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TELECOM WORKERS BEGIN NATIONWIDE STRIKE TODAY Workers in the nation’s telecommunications industry under the aegis of the Private Telecommunications and Communications Senior Staff Association, PTECSSAN, will Monday begin an indefinite nationwide strike over sack, and poor working conditions among others. Among the employees going on strike include field maintenance engineers, transmission engineers, customer service engineers, fibre engineers, and other critical …

YORUBA UNION TELLS TINUBU TO RESIGN, DECRIES FUEL PRICE HIKE Yoruba Union, Igbinmọ Majekobaje Ilẹ-Yoruba, has called on President Bola Tinubu to resign following the recent increase in fuel prices and the escalating hunger affecting the southwest region and Nigeria at large. The union expressed deep concern about his administration’s economic policies have forced people into poverty, turning many into …

TINUBU’S STAUNCH SUPPORTER, JOE IGBOKWE, CRIES OVER HIGH ELECTRICITY BILL Joe Igbokwe, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has urged President Bola Tinubu to look into the new electricity tariff in the country. Igbokwe, a staunch supporter of Tinubu’s presidency, said the development will kill businesses if not reversed. In a post on his Facebook page weekend, Igbokwe …

BORDERS SECURITY PERSONNEL CRY: WE’VE NOT BEEN PAID 30 MONTHS ALLOWANCESSome Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) personnel deployed to man Nigeria’s land borders have decried the non-payment of their allowances for two and a half years, leaving them in a deplorable working condition.The personnel claimed that they had been stationed at the borders for over …

PETER OBI REJIGS MEDIA TEAM THE Peter Obi Media Reach (POMR) on Saturday announced the exit of the Chief Spokesperson of the Peter Obi Presidential Campaign, Dr Yunusa Tanko, for another huge challenge. “Dr Tanko has been appointed the interim National Coordinator of the Obedient Movement, a job that will see him coordinate the activities of the Obedient Movement nationally …

GLOBAL MARKET FORCES TO DETERMINE PRICES OF DANGOTE’S FUEL.- NNPC The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has claimed that the current price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as fuel in Nigeria is determined by global market forces and not domestic refinery’s access to the Nigerian market. The Nigeria’s oil firm said this in a statement issued on …

INCREASE IN VAT, A BLAZING INFERNO THAT WILL CONSUME NIGERIANS – ATIKU Former Vice President, Atiku Anubakar has lamented that the increase in VAT is set to become the blazing inferno that will consume the very essence of our people. Atiku in his verified X handle said “President Bola Tinubu, alongside his coterie of advisers, has resolved to raise the …

WE’RE NOT BARREN – OBASEKI’S WIFE REACTS TO OSHIOMHOLE’S OUTBURST The First Lady of Edo State, Mrs Betsy Obaseki, has advised childless women to see themselves not as barren but as fruitful, potential and proud mothers of children that would come in God’s time. Mrs Obaseki gave the advice on Saturday in reaction to a viral video in which the …

MANY BATTLES OF AJURI NGALAREA crowd of at least 10 aides trickled into the office of President Bola Tinubu to congratulate him over his victory at the Supreme Court, on October 26, 2023. As they danced and cheered, the president who was seated calmly watched in silence. When it was time to speak, Nigeria’s number one citizen said, “Ajuri, your …

WHY AJURI NGALARE ‘RESIGNED’ AS TINUBU’S SPOKESMAN Fresh facts have emerged as to why the special adviser to the President Bola Tinubu on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, resigned. On Saturday, Mr Ngelale announced that he had taken an indefinite leave of absence to attend to health challenge in his family. “On Friday, I submitted a memo to the Chief …