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.Senate asks labour to halt protest The Minister of Finance, Budget and Economic Planning, Hajia Zainab Ahmed, said the Federal Government has postponed the planned removal of subsidy on petroleum products till further notice. Ahmed stated this in Abuja on Monday during a meeting held at the National Assembly. The meeting was convened at the instance of the President of …

As mobilisation for the January 27 planned protest by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) across the 36 States of the Federation against the planned subsidy removal on Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) gathers momentum, the Union has cautioned that many Nigerians will die of hardship if the subsidy is eventually removed. President of the NLC, Ayuba Wabba, who made the remarks …

  The Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mr Usman Baba, has ordered the posting of new Commissioners of Police, CPs, to Lagos, Benue and Yobe states. The Force Public Relations Officer, FPRO, Mr Frank Mba, made this known in a statement on Friday in Abuja. He said the newly-posted CPs are Sylvester Alabi, Lagos; Haruna Garba, Yobe, and Tajudeen Abass, …

   – The federal government, states and local government councils, LGCs, on Friday, shared N699.824 billion as federation allocation for December 2021. A statement issued by Mr Oshundun Olajide, Acting Director, Information, Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, said that the amount was shared at the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee, FAAC. According to it, the virtual conference was chaired …

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, on Friday, received a Haitian delegation at the Government House, Enugu, amid excitement and fulfillment. The 10-man Haitian delegation, led by Senator Moise Jean-Charles, were on a home-coming mission to Enugu, the historic capital of Igboland, to perform conventional Igbo rituals such as traditional naming and name adoption, after they traced their roots to …

Abia State Government has called for cooperation, understanding, synergy and assistance from the Private Schools Proprietors in the State to enable government achieve its visions and policy thrust for the education sector in State. The Abia State commissioner for Basic Education,Hon.Ukwu Rocks Emma who made this call during a stakeholders meeting with the National Association of Private Schools Proprietors Abia …

Abdulmalik Tanko, the proprietor of Noble Kids Nursery and Primary School, Kawana, Kano, has been arrested over the death of Hanfia Abubakar, a five-year-old… Abdulmalik Tanko, the proprietor of Noble Kids Nursery and Primary School, Kawana, Kano, has been arrested over kidnapped and death of Hanfia Abubakar, a five-year-old pupil of his school. The pupil was abducted at Kawaji community …

ANAMBRA State governor elect, Professor Chukwuma Soludo has said that his manifesto, which he will start implementing from March 17, 2022, is a contract between him and the people of the state. Speaking during the inauguration of members of his transition committee at the Golden Tulip Hotel, Agulu in Anaocha local government area, Soludo said the manifesto is not just …

The Senate on Wednesday re-amended the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2021, passed by the National Assembly on November 18, 2021. Special Assistant to the Senate President, Ezrel Tabiowo, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. He said the chamber, in Clause 84(2) of the report, recommended direct, indirect primaries or consensus as procedure for the nomination of candidates by political …

Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has pleaded not guilty to the 15 charges bordering on treasonable felony and terrorism, preferred against him by the Federal Government. He pleaded not guilty before Justice Binta Nyako when the case resumed at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday. Kanu, who was brought into the courtroom around …