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NLC Demands Wage Award, Cost Of Living Allowance As Living Costs Soar

NewsDeskNgMar 16, 2026March 16, 20260

NLC has urged the government to grant wage awards and cost of living allowance, warning workers are struggling with soaring prices. Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has asked the federal and state governments to urgently grant Wage Award and Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) to all workers to cushion the effect...

Labour Party Rules Out Boycott Of 2027 Elections

NewsDeskNgMar 16, 2026March 16, 20260

Labour Party says it will not boycott the 2027 elections, focusing instead on fixing internal weaknesses from the 2023 polls. The Labour Party has dismissed reports that it might boycott the 2027 general election, saying instead, its focus was on addressing the weaknesses that affected its performance during the 2023...

Tinubu Orders Free Nationwide Rice Distribution For Ramadan, Lent

NewsDeskNgMar 16, 2026March 16, 20260

Tinubu directs free rice distribution across 36 states and FCT to support Muslims and Christians observing Ramadan and Lent. President Bola Tinubu has directed the Renewed Hope Ambassadors (RHA) to distribute rice across the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in support of Nigerians observing...

New Petrol Import Permits May Reverse Nigeria’s Push for Domestic Refining and Increase Pressure on Foreign Reserve — Energy Policy Group Tells President Tinubu

NewsDeskNgMar 15, 2026March 15, 20260

An energy policy group has advised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to reconsider the wider economic consequences of newly issued permits allowing marketers to import petrol into the country, warning that the move could undermine Nigeria’s efforts to strengthen domestic refining and stabilise the economy. In a statement released on Sunday...

Farotimi: Nigeria’s Elections A ‘Hollow Ritual’

NewsDeskNgMar 15, 2026March 15, 20260

Dele Farotimi warns voter apathy enables manipulation, as Christian and Middle Belt leaders defend Nigeria’s secular constitution. Human rights lawyer and activist Dele Farotimi has described Nigeria’s electoral process as a “hollow ritual” that merely masquerades as democracy, arguing that citizens do not truly determine leadership outcomes. Farotimi made the...

Tinubu To Meet UK PM Starmer As Britain Unveils Programme For State Visit

NewsDeskNgMar 15, 2026March 15, 20260

Tinubu will meet UK Prime Minister Starmer during historic state visit featuring royal reception, bilateral talks and agreements. President Bola Tinubu is scheduled to hold a bilateral meeting with United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer as part of his upcoming state visit to the UK, according to the official programme...

Tinubu Receives Sultan Of Sokoto At Presidential Villa

NewsDeskNgMar 15, 2026March 15, 20260

President Tinubu holds private meeting with Sultan of Sokoto’s delegation as consultations with traditional and religious leaders intensify. President Bola Tinubu on Sunday received in audience the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’adu Abubakar III, at the State House, Abuja, in what officials described as a private engagement. The meeting,...

Yusuf Scraps Higher Education Ministry, Removes Deputy As Commissioner Amid Impeachment Talks

NewsDeskNgMar 15, 2026March 15, 20260

Kano Governor Yusuf dissolves Higher Education Ministry, removing deputy as commissioner as political tension grows following impeachment notice. Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf has dissolved the Ministry of Higher Education, effectively removing his deputy, Comrade Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo, from his position as commissioner. The decision was announced in a statement...

Thugs Disrupt ADC Secretariat Commissioning in Bakassi

NewsDeskNgMar 15, 2026March 15, 20260

Political leaders and civil society condemn violent disruption of ADC event in Cross River, call for arrest of attackers. The commissioning of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) secretariat in Bakassi Local Government Area of Cross River State was disrupted on Saturday after suspected thugs reportedly attacked the venue. The incident...

NDLEA Arrests 74-Year-Old Man With 11kg Cocaine At Abuja Airport

NewsDeskNgMar 15, 2026March 15, 20260

NDLEA intercepts septuagenarian attempting to smuggle 11kg cocaine to London as nationwide crackdown exposes wider drug trafficking network. Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 74-year-old man at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, after uncovering 11 kilogrammes of cocaine concealed in his luggage. The...