The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has warned that if the telecommunications companies fail to revert to the old tariff by the end of February 2025, it will mobilize workers to shut-down their operations nationwide by March 1, 2025. Arising from its Central Working Committee meeting in Lokoja, Kogi State, the labour movement said it will…
The National Working Committee (NWC) of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has affirmed Sunday Udeh-Okoye as its National Secretary, saying the party is bound by the appeal court judgement on the matter. National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Debo Ologunagba, said the NWC, at its meeting, considered a memo dated February 11, presented by the party’s acting National…
The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Professor Mojisola Adeyeye, has reaffirmed her stance on the imposition of the death penalty on fake drug dealers. Adeyeye, who spoke whole on Arise Tv’s program Primetime, emphasised that these illicit traders were “merchants of death” who prioritise profits over human…
Nigeria’s Dangote Oil refinery, could begin operating at full capacity in 30 days, the head of the refinery said on Monday. The 650,000-barrel-per-day refinery began processing crude into products, including diesel, naphtha and jet fuel, in January last year and started processing petrol in September. It aims to compete with European refiners when operating at…
There was a groundswell of opposition to the introduction of a fresh 4 per cent administrative charge on Free-on-Board (FOB) value of imports by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) as well as the proposed 15 per cent increase in port charges by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) at the weekend.The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA),…
Dignitaries around the world, including President Bola Tinubu, French President Emmanuel Macron, and Barbadian Prime Minister Mia Mottley were among prominent world leaders who paid tributes to the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Access Group, Herbert Wigwe, at his one-year remembrance ceremony held yesterday in Lagos. Wigwe, alongside his wife, Doreen, and son, Chizi,…
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has warned the federal government that the $1.07 billion allocated to the health sector in the 2025 budget should not be misused. Atiku in a statement in Abuja asked that mechanisms must be put in place to ensure the funds are used to improve healthcare services rather than vanish under suspicious…
The Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, has said the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano and other major highways across the country will be tolled when 100 percent completed to ensure adequate maintenance. The minister, who spoke during an inspection of the road on Saturday, stressed that the tolling would not be done until when “perfected”. He stated that…
The Federal Government has appealed to drivers, particularly those of articulated trucks, using the Iddo Bridge, to watch for diversion signs as height restriction barriers will soon be installed. The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mrs Olukorede Kesha, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday that these restrictions were necessary to facilitate repairs….
The House of Representatives Constitution Review Committee, has proposed the creation of 31 additional states to the country’s existing 36 states structure, bringing the new total to 67. The proposal was contained in a letter to the House of Representatives, read during plenary by the Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu, who presided over the plenary yesterday….
