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FUEL PRICE HIKE ALSO AFFECTS TINUBU – MINISTER The Minister of Labour and Employment, Nkeruka Onyejeocha, has revealed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is equally affected by the recent fuel price increase. The minister made the disclosure at a Town Hall engagement with organised labour and employers in Abuja, on Friday. According to Onyejeocha, the President is not only human …

AJAERO: WE’LL REPORT TINUBU GOVT TO ILO OVER HARASSMENT, INTIMIDATION OF LABOUR LEADERS – NASU, PSI The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) as well as the Public Service International (PSI) have criticised the Federal Government over what it termed blanket clampdown of trade unions and opposing voices in Nigeria.Both groups warned that their global union movement …

I’M READY TO BE VICE PRESIDENT IF I SEE SOMEONE WHO WILL PERFORM BETTER – PETER OBI A former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has expressed his willingness to consider a vice-presidential role if he finds someone who can perform better than him. The former Anambra governor stated this in a recent exclusive interview with New Central TV , …

EDO APC GOVERNORSHIP CANDIDATE FACES DISQUALIFICATION OVER PERJURY A Magistrate Court sitting in Abuja has summoned Senator Monday Okpebholo, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate for the 2024 Edo State elections, to respond to charges of forgery and perjury. The charges, filed by PDP Chieftain Chief Honesty Aginbatse, stem from discrepancies in the birth dates provided in the nomination …

TINUBU NOT SOUTH WEST LEADER, BUT JAGABAN OF LAGOS – ONDO GOVERNOR’S AIDE.Nigerians, particularly on X, formerly Twitter, have called out one of the newly appointed senior special assistants to Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State, Oluyemi Fashipe. However, after announcing the appointment, some X users went down memory lane to unearth multiple posts of Fashipe attacking the current Nigerian …

KOGI PDP SUSPENDS DINO MELAYE OVER ANTI-PARTY ACTIVITIES The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi State has suspended its former governorship candidate in the state, Senator Dino Melaye, over alleged anti-party activities. Melaye’s suspension by the executive committee of the party in Ayetoro Gbede, Ward 1 was announced in a memo dated September 12, 2024. The memo reads: “Ward Party …

MARKETERS COMPLAINED TO TINUBU THAT OUR DIESEL IS TOO CHEAP – DANGOTE Marketers of petroleum products in Nigeria have reportedly written to President Bola Tinubu to complain that the drop in price of Dangote Refinery’s diesel to N900 per litre, is negatively affecting their businesses. Devakumar Edwin, Vice President, Dangote Industries Limited, disclosed this on a Twitter Spaces session organized …

HOW TINUBU GOVT USED RESEARCH INSTITUTES AS FRONTS TO DOLE OUT MONEY FOR UNRELATED PROJECTS A review of the public payments portal, Govspend has shown that Nigeria Research institutes are fast becoming conduits for carrying out tasks that are outside their stated legal frameworks.Most times the monies spent on these projects inserted into these research institutes’ budgets are usually more …

I’LL RETURN TO NIGERIA SOON DESPITE BEING WANTED – SOWORE SLAMS TINUBU GOVT Human rights activist and convener of #RevolutionNow movement, Omoyele Sowore, has lambasted Nigeria’s secret police, Department of State Services (DSS), for issuing a directive for his arrest on his arrival in Nigeria. Sowore, a former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), said it is unfortunate …

APC STATE CHAIRMEN LAMENT STATE OF AFFAIRS IN NIGERIA, RESOLVE TO MEET TINUBU Chairmen of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have resolved to meet with the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over the state of affairs in the country. Secretary of …