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The Nigeria Labour Congress has commenced nationwide protests over the removal of petrol subsidy. The protesters on Wednesday converged on the Ikeja under-bridge in Lagos State. The NLC had given the government a seven-day ultimatum with threats of a nationwide strike scheduled to commence on Wednesday, August 2, 2023. Follow...

The organised labour comprising Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and its Trade Union Congress (TUC) counterpart, has ruled out suspension of nationwide mass action against fuel price hike and other policies of the federal government. Joe Ajaero, President of NLC, disclosed this to journalists Tuesday night at Labour House, Abuja. Earlier,...

The acting Inspector-General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, has ordered watertight security nationwide over planned protests by the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress during the week. The Force Headquarters on Tuesday said the IG is deeply concerned about recent developments regarding the planned nationwide protests by the labour...

The United States denied 71 per cent of students in Nigeria and other West African countries visas in 2022, according to a report by the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration. The report, titled, ‘Shorelight,’ revealed that West Africa had the highest visa refusal rate on the continent in...

No fewer than 42 civil society groups have announced that they will embark on an inspection tour of TETFund projects across the country. The groups, under the auspices of the Centre for Accountability and Transparency in Nigeria( CATIN), said this is the first in a series of tours to Ministries,...

President Bola on Monday decorated the Chief of Defense Staff, Major General Christopher Musa, alongside the Chiefs of Army, Naval, and Air Staff with their new ranks. The decoration ceremony which was held at the President’s office, comes six weeks after their appointment on June 19, 2023. Those decorated are...

Former Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, says President Bola Tinubu won’t regret nominating him to serve as a minister in his cabinet. Wike stated this when he appeared before the red chamber for screening on Monday afternoon. Wike is the only chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in...

A coalition of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) on Sunday said it has uncovered fresh plot by embittered oil thieves to blackmail, smear and tarnish the image of the group chief executive officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mallam Mele Kyari. The CSOs, consisting of 42 different organizations,...

The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, yesterday raised the alarm that the removal of fuel subsidy without cushioning the effects has put the country on the brink of collapse. The bishops’ alarm came as Nigeria Employers Consultative Association, NECA, pleaded with the Federal Government to urgently address the pains...

Aloy Ejimakor, the special counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has revealed threats he received from certain persons over the message he delivered to Simon Ekpa at the weekend. Ejimakor also alleged that a popular billionaire, Terry Waya, directed a threat at him over...