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4Jun By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Subsidy Removal: Ajulo Faults NLC’s Proposed Strike

Kayode Ajulo, a constitutional lawyer, has advised the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to jettison its proposed strike and embrace dialogue with the federal government through wage review and palliatives for the citizenry. Mr Ajulo said this in Abuja on Saturday against the backdrop of fuel subsidy removal by the federal government and the NLC planned strike for next Wednesday. He also said some leaders of the NLC should declare their interest, adding that using partisanship to fight labour interests would not augur well for the union as it would discredit the purpose of the union. The legal practitioner said, “NLC should be strategic in the way they handle the subsidy removal as President Tinubu today has a democratic mandate to remove the subsidy.” He said the option of always...

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3Jun By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Group rejects appointment of Wadada to coordinate SDP caucus in 10th NASS

The attention of the Indigenous Social Democratic Party Intergriry Group ( ISDPIG) Nasarawa State, have been drawn to the appointment of Alhaji Ahmed Aliyu Wadada, Senator-elect Nasarawa West by National Working Committee ( NWC) of the party as Coordinator of Senators elect of Social Democratic party ( SDP) in the 10th National Assembly. The group led byMallam Abu Isah, its Chairman notes that the appointment of Wadada is capable of causing crisis in the party at the National level and Nasarawa State, as Wadada is not the most ranking senator under SDP. Its a fact that Sen. Godiya Akwashiki, the incumbent senator for Nasarawa North is the most ranking in the party and should be appointed to coordinate the party's cancus. We would like advise the National leadership of SDP to reve...

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3Jun By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Re- 10th NASS: SDP Appoints Wadada to Coordinate its Caucus

The attention of the Indigenous Social Democratic Party Intergriry Group ( ISDPIG) Nasarawa State, have been drawn to the appointment of Alhaji Ahmed Aliyu Wadada, Senator-elect Nasarawa West by National Working Committee ( NWC) of the party as Coordinator of Senators elect of Social Democratic party ( SDP) in the 10th National Assembly. The group led byMallam Abu Isah, its Chairman notes that the appointment of Wadada is capable of causing crisis in the party at the National level and Nasarawa State, as Wadada is not the most ranking senator under SDP. Its a fact that Sen. Godiya Akwashiki, the incumbent senator for Nasarawa North is the most ranking in the party and should be appointed to coordinate the party's cancus. We would like advise the National leadership of SDP to reve...

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3Jun By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Group Backs Tinubu On Subsidy Removal, Calls For Restructuring

The Campaign for Democracy (CD), a pro-democracy, civil society and human rights organisation, has backed President Bola Tinubu on the removal of fuel subsidy. The group made this known in a communique issued by its north-central executive committee at the end of its meeting on Friday in Minna, a copy of which was made available to the newsmen in Abuja on Saturday. The communique was jointly signed by the chairman, North Central zone, Dr Abdullahi Mohammed, and secretary general, Mr Abdulwahid Adeniran. They urged the president to restructure the nation’s security architecture to effectively tackle the challenge of insecurity as well as Nigeria as a country. They said the expectation of Nigerians were high in tandem with the renewed hope principle and focused policy of the adm...

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3Jun By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Expert tasks FG on funding population and housing census

A Professor of Geography, Prof. Rhoda Mundi,  has called on the Federal Government to adequately fund the conduct of the forthcoming national population and housing census to guarantee good governance. Mundi, who specialises in population and development,  made the call on Friday at the 41st Inaugural Lecture of the University of Abuja. She said there was the need for all stakeholders to be involved in the implementation of Nigeria’s National Policy on Population for Sustainable Development. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the theme of the Inaugural Lecture was: “The Paradox of Population Growth in National Development.” She said that a successful implementation of the policy would ensure the production of a healthy and quality population needed as...

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2Jun By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Australia Increases Minimum Wage By 5.75% Amid Inflation Challenge

Australia’s industrial relations tribunal has granted a 5.75 per cent increase in the national minimum wage. The Fair Work Commission (FWC) on Friday announced that the adjustments would take effect on July 1. The increase fell between the seven per cent rise advocated by the Australian Council of Trade Unions and the about four per cent sought by employer groups. Announcing the decision, the FWC said the current combination of economic circumstances, namely low unemployment, falling real wages and high inflation, “is very unusual and presents a particular challenge in this year’s Review.” The commission said in the announcement statement a further challenge would be the expected sharp slowdown in economic growth over the next year. “In our consideration, we have placed sig...

