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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 …