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NIGERIANS GROAN OVER HIGH ELECTRICITY BILLS When the Federal Government announced in September that it would start paying the proposed minimum wage of N70, 000, with a promise to pay civil servants the areas from July and August, not many Nigerians were excited about the news.And the reasons were obvious, one of them being the recent hike in electricity bill.A …

FG MOVES TO GROUND 60 PRIVATE JETS As a last resort to recover billions of naira in unpaid import duties, the Federal Government, through the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), is set to ground over 60 private jets owned by high-profile individuals and companies across the country. The NCS has written to the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority and the Nigerian Airspace …

ALLOW THE DEAD TO REST IN PEACE, SHEHU SANI SPEAKS ENUGU MORTUARY TAX Former Senator, Shehu Sani has voiced his disapproval of the Enugu State government’s decision to impose a mortuary tax on corpses, humorously suggesting that this policy means “people can no longer rest in peace.” Sani made this remark in a post on the X platform (formerly Twitter) …

PDP BLASTS FUBARA, SAYS HE REJECTED OFFER TO CONTROL PARTY STRUCTUREContrary to the widespread impression that he was denied control of the structures of the party in Rivers State, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has blasted Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State, accusing him of whining after initially rejecting an offer to control the party machinery.The party maintained on Sunday …

PETER OBI CONDEMNS FATAL SHOOTING OF SUPERSPORTS CREW, SAYS KILLINGS, KIDNAPPINGS HAVE BECOME WORSE The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2024 election, Peter Obi, has condemned the killing of some crew members of Supersports TV in a tragic ambush along the Ihiala-Orlu Road, Anambra State.Naija News reports that a SuperSports crew member and a police officer …

NASS WANTS MORE SUFFERINGS FOR NIGERIANS, CONSIDERS BILL TO INCREASE VAT FROM 7.5% TO 10% IN 2025 The national assembly is considering a bill proposing an increase in the value-added tax (VAT) from 7.5 percent to 10 percent. VAT refers to a consumption tax on goods and services levied at each stage of the supply chain where value is added. …

ENUGU GOVT PLANS TO RESETTLE RESIDENTS OF TWO URBAN SLUMS The Enugu State Government has approved the resettlement of people living in Agu-Owa and Ugbo-Lawrence parts of the state. The decision is premised on government’s categorisation of the two areas as ‘urban slums.’ A statement from the governor’s media office on Sunday, disclosed that the relocation was to enable the …

BIZZARE! REVEREND FATHER SET TO WED REVEREND SISTER.IN CATHOLIC CHURCH In a strange matrimonial union, a Catholic Reverend Father and a Catholic Reverend Sister are set to tie the nuptial nut in a Catholic Church. Reverend Father Michael Ogochukwu Ezeh from Enugu and Reverend Sister Claire Chioma from Afikpo in Ebonyi State are about to get married. The couple have …

SENATE THREATENS UMAHI, DABRI-EREWA, OTHERS WITH WARRANT OF ARREST The Senate has threatened the Minister of Works, David Umahi; Head of Service of the Federation, Mrs Didi Esther Walson-Jack; Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NiDCOM, Abike Dabiri-Erewa; and others with the issuance of a warrant of arrest against them for failing to appear before its Committee on Ethics, Privileges …

GOVERNOR SUSPENDS AID FOR ANNOUNCING N70,000 MINIMUM WAGE The Governor of Jigawa State, Umar Namadi, has suspended his Special Adviser on Salary and Pensions, Bashir Ado, over a statement on the ₦70,000 minimum wage.Naija News understands that a statement circulating in various sections of the media alleged that the governor had approved ₦70,000 as a new minimum wage for workers …