Month: July 2023
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Subsidy Removal: NEC Decides On Palliative Measures For Nigerians
Following the removal of the petrol subsidy and the recent hike in petrol prices to up to N617/litre, the National Executive Council (NEC) has agreed on palliative measures for Nigerians. The decision was reached on Thursday at a meeting held at the Council Chambers of the State House in Abuja. The meeting, which was chaired…
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Labour Party Expresses Regrets Fielding Peter Obi as Presidential Candidate – Apapa
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the factional National Chairman of the Labour Party ( LP), Lamidi Apapa, has rejoiced with the party’s flag bearer, Mr Peter Gregory Obi, on his 62nd birthday. The Apapa-led NWC of the party, as much as they jubilate with Obi, said they regret fielding him as the party’s presidential…
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Breaking: Senate forced into closed-door meeting over ministerial nominees
Vanguard News The Senate is, at the moment, in a closed-door meeting few minutes into the commencement of today’s plenary, largely necessitated by the list of ministerial nominees believed to have been submitted by the Presidency. Soon after taking petitions, which is the fifth item in the Order Paper, the President of the Senate, Godswill…
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Ganduje Tipped as APC Chairman
The former governor of Kano State, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has been tipped as the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Daily Trust reliably gathered last night. Ganduje, 73, was yesterday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, where he met with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and three governors who are members of the APC.…
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Mmesoma Tenders Apology To JAMB
The 19-year old candidate in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), Mmesoma Ejikeme, accused by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) of result forgery has apologised to the examination body for her action. She read an apology letter in an investigative hearing by the House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee to probe the…
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Fuel Price hike: COEASU directs lecturers to go to work 2 days a week
The College of Education Academic Staff Union, COEASU, has directed members to henceforth report to work for only two days a week, following fuel subsidy removal by the federal government. The union which explained that life has been unbearable with members since the government’s action, insisted that members can only work two days a week…
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GWR: Nigerian Man Goes ‘Blind’ While Attempting To Break Record
A Nigerian man identified as Tembu Ebere has confirmed that he partially went blind while attempting to cry for seven days to set a record in the Guinness World Records. This is as the craze to achieve feats of endurance sweeps across the country after a chef, Hilda Baci, in May officially broke the record…
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FG, States, Local Governments To Share N1.959tr Revenue in July
The Cable The three tiers of government are set to share N1.959 trillion in July 2023 — probably a record, TheCable can report. This is nearly triple the N786.161 billion shared in June and more than triple the N655.93 billion in May. Allocations are usually shared from the preceding month’s revenue — meaning June will…
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Palliative: Tinubu bows to pressure, orders review of N8,000 cash transfer
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed that the N8,000 conditional cash transfer programmed envisaged to bring succour to most vulnerable households be reviewed immediately. Presidential spokesman, Dele Alake, in a statement on Tuesday said the directive was in deference to the views expressed by Nigerians against it. Nigerians have been very critical of the scheme,…
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Guinean Passport: What Tinubu Told Tribunal
President Bola Tinubu has told the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal that his Guinean citizenship expired in 2020, the same year when his Guinean passport, being brandished by the opposition, expired. Tinubu made the claim through his lead counsel, Wole Olanipekun (SAN) while asking the tribunal to throw out a petition by the Labour Party (LP)…