In a move to prevent a nationwide economic shutdown, the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, intervened in a planned strike action by the Association of Maritime Truck Owners, AMATO, and its affiliates on Monday. Represented by Executive Director Marine & Operations, Read more…
Oil marketers are concerned about the delay in announcing the price of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, being produced by the Dangote Petroleum Refinery, as they noted that the landing cost of imported PMS is now about N1,120/litre. Dealers Read more…
The hoodlums were said to have targeted the nearby Government Day Secondary School, at 9:00 am on Monday. However, upon finding the school empty, they stormed the closest health centre. According to Musa Alhassan, a leader of a local vigilante Read more…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has released the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero. According to sources within the agency, Ajaero was taken into custody on Monday morning due to his failure to honour an Read more…
An employee of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has described how DSS agents broke into their Abuja office and demanded to speak with Kolawole Oluwadare, the deputy director. The staff (name withheld) stated that the officers instructed that Read more…
China’s former foreign minister Qin Gang, who mysteriously disappeared from public view in the summer of 2023, has been demoted to a publishing job, according to a media report, signalling an end to his political career. Mr Qin, 58, who was known for Read more…
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Labour Party (LP), has thrown open the contest for all of its tickets for the 2027 general elections. This was sequel to its decision to nullify a resolution taken at the party’s national Read more…
The people of Moriki town in Zurmi LGA of Zamfara State have managed to convince a bandit leader, Bello Turji, to reduce the ransom he imposed on them from N50 million to N30 million, with a Wednesday deadline for payment. Read more…
Russian President Vladimir Putin is meeting leaders from China, India, Vietnam, and Indonesia amid heavy sanctions. Russia seeks to end diplomatic isolation by engaging with “swing nations” beyond autocratic allies. Despite sanctions, Russia remains a key global economy and energy Read more…
A former deputy governor of Akwa Ibom State, Dr Chris Ekpenyong, has blamed the weakness of the Peoples Democratic Party for the behaviour of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, who threatened to ignite crises in states Read more…
Benson Upah, spokesperson for the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has sounded an alarm that Nigerians may soon pay N5,000 per liter for petrol under the current administration. In an interview with Weekend Trust, Upah condemned the recent fuel price hike, Read more…
Amidst the public anger and dissatisfaction trailing the increase in price of Premium Motor Spirit otherwise known as petrol and the scarcity of the product at retail outlets, the Senate has suspended its investigative hearing expected to hold on Tuesday. Read more…