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2Jun By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Tinubu Holds Meeting With APC Governors

President Bola Tinubu has held meeting with members of the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF) in the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The President is being joined by Vice President Kashim Shettima, with Governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for the first time since his inauguration Tuesday this week. Governors present at the meeting are: Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos); Hope Uzodinma (Imo); Abdullahi Sule (Nasarawa); Umar Namadi (Jigawa); Inuwa Yahaya (Gombe); Yahaya Bello (Kogi); Babagana Zulum (Borno) and Mai Mala Buni (Yobe). Others are: Uba Sani (Kaduna); Dikko Radda (Katsina); Father Hyacinth Alia (Benue); AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq (Kwara); Dapo Abiodun (Ogun); Umar Bago (Niger); Aliyu Ahmed (Sokoto); Francis Nwifuru (Ebonyi) and Bassey Otu (Cros...

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2Jun By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Businessman docked for allegedly stealing N92,300 from sex worker

The Police, on Friday, arraigned a 53-year-old businessman, King Dauda, before a Kado Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, for allegedly stealing the sum of N92,300 from a sex worker. The police charged Dauda, of EFAB Global Estate, Life Camp, Abuja, with theft. The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The Prosecution Counsel, Stanley Nwafoaku, told the court that on May 26, at about 9:05 a.m., Ms Bolaji Olufumi, of Prosper Road Area 3, Abuja, reported the matter at Life Camp Police Station. Nwafoaku said that on May 20, the defendant invited the complainant to his residence, located at EFAB Estate, and after having carnal knowledge of her, took her purse containing N92,300. He said that all efforts by Olufumi to recover the purse and her money from the defendant pro...

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2Jun By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Tinubu Appoints Gbaja Chief Of staff, Akume SGF

Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu has appointed speaker of the house of representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, as his chief of staff. Ibrahim Hassan Hadejia, a former deputy governor of Jigawa state, has been named deputy chief of staff. During a meeting with the progressives governors forum (PGF) in Abuja today, the president also named former governor of Benue state and immediate past minister of special duties, George Akume as secretary to the government of the federation (SGF). It is the president’s first set of appointments since he was sworn in on May 29. Akume is the immediate past minister of special duties and inter-governmental affairs. He served as minority leader of the senate from June 2011 to June 2015. He served as governor of Benue from 1999 till 2007 — the same ...

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2Jun By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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EWIP congratulates Tinubu, tasks women on maximum support

Evolving Women in Politics (EWIP) a Non-Governmental Women Group, has congratulated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his ascension as the 16th President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Hon. Chief Hadizat Kolo, the FCT Coordinator, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, during the celebration of the Inauguration of the Presidency and Grand Patron Chief Mrs Folashade Mujidat Tinibu-Ojo in Abuja. The Coordinator, while giving her congratulatry message call on the new administration for adequate participation of women in governance to ensure gender equality, sustainability and for the development democracy in the country. However, Hon. Chief Hadizat also called on all Nigerians to be patient with the suden removal of oil subsidy, which accordi...

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2Jun By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Fuel Subsidy: Regulatory Agency Vows To Sanction Fraudulent Oil Marketers

The Adamawa State office of the Nigeria Midstream and Down Stream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has warned Independent Petroleum Marketers against hoarding or diverting the product. Bashir Kafur, the Coordinator incharge of the regulatory agency in the state, gave the warning while on intensive routine patrol across some petroleum stations in Yola on Thursday. He said that the agency would not spare erring marketers who used the fuel subsidy removal to cause unnecessary hardship to consumers, saying, “we would not hesitate to sanction violators”. According to him, the price of a liter of petroleum would be determined by the market forces of demand and supply, while assuring that the situation would normalise itself. “We would not tolerate sharp practices, especially ...

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1Jun By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Rep Member Elect confident of Nigeria’s transformation under Tinubu

By Bridget Ikyado Chief Mrs Regina Akume, the elected member of the House of Representatives for Gboko/Tarkaa Federal Constituency has expressed confidence in the ability of President Bola Tinubu to transform Nigeria. Mrs Akume, former First lady of Benue said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Makurdi. According to her, Tinubu’s antecedents while governor of Lagos state will guide him in changing the face of the country. “It’s a new dawn and a new hope. The APC has produced a government that will address untold hardship, untold hatred and unite all Nigerians. “We pray for God to give His favour on this new government. God will give him knowledge, wisdom and vision to succeed”. She also urged Nigerians to support the administration ...

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1Jun By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Transport Union Groups Resolve To Collaborate On PMS At Oyo Town Hall Meeting

Different transport union groups that had been at loggerheads for years in Oyo State, on Thursday, resolved to collaborate to reposition the state’s Park Management System (PMS) for the purpose of ensuring peace and sustainable development in the state. Oyo State government had convened the town hall meeting to find ways of improving the operation of PMS with the aim of tweaking it to serve the people better. The meeting came following the dissolution of the Disciplinary Committee of the PMS headed by Mr Mukaila Lamidi. The meeting which was held at the House of Chiefs, Parliament Building, Agodi, Secretariat, Ibadan, had in attendance various stakeholders, including the factions of Alhaji Lateef Akinsola (Tokyo), Alhaji Abideen Ejiogbe, Olowo Geesi, Abass Amolese, Tirimisiyu Olo...

