A committee set up by the NGF recommended a petrol price of between N408.5 per litre and N380 per litre. It called for immediate removal of fuel subsidy. Earlier, while presenting the report of the NGF committee on subsidy on petrol, El-Rufai, who is the chairman of the committee, explained that the current subsidy…
The 3rd Special Forces of the US Army arrived in Nigeria on Tuesday evening. The US Mission in Nigeria disclosed this in a statement released on Wednesday evening. According to the statement, the US Army Special Force will join the Nigerian Navy for a Special Boat Service for two months. The Special Force…
A bill seeking to impeach a Nigerian president for failure to appoint ministers within 30 days upon assumption of office has passed second reading in the House of Representatives. The proposed legislation titled, the Transition and Assumption Bill 2020, was passed by the parliament during a plenary session on Tuesday, May 17, The Cable reported….
Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has stated that the resolve to ban open grazing by southern governors is equivalent to prohibiting spare parts trading in the north. Recall that southern governors last Tuesday resolved to ban open grazing and the movement of cattle by foot, after a meeting in Asaba, Delta state. The resolutions of…
The sum of N805 million has been approved by the federal executive council (FEC) for the procurement of equipment to enhance security at the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja. This development was announced by the minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed while addressing journalists after the FEC meeting…
Nasir El-Rufai, the governor of Kaduna state, has vowed that his administration would not honour a meeting with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) unless electricity is restored in his state, Premium Times reported. VAM News gathers that El-Rufai made the comment after the NLC suspended a five-day warning strike embarked upon to…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has suspended the warning strike in Kaduna State. Labour unions had declared a five-day warning strike against the administration of Governor Nasir El-Rufai over the mass sack of workers. The strike had brought Kaduna to a standstill as hospitals, banks, train station, the airport, among others were shut. The governor…
Some people among the workers of Osun Ambulance have come out to state the facts behind the blackmail and lies against O-Ambulance management. Their statement is released in order to reveal the truth about the blackmail levelled against the management. Here is there statement below; We will like to state that we,…
Coalitionof Northern Groups (CNG), has thrown its weight behind the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in its current faceoff with the Kaduna State government, warning Governor Nasir El-Rufai against abusing the rights of members of the union. In a statement by the CNG on Wednesday made available to Ripples Nigeria, the group expressed…
Kaduna State Police Command said it has arrested some thugs that attempted to invade the secretariat of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in the state on Wednesday. The thugs numbering about 100 attempted to attack the protesting labour unionists, as they tried to invade the secretariat of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) when…