BREAKING: NLC CONVENES EMERGENCY MEETING OVER AJAERO’S ARREST BY DSS The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, converged in Abuja for an emergency meeting on Monday. The meeting followed the arrest and detention of its President, Joe Ajaero. Ajaero was arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on his way to the United Kingdom, UK, for a meeting. The union demanded …

BENUE GOVT SEALS EX-GOVERNOR’S COMPANY OVER TAX EVASION The Benue State Government has sealed Oracle Business Limited and its subsidiaries over allegations of tax evasion amounting to N130 million, reportedly owed over the past five years, News360 Nigeria reports. During a press briefing, Sunday Odagba, the acting Executive Chairman of the Benue State Board of Internal Revenue, emphasized that the …

PETER OBI IN KIGALI, MEETS PRESIDENT PAUL KAGAME, OTHERS Former Anambra Governor and 2023Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, had travelled to Kigame, Rwanda, where had discussions with the country’s President, Paul Kagame. In his verified X handle, Peter Obi wrote:In pursuit of my desires and soul-searching for solutions for our country’s and continental challenges, I was in Kigali, …

DSS TAKES OVER SERAP’S OFFICE IN ABUJA Men from the Department of State Services (DSS) have stormed the Abuja office of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP). Upon arrival at the office, DSS officers demanded to see the directors of the organization. The rights group took to social media to condemn the invasion, calling on President Tinubu to intervene. …

NO FOOD, NO FUEL, NO POWER, NO FOREX, NO HOPE, BY DELE SOBOWALERight now several millions of Nigerians’ stomachs are empty; and movement has virtually stopped. Unfortunately, it is not only the scarcity of food and high prices which are slowing us down, scarcity of all the things which make life worth living in the new millennium imperil us. Fuel …

BREAKING: DSS ARRESTS JOE AJAERO, NLC PRESIDENT Operatives of the Department of the State Services have arrested the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero. Ajaero was arrested on Monday morning at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on his way to the United Kingdom for an official assignment. The NLC president was billed to attend the Trade Union …

WE’RE BUILDING NATIONWIDE STRUCTURE – PETER OBI SPEAKS ON ALLEGED MERGER WITH PDP Yunusa Tanko, the spokesperson to the 2023 Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has denied any merger talks with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Recall that the Deputy National spokesman for the PDP, Ibrahim Abdullahi, had publicly announced on a live political programme that the three …

NIGERIAN ARMY REACTS TO ALLEGED MASS RESIGNATION OF SOLDIERS , SAYS OFFICERS FREE TO GOThe Nigerian Army has dismissed recent reports of mass resignations among its personnel, clarifying that voluntary retirement and discharge are routine practices in line with its established regulations.Major-General Onyema Nwachukwu, Director of Army Public Relations, made this known in a statement released on Sunday.Sources had revealed …

ENUGU PRIVATE SCHOOLS PAY BETWEEN N100,000 AND N300,000 AS EDUCATION TAX, NOT N5M – COMMISSIONER The Enugu State Government said it asked private schools to pay between N100,000 and N300,000 as education tax, not N5 million. The State Commissioner for Education, Ndubueze Mbah made the clarification in a statement in Enugu. “New and existing private schools in the state are …

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 …

NAIRA NEARS N2,000 PER DOLLAR The Naira raced to N2,000 per dollar at the black market on Saturday despite the Central Bank of Nigeria’s sale of dollars to the Bureau De Change operators. A BDC operator, Dayyabu Ashiru confirmed that Naira was exchanged for N1,670 per dollar on Saturday from the N1665 exchange rate last Friday. “We buy at N1665 …

MANY NIGERIANS ABANDON AIR TRAVEL AS TICKET PRICES SOAR ABOVE N200,000 FOR ONE-WAY TRIP The soaring cost of domestic air travel in Nigeria is forcing many citizens to abandon air transportation, as one-way tickets now sell for over N200,000 on several routes. Routes such as Lagos to Abuja, Enugu, Kano, and Owerri have seen unprecedented price hikes, with some flights …

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 …