The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, yesterday raised the alarm that the removal of fuel subsidy without cushioning the effects has put the country on the brink of collapse. The bishops’ alarm came as Nigeria Employers Consultative Association, NECA, Read more…
President Bola Tinubu has appointed a Special Investigator to probe the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and Related Entities. President Tinubu in a letter dated 28th July, 2023 addressed to Jim Osayande Obazee, the Chief Executive Officer, Financial Reporting Council Read more…
Exactly two months after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu removed subsidy on petrol and said the decision would free up money for education, regular power supply, transport infrastructure and healthcare, Nigerians have started lamenting that they are yet to feel any Read more…
The National Executive Council, NEC, of the National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, on Saturday, rejected the 25 per cent increment in the basic salary of doctors as well as the accoutrement allowance. They insisted that their earlier demand is Read more…
Russia has entered a dangerous new phase of its war against Ukraine since it exited the Black Sea grain deal earlier this month, weaponizing global food exports, stepping up attacks on Ukrainian ports and cities and increasing the risk of Read more…
Senator Sani Danladi, a ministerial candidate for President Bola Tinubu from Taraba State, was disqualified from running for or holding political office in 2019 due to forgery. The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Thursday afternoon read out the 28 ministerial Read more…
President Bola Tinubu has appealed to organised labour to give him more time to look into their grievances rather than embark on industrial action. The Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) had issued a seven-day ultimatum to Federal Government to reverse all perceived Read more…
The Senate has urged the federal government to collaborate with the Finish government to extradite Simon Ekpa for prosecution, given his alleged roles in persistent sit-at-home orders and killings in the South-east. The senate resolution was a sequel to the Read more…
Barring any last-minute change, President Bola Tinubu will, today, send the list of ministerial nominees to the Senate for screening and confirmation, Vanguard has learned. Top on the list for screening are the immediate past Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufia, Read more…
Senators have called on the executive to halt further electricity tariff increment, stating that the poor must be allowed to breathe. The resolution followed a motion sponsored by Sen Akintunde Yunus Abiodun (Oyo Central), co-sponsored by Senator Asuquo Ekpenyong (Cross Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor Some students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU) Awka are currently in a pensive mood for their inability to pay their school charges before the July 23rd deadline set by the management under the leadership of the Vice Read more…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said Nigeria has failed the African continent specifically, and the world at large. Obasanjo stated this in Abuja while giving the keynote address at the public presentation of the book titled, “Reclaiming the Jewel of Africa,” Read more…