The Arewa Economic Forum has urged President Bola Tinubu to reverse the subsidy removal policy and allocate the extra funds provided by the Federal Allocation Accounts Committee to states for the resumption of the Premium Motor Spirit subsidy. The forum suggested that the decision should be implemented until the President can ensure the transparency and…
The House of Representatives has unveiled plans to investigate the abandoned $38.7 million Phase 2 of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation – Nigerian Agip Oil Company joint venture Okpai independence power plant project. The resolution was passed sequel to the adoption of a motion sponsored by a lawmaker, Nnamdi Ezechi, who called for the intervention…
The Nigerian Senate President, Senator Godwin Akpabio has stated that all the 36 state governors in the state have received additional N30billion from the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to tackle the food scarcity situation in the country. The Senate President who said this during one of the plenary sessions of the federal lawmakers described…
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps said it shut no fewer than 66 private guard companies operating illegally without licence or expired licence in the country. The illegal firms, it said, were shut in 2023, adding that it also received 125 applications from prospective private guard companies in 2023. The spokesperson for the NSCDC,…
The National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Julius Abure, who was arrested by the Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), in charge of Zone 5, Benin City, Edo State, Mr. Arungwa Nwazule, on Wednesday evening has been released. Abure, it was gathered was released around 3.05 am on Thursday. The AIG had late Wednesday night disclosed…
Tragedy occurred on Tuesday morning in Ebonyi State as a middle-aged pregnant housewife pushed her husband to death from a two-storey. The victim, Mr Nwoga Maduabuchi, from Akparata village, Igbeagu community in the Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, was said to have been married to the suspect, his second wife, from Uburu community,…
Economic situation: Sanwo-Olu slashes transport fare in Lagos, residents to buy discounted food items Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday announced a 25 per cent rebate on fares for government-owned transport schemes in the state. Sanwo-Olu made this known during a televised media chat. He said that workers in the teaching sector will maintain…
The executive governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, says the state government is making arrangements for civil servants from level 1 to 14 to only work from their various offices three days in a week. Sanwo-Olu spoke during a media chat with journalists on Thursday in Lagos. The governor said those on level 15…
The Federal Government plans to restart direct cash transfers to the poorest and most vulnerable Nigerians, Channelstv reports. Presently, the government anticipates that an additional 12 million households could qualify for these direct payments. Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Wale Edun, revealed this plan during the Ministry’s retreat held in Uyo,…
Economic situation: Sanwo-Olu slashes transport fare in Lagos, residents to buy discounted food items Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday announced a 25 per cent rebate on fares for government-owned transport schemes in the state. Sanwo-Olu made this known during a televised media chat. He said that workers in the teaching sector will maintain…