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1Jun By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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You are wasting court’s time, PEPC tells Obi, Labour Party

The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) has berated the legal team of the Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, for failing to properly organise its schedule of documents for seamless tendering as exhibits. Obi and his party filed a petition challenging the outcome of the Feb. 25 presidential election. At the resumed hearing of the petition, the court frowned at the team's inability to present its schedule of documents in a manner that was easy for the court to comprehend. This led to the court having to abruptly step down hearing in the petition for some minutes to enable the lawyers, led by Prof. Awa Kalu, SAN, to put its house in order. This was on account of poor scheduling of documents the petitioners sought to tender, to prove their allegation o...

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1Jun By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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NDLEA gets assurance of US support in fight against illicit drugs

The United States government has assured the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) of more support and collaboration in different areas of its strategic operations to enhance its capabilities against substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking in Nigeria. The assurance was given by Dr. Mark Hove of the Africa and Middle East Office, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, US State Department, on Wednesday when he led another top official of the Bureau, Craig Nixon on a courtesy visit to the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (Retd) at the agency’s headquarters in Abuja. This comes on the heels of a recent official letter by the Bureau announcing the U.S. project grant to the NDLEA following requests by Marwa during series ...

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1Jun By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Police: Two Wanted Terrorists Killed In Katsina

The police said its operatives killed two terrorists and arms smugglers on the wanted list in Katsina. This is contained in a statement by the police spokesman in Katsina, Abubakar Aliyu, on Thursday. “On May 29, at about 0300hrs, terrorists/bandits in their numbers, armed with AK47 rifles, attacked the residence of one Yahaya Usman of Tani village, Bindawa local government area of the state,” the police statement said. “They inflicted a deep knife cut to his head in an attempt to kidnap him.” The police said the Katsina command’s operatives attached to the Bindawa divisional headquarters led by the DPO “engaged the suspected terrorists in a fierce gun duel and successfully foiled the kidnap attempt and rescued the victim.” The police said two corpses of the suspected terroris...

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1Jun By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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NCC Holds Dialogue Session with Regulator Forum in Bayelsa state

The Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) has held the first Talk-To-The Regulator (TTTR) Forum for 2023. The Forum was held in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The Talk-To-The Regulator Forum is a platform for non-discriminatory interaction between licensees and the regulator. The two-day event brought together stakeholders and licensees in the telecommunications sector to discuss critical industry issues and emerging trends. The forum gives room for active engagement and dialogue on industry-related issues of national interest. The objective was to enhance development, regulations and improve service delivery. Originally slated for 2022, the Forum was postponed due to a devastating flood disaster that affected Bayelsa State and other regions.The telecommunications industry ha...

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1Jun By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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CIEPUK partners HIPDET to provide 1,000 scholarships to Nigerian students

By Victor Okoye The Chartered Institute of Educational Practitioners United Kingdom (CIEPUK) is set to partnerthe Higher Institute for Professional Development and Training (HIPDET) to provide no fewer than 1,000 scholarships to students in Nigeria. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that HIPDET is a private, independent, non-profit vocational and higher education provider incorporated in Bamenda, Cameroon. HIPDET offers vocational and higher education programs leading to the award of Vocational qualifications Diploma, Higher National Diploma, Bachelor degree, Postgraduate Diploma, Master Degree, MBA, DBA and PhD. Prof. Marcel Ezenwoye, the National President of CIEPUK in Nigeria, told NAN on Thursday in Abuja that plans have been concluded by the institute to partner an...

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1Jun By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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News Of Devaluation Of Naira Is Fake-CBN

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has debunked a report by a national daily that it has devalued the naira to N631 per dollar at the importers’ and exporters’ (I&E) window. The apex bank said this in a tweet on Thursday. A newspaper reported that the regulator devalued the naira, trading N631 to the dollar on the official window. The report said the devaluation occurred 48 hours after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu announced the plans of the federal government to unify the country’s exchange rate to stimulate the economy. The publication caused a stir in the country on Thursday morning. Speaking on the matter, CBN said it “did not devalue the naira”. “We wish to state categorically that this news report, which in the imagination of the newspaper is exclusive, is replete...

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1Jun By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Towards an end to Sudan’s conflict of egos

By Gami Tadanyigbe, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) On Saturday, April 15, residents of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, woke up to a deadly fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The conflict, which has since spilt to other towns and cities, has led to the deaths of more than 750 people and left over 5,1000 injured. According to the International Rescue Committee (IRC), over one million people have been displaced, in addition to a number of rescue workers killed in the crossfire. Since its former dictator, Omar al-Bashir was ousted in a military coup in October 2021, Sudan has been governed by an interim council of military heads. Following deep-rooted mutual suspicion and rivalry, SAF and RSF disagreed over an attempt to integrate...

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