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December 17, 2024 No Responses

Xmas: Tinubu Approves Free Nationwide Transportation

President Bola Tinubu has approved free transportation nationwide ahead of Christmas celebration. The Minister of Information, Mohammed Idris, announced this while briefing State House correspondents shortly after the Federal Executive Council meeting chaired by the President on Monday. He said...

August 4, 2024 No Responses

Full Text Of Tinubu’s Address To Nigerians

BROADCAST BY HIS EXCELLENCY BOLA AHMED TINUBU, PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE NATIONWIDE PROTESTDATE: SUNDAY 4TH AUGUST 2024My fellow Nigerians,1. I speak to you today with a heavy heart and...

August 2, 2024 No Responses

Shareholders Lose N235bAmidst Nationwide Protest

The Nigerian stock market on Thursday, August 1, 2024, lost N235 billion in value amid cautious investor sentiment triggered by ongoing nationwide protest. At the end of the day’s transactions, the market capitalisation reduced to N55.278 trillion from an op...

June 3, 2024 No Responses

Labour Insists On Nationwide Strike

After a four-hour meeting with the leadership of the National Assembly on Sunday evening in Abuja, the leadership of the Organised Labour says there is no going back on the nationwide industrial action slated to start on Monday, June 3,...

May 9, 2024 No Responses

TUC Threatens Nationwide Shutdown

The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has threatened shut down the Nigerian economy should the Federal Government fail to cancel the controversial cybersecurity levy recently introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria. The TUC in a statement signed by its President,.....

February 27, 2024 No Responses

Labour Insists On Nationwide Protest

The meeting between the Federal Government and Organised Labour on Monday at the State House in Abuja ended in a stalemate. Speaking after the meeting on Monday night, President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, said:“The rally goes...

February 21, 2024 No Responses

NARTO Suspends Strike

The Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) has suspended its planned nationwide strike. National President of NARTO, Othman Yusuf, directed members to immediately resume petroleum loading activities after a meeting held in Abuja. The meeting was...

November 14, 2023 No Responses

Nationwide strike: Presidency Faults NLC, TUC

The nationwide strike declared by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) an abuse of privilege, the presidency has said. The Presidency in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and...

September 2, 2023 No Responses

NLC Communique On Nationwide Strike

COMMUNIQUE AT THE END OF THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL (NEC) MEETING OF THE NIGERIA LABOUR CONGRESS (NLC) HELD ON THURSDAY, THE 31ST DAY OF AUGUST, 2023 In an all-inclusive session, the National Executive Council (NEC) deeply analyzed the prevailing national....

February 16, 2022 No Responses

Fuel Scarcity Bites Harder Nationwide

Commuters in Abuja and other parts of the country have continued to experience hardship due to non-availability of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, for over a week. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports on Tuesday that...

November 13, 2021 No Responses

Railway Workers Begin Warning Strike Nov 18

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com — Member of the Nigeria Union of Railway Workers (NUR) and Senior Staff Association (SSA) NRC Branch, have concluded plans to embark on a 3-day warning strike beginning Thursday, 18th November through Saturday, 20th...

February 10, 2021 No Responses

AfCFTA: Nigeria Begins Nationwide Awareness Tour

The National Action Committee on AfCFTA flags off nationwide awareness and sensitisation tour in line with its mandate to prepare Nigeria to take advantage of the AfCFTA Agreement while mitigating its threats to the Nigerian economy. A statement issued o...

October 23, 2020 No Responses

PDP Directs Half-Flown Party’s Flag Nationwide

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has directed that its flag at all the party’s offices be flown at half-mast for a period of one week, beginning from Friday. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, disclosed this in a...