yesterday in Abuja The hopes of workers were dashed when the federal government failed to announce the much-anticipated new minimum wage increase, yesterday. President Bola Tinubu, has, however, promised to implement a living wage that reflects the current economic conditions...
•Ajaero The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has described the 35 per cent pay rise of the federal government civil servants as mischievous, saying living wage should be N615, 000. Ajaero stated this while speaking during an interview on Channels Television today. Recall that the federal government approved a pay ris...
•Atiku and Tinubu Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, today, asserted that increase in tariffs of different services amounts to Nigerians subsidising the corruption and inefficiencies in government. In a statement he personally issued in Abuja, he said the plight of the Nigerian wo...
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