Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana has insisted that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and its affiliates can proceed with the August 2 strike and protest as planned. According to Falana, the…
BREAKING: Global petrol price rises by 20%
Price of petrol may to rise further as international market data gathered by the Newsmen revealed that the commodity has gained 20 per cent. At the beginning of 2023, Brent crude…
DG not involved in any fraud— PenCom
The National Pension Commission has dismissed documents in circulation purporting that its Director-General, Mrs. Aisha Dahir-Umar, spent millions of dollars on travel during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement, PenCom described…
BREAKING: Reps to probe NCAT over helicopters’ sale
The House of Representatives Committee on Public Assets has announced its decision to investigate the alleged sale of two training helicopters by the Nigeria College of Aviation Technology, Zaria. The Committee…
Currency in circulation hits N2.26tn— CBN
Currency outside banks rose to N2.26tn at the end of June 2023, according to the latest figures from the Central Bank of Nigeria. According to figures obtained the CBN, the currency…
Federal High Court judge, Mallong, is reportedly dead
A judge in the Federal High Court, Justice Peter Mallong, has died. He was said to have died on Sunday after a brief illness. The Chief Registrar, Federal High Court…
BREAKING: Obazee, ex-FRC boss who attempted to sack renowned clerics, suspended others
The newly-appointed Special Investigator by President Bola Tinubu, Jim Obazee, served as the Executive Secretary of the Financial Reporting Council for more than six years. From November 2010 when he was…
How Niger coup plotters dismiss ECOWAS threat, Bazoum reinstatement
The Economic Community of West African States Authority of Heads of State and Government, on Sunday, in Abuja, issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Niger Republic military to release and reinstate President…
BREAKING: NLC insists on Wednesday strike, mobilises workers
The Nigeria Labour Congress has commenced mass mobilisation ahead of its planned nationwide strike scheduled to begin Wednesday to protest the hardship occasioned by the fuel subsidy removal. In a schedule…
To Tinubu’s special investigator: Uncover CBN, NNPCL mess, economists—Groups
Economists and civil society organisations have backed the appointment of a special investigator to probe the Central Bank of Nigeria, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited and other Government Business Entities by President…