•IPOB Southeast governments and the police yesterday urged residents to disregard the sit-at-home call by the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The group had declared May 30 a sit-at-home day to honour those who fought in the civil war, reports The Nation. Enugu State government reiterated Governor Peter Mbah’s strong commitm...
•Senate Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has revealed that Nigeria would need an annual $10 million to revive the country’s moribund electricity generation, distribution and supply chain. This is even as senators rejected the recent hike in electricity tariff, describing it as unacceptable and anti-people, reports Daily Sun. The Minister sa...
Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), yesterday, rejected the federal government’s plan to pay its members half salary for the four months withheld salaries. Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, on Wednesday, revealed that SSANU and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) would get half of their withheld salaries if President ...
•Electricity tariff Following the increase of electricity tariff for customers under Band A category of consumers, some Nigerians have expressed dissatisfaction over the haphazard implementation of the hike. They said customers that are not enjoying up to 20 hours had been lumped up with those enjoying the services, reports Daily Trust. The si...
Following the depreciation of the Nigerian currency(Naira) in the past few months, further setbacks have hit the West African market region’s local currency as trans-border traders have started rejecting the currency. Findings across the Seme border show that the traders on both sides are now preferring either the CFA or the domestic currency ...
States yesterday kicked against Organised Labour’s minimum wage demands for Nigerian workers, saying they were not realistic. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is proposing N709,000 while the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) is recommending N447,000 as the new minimum wage for workers. But states are proposing between N45,000 and N70,000,...
Despite the widespread blackout and the worsening state of electricity supply in Nigeria, the latest figures on the daily load summary of power distribution companies indicate that the firms failed to distribute about 1,769.91 megawatts of electricity between February 1 and 14, 2024. Data from the Transmission Company of Nigeria, obtained in A...
The House of Representatives has rejected a bill seeking to amend sections 134 and 179 of the constitution, which provide the conditions to be elected president and governor, respectively. The bill, which sought to make it mandatory for presidential and governorship candidates to secure more than 50 percent of the total votes cast, to be [&hel...
•Bags of cement Developers in the built industry have rejected the agreement reached between the federal government and cement manufacturers. At the meeting, it was resolved that prices of cement will be reduced to between N7,000 and N8,000. In an exclusive interview with our correspondent, the President of the Real Estate Developers Associati...
•Fulani herdsmen Some indigenes of Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State under the aegis of Uzo-Uwani Professional Association (UZPA), have protested against proposed establishment of a ranch in Nimbo community, by Governor Peter Mbah. Enugu State Commissioner for Information and Communication Aka Eze Aka said in a statement that the ...
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