NURTW PETITIONS TINUBU, ACCUSES CHIEF OF STAFF, GBAJABIAMILA, OF SPONSORING MC OLUOMO’S IMPOSITION AS UNION LEADER The national leadership of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) has written to President Bola Tinubu, accusing the Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, of sponsoring and imposing the President’s loyalist, Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, on the union. The NURTW …

AUDIT REPORT UNCOVERS N514BN INFRACTIONS IN NNPCL TRANSACTIONS Nigeria’s Office of the Auditor-General for the Federation has uncovered a minimum of four financial infractions amounting to N514 billion in the operations of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, in the 2021 financial year. This was disclosed in an audit report of non-compliance/internal control weaknesses in the MDAs for the …

LAGOS IS BIGGEST LOSER IN TAX REFORM BILLS – PRESIDENTIAL COMMITTEE The Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, has said Lagos State remains the biggest loser in the ongoing tax reform efforts. He explained that the committee’s proposals on Value Added Tax (VAT) were designed to benefit all regions of the country. The …

43 UNIABUJA PROFS ASK TINUBU TO DISSOLVE GOVERNING COUNCIL The last has yet to be heard about the appointment of Prof. Aisha Maikudi as substantive Vice-Chancellor of the University of Abuja (UniAbuja), as 43 professors at the institution have asked President Bola Tinubu to dissolve the Air Vice-Marshal Saddiq Ismaila Kaita (retd)-led Governing Council of the university. This comes as …

PDP CONFIRMS UDE-OKOYE AS AUTHENTIC NATIONAL SECRETARY The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has affirmed Sunday Ude-Okoye as the party’s authentic National Secretary in compliance with a Court of Appeal order. The position of the party was made public on Tuesday by the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, while fielding questions from newsmen at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja. …

WHY WE’RE IN A HURRY TO DEVELOP ENUGU STATE – GOVERNOR MBAH Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State says he is in a hurry to develop and transform the state because of the pressing circumstances in the various sectors, and called for the continued commitment on the part of the workers and the people of the state.While thanking the people …

NFF APPOINTS NEW HEAD COACH FOR SUPER EAGLES The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Executive Committee has approved the appointment of Éric Sékou Chelle as the new Head Coach of Nigeria’s senior men’s national football team, the Super Eagles. The decision followed the recommendation of the NFF’s Technical and Development Sub-Committee during its meeting held in Abuja on January 2, 2025. …

NYSC DG ASSURES CORPS MEMBERS THAT THEY’LL SOON START RECEIVING N77k MONTHLY Director General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Yushau Ahmed, has assured corps members that they would start receiving N77,000 minimum wage. Speaking in Abuja when he commissioned a staff bus donated by Capital Express Insurance company, the DG said arrangements for their increased allowances to be …

RETIRED MILITARY PERSONNEL BLOCK FINANCE MINISTRY OVER UNPAID ENTITLEMENTS Retired military personnel on Tuesday barricaded the entrance to the Ministry of Finance in Abuja with canopies and chairs, demanding the full payment of their long-overdue entitlements. This protest follows a similar action in December, during which the retirees shut down the ministry over the government’s failure to settle their claims. …

ATIKU LAMBASTS APC OVER THREAT ON PETER OBI, DEMANDS APOLOGY The Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, has reacted to the alleged threat to the life of the Labour Party’s Presidential candidate, Peter Obi. Atiku condemned the inflammatory remarks made by the All Progressives Congress (APC) spokesperson, Felix Morka, against Obi. Atiku …

SIX YOUNGEST MOST SUCCESSFUL ANAMBRA INDUSTRIALISTS Anambra State is known for a lot of great things but particularly its rich supply of quality human resources. While the older generation of successful people are giving way, the younger ones are emerging almost in quick succession in various sectors.In manufacturing, a new generation of dynamic entrepreneurs are coming up and are reshaping …

POLYTECHNIC GRADUATES PROTEST PROPOSED EXCLUSION FROM NYSC Full time HND graduates with part time National Diploma programmes have expressed their grievances over the proposed exclusion of them from the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) scheme as the registration of second stream Batch C mobilisation began yesterday . The graduates who stormed the NYSC secretariat in Lagos in the early hours …

TELECOM TARIFF HIKE WILL STIFLE FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION – HURIWA Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has strongly criticised move by telecommunications operators in the country to hike tariff. HURIWA referred to a planned 40 per cent hike in tariffs, which they claimed the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) approved, but which the regulator had denied. HURIWA said the hike …

TINUBU APPROVES GENEROUS BENEFITS FOR RETIRING MILITARY SERVICE CHIEFS, GENERALS President Bola Tinubu has approved a new retirement package for service chiefs and generals, including a $20,000 annual medical allowance for foreign treatment, bulletproof SUVs, and domestic staff. According to the Harmonised Terms and Conditions of Service for Officers and Enlisted Personnel in the Nigerian Armed Forces (HTACOS), signed by …

FRANCE’S PRESIDENT, EMMANUEL MACRON, LAMBASTS AFRICAN LEADERS, SAYS THEY’RE UNGRATEFUL Emmanuel Macron, the president of France, has criticized African leaders for what he called their “ungratefulness” He made this statement when discussing regional developments. According to him, “We actually had a two-way relationship that was founded on security. On the one hand, we have been fighting terrorism since 2013. We …