Small Business Owners and civil society organisations, NGOs, have said there is no justification for the proposed further hike in electricity tariffs, following disclosure by the federal government, yesterday, that it is considering increasing tariffs for customers outside the Band-A category to improve the liquidity of the Nigerian Electricit...
•Sokoto bombing site Days after military airstrikes killed at least 10 people in Gidan Sama and Rumtuwa communities in the Silame Local Government Area of Sokoto State on Christmas Day, some residents of the agrarian community have rejected claims by the military that those hit were terrorists. Reports indicated that the fighter jet was target...
The strike led by the Nigeria Labour Congress in the Federal Capital Territory has entered its 11th day, with negotiations between the labour unions and Area Council Chairmen at a standstill over the implementation timeline for the N70,000 minimum wage. Speaking to our correspondent yesterday, the FCT Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Local Go...
•TASUED main gate Concerned graduates of the Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State have dragged the leadership of the institution’s alumni to the Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, demanding an explanation on how funds contributed by members were utilised. The petition follows a protest by the graduates over the hi...
•CBN Governor Yemi Cardoso Top hierarchy in banks’ manÂagement are currently having sleepless nights as the deadline to move dormant and inactive accounts to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is gradually approaching. Investigation by our correspondent revealed that close to N10 trillion will be moved to the CBN from September 30 to OctoÂber 1...
Telecom operators yesterday warned that the excruciating financial obligations may affect the sector in providing telecom services in the country. But the regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, in a swift reaction, said it would not be arm-twisted by the operators’ threat, reports Vanguard. Load-shedding is a formula that the ...
•Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa Cocoa farmers in the Oluwa Forest Reserve in eight settlements, in the Odigbo council area of Ondo State, have protested against the sales of 2,000 hectares of their farmland to a private company by the Ondo State Government. The over 10,000 farmers and tenants of the state government in the Government Fores [&hellip...
The Nigeria Labour Congress, Trade Union Congress, and Organised Private Sector, yesterday faulted the latest hike in the electricity tariff payable by customers in the Band A Category. Following the depreciation of the naira against the United States dollar, and inflation, among other factors, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission ag...
•Niger Delta militants Ex-militant leaders under the aegis of Movement for Actualization of Dreams of Niger Deltans, MADND and commanders of the defunct Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta, MEND, have kicked against the call on President Bola Tinubu to declare a state of emergency in Rivers State, describing it as a joke taken [&helli...
•Umahi and Atiku The Labour Party, LP, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP caucus in the House of Representatives, and the Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, have joined the criticisms against Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway as Works Minister, Engr. David Umahi, took on former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, over his opposition...
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