Category: Politics
“Protesters can go protest, we will be eating,” Akpabio makes fun of the organizers.
31 Jul 2024
The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has made fun of the organizers of the hunger protest before it starts on Thursday, saying that they should carry on with the demonstration while they continue to eat. Akpabio made this disclosure on Tuesday while addressing delegates of the Niger Delta Development Commission in Rivers State. Citing the MD […]
Continue ReadingJUST IN: Tinubu orders NNPC to sell crude to Dangote Refinery in Naira
30 Jul 2024
President Bola Tinubu has directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited to sell crude to Dangote Refinery and other upcoming refineries in Naira. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Publicity, Bayo Onanuga, made this known in a post via his official X handle on Monday. Onanuga stated that the move, which is […]
Continue ReadingNdume gives conditions to remain in APC.
25 Jul 2024
Borno South senator Mohammed Ali Ndume has reiterated his allegiance to the All Progressives Congress (APC), saying he will stick with the party as long as Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, the governor of Borno State, is a member. On Thursday, July 25, Ndume made this statement at his Maiduguri home in front of a group […]
Continue ReadingJUSTIN: NANS Call for Kyari’s removal, petrol price reduction
25 Jul 2024
The National Association of Nigerian Students, on Wednesday, demanded the sacking of the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, Melee Kyari, for his “incompetence and ineptitude in handling the Dangote Refinery and obvious conflict of interest in the fuel racketeering scheme.” The student body also demanded an immediate reduction in the […]
Continue ReadingI’m addressing your grievances, no need for protest, Tinubu tells youths
24 Jul 2024
Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s President, has urged aggrieved Nigerians, particularly youths planning a nationwide protest over the high cost of living to shelve the action, as there is no need for it. Tinubu assured those behind the planned protest that he has heard their grievances and is working seriously to ensure that all their concerns are […]
Continue ReadingNigerians Are Angry, Don’t Stop Protesters, NLC Warns Tinubu, Police
23 Jul 2024
L-R NLC President Joe Ajaero, President Bola Tinubu The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Monday warned President Bola Tinubu to desist from stopping Nigerians angered by the current state of the nation’s economy from protesting. The NLC President Joe Ajaero in Abuja said rather than fighting the looming protest through force, the president should seek […]
Continue ReadingFalana urges FG to allow Nigerians access to African human rights court
22 Jul 2024
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana has called on the Nigerian Federal Government to enable Nigerian victims of human rights abuses in other African countries to access the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights. Falana made the call in a statement he issued to newsmen on Sunday. “The African Court, established by member states of […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Governor Unveils Plan For Workers Over New Minimum Wage
21 Jul 2024
Osun state governor, Ademola Adeleke, said his administration will not default in the payment of approved N70,000 new national minimum wage to civil servants in the state. Adeleke promised to prioritise the welfare of workers in the southwest state. The state commissioner for information and public enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi stated this on Friday, July 19, […]
Continue ReadingNigerian governor announces N150,000 bursary to indigenes in popular south-west state
21 Jul 2024
No fewer than 196 Ekiti state indigenes at the Nigeria Law School (Bar 1) have been awarded N150,000 bursaries each for the 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 academic sessions. The Secretary of the Ekiti Scholarship Board, Mrs Bukola Faluyi, disclosed this in a statement in Ado-Ekiti on Saturday, July 20. Faluyi said each beneficiary will receive N150,000 […]
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