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VENEZUELA PRESIDENT MOVES CHRISTMAS FROM DECEMBER TO OCTOBER According to report, authoritarian leader, Nicolas Maduro decreed that Christmas will start next month in Venezuela, even as thousands of Venezuelans look set to pass the holidays behind bars amid his government’s crackdown on political unrest. “September smells like Christmas!” Maduro said in his weekly television show on Monday, to the apparent …

BILL GATES ANNOUNCES $2.8B INVESTMENT ON HEALTHCARE,NUTRITION, AGRICULTURE IN NIGERIA United States billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has announced a $2.8 billion investment aimed at enhancing the country’s healthcare, nutrition, and agricultural sectors. Speaking at the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting presided over by Vice President Kashim Shettima at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday, he emphasised the critical need to …

LAGOS GOVT ORDERS WORKERS TO WORK FROM HOME DUE TO FUEL HIKE The Lagos State Government has ordered workers in the state to work from home due to hike in price of petrol. This is as the government extended its work-from-home policy for workers for the next three months to alleviate the hardship orchestrated by the hike in petrol pump …

ABUJA COURT REFUSES TO VACATE ORDER RESTRICTING PROTESTERS TO NATIONAL STADIUM A Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama, has refused to vacate an order restricting #EndBadGovernancelnNigeria protesters in the Federal Capital Territory to the National Stadium, Abuja. The presiding judge, Sylvanus Oriji, rather opted to return the case file to the Chief Judge of the High Court for re-assignment to …

LAGOS COMPUTER VILLAGE TRADERS VERSUS IYOLOJA GENERAL FOLADADE TINUBU -OJOThe Incorporated Trustees of Computer Village Market Traders and Stakeholders Joint Management, representing a coalition of market associations within the Computer Village, Ikeja, have issued a cease and desist notice to the Iyaloja-General of Lagos, Mrs. Folasade Tinubu-Ojo, over an alleged imposition of levies on the market. The notice dated August …

DSS SPOKESMAN, AFUNANYA, REMOVED The Department of State Services (DSS) has redeployed Peter Afunanya, its Director of Public Relations and Strategic Communications. Afunanya, who revealed this at a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday, did not disclose his next duty post, saying the redeployment was a normal routine exercise in the service to the nation. Afunanya, who had been in …

LABOUR PARTY GETS INTERIM NATIONAL CHAIRMAN… ABURE GROUP KICKS The Labour Party (LP) has appointed Senator Esther Nenadi Usman as the Chairman of its Caretaker Committee. Usman’s appointment was announced during a stakeholders meeting held in Umuahia, Abia State capital, on Wednesday. The new leadership is saddled with rescuing the party from its current leadership crisis. Senator Usman, a former …

FUEL PRICE HIKE: WE DEMAND IMMEDIATE REVERSAL — NLC The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has demanded an “immediate reversal” of the pump price of petrol across the country. NLC made this known in a post on its X page on Tuesday night. The post reads: “We demand the immediate reversal of the latest increase in the pump of PMS across …

NDUME’S REINSTATEMENT AS CHIEF WHIP NO LONGER IN OUR HANDS – APC The All Progressives Congress (APC) has stated that the National Assembly may decide on the proposed reinstatement of Senator Ali Ndume as Chief Whip after its ongoing recess.Both the Senate and House of Representatives have embarked on their annual recess and won’t resume until September 17. Following the …

TINUBU DIDN’T PROMISE LABOUR HE WON’T INCREASE FUEL PRICE – PRESIDENCY The Presidency has said at no time did President Bola Tinubu promise the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) that his administration would not increase the pump price of fuel. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Print Media, Abdulaziz Abdulaziz, said this on …