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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has demanded that the Presidency immediately reverses fuel prices to N65. It added that indefinite general strikes, mass rallies and street protests be held across the country with effect from Monday 9, ...
The officials of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) who went to Ezillo in Ebonyi to donate relief materials to the victims of the New Year clashes narrowly escaped mob attack. The team, headed by Dr Bamdele Onimode, the agency's South-...
Dr Fakele Adediran, a don at Covenant University, Ogun, says the Nigerian tax system is ‘’unfair and hindered development of the country’’. Adediran, who specialises in accounting and taxation, stated this in an interview ...
A legal battle is looming between a consulting firm, Mega-Mix Consult Nigeria Ltd and the Kano State Ministry of Science and Technology on one hand and again between the firm and the National Research Institute of Chemical Technology (NRICT), Zaria, ov...
The Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC) has advised Nigerians to disregard any threat from any group asking them to move from their places of abode. In a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, NIREC Executive Secretary urged the ...
Her name is Nina Orji, from Abiriba in Ohafia LGA in Abia State. Born and bred in Jos, Plateau State, the charming model from a family of seven, is a graduate of Public Administration, Abia State University. She told ANTHONY ADA ABRAHAM why she i...
SALISU IBRAHIM writes that while the honeymoon period for Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso administration seems over in Kano State, the commercial nerve-centre is facing tremendous challenges of critical infrastructure and man-power deve...
Six Nigerians have been arrested in India for defrauding hundreds of people through text messages and emails. According to news reports from India, the six Nigerians: Yoha Fred Jihan, 33; Tovy Evaka, 34; Yehike Enavhoro, 25; Amadin Jefferi, 31; Jarvis ...
The African Renaissance Party (ARP) yesterday urged the National Assembly to reconvene as a matter of national urgency, to help tackle the Boko Haram threats. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the appeal follows a three-day ultimatum by the...
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, and religious leaders in the state have called on Nigerians, irrespective of their religious persuasions, to embrace peace, love and live together in peace and unity. They made this call yesterday at an open-air...
Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, yesterday led a prayer session for the New Year, even as he announced the constitution of the State Inter-Religious Council as a proactive measure aimed at guaranteeing religious harmony, peaceful co-existence and se...
Members of Lagos State House of Assembly have added their voice to the general condemnation of the removal of the subsidy on fuel by President Goodluck Jonathan on January 1, 2012. Hon. Saka Fafunmi, representing Ifako/Ijaiye Constituency 2, told journ...
There were protests by many youths in some parts of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, yesterday over the removal of subsidy on petroleum products by the federal government. Though the protests were peaceful in most parts of the state capital, it was relia...
Kano State Government has cautioned the public against violent protests, saying it is not the best way for the people to express their disagreement over the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government. Speaking to journalists yesterday in K...
The crisis in the Bauchi State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party [PDP] has taken a new dimension as the present leadership of the party and the supporters of former Governor of the State, Alhaji Ahmed Mu’azu, who is now aspiring for ...