The House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resources, Downstream and Midstream, has announced that the nation presently holds more than 1.5 billion liters of petrol in its storage facilities, which is sufficient to sustain for 30 days. It called on Nigerians to remain calm and eschew panic buying. The committee further disclosed that it was…
The negotiations between the Tinubu-led Federal Government and organised labour for a new minimum wage have ended in a deadlock. It will be recalled that President Bola Tinubu had in January set up a tripartite committee consisting of the government, labour and private sector representatives to review the N30,000 minimum wage introduced by the Muhammadu…
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State says he has not taken any loan since he assumed office on November 27, 2022. Adeleke said this at the second edition of “Ipade Imole”, a forum where he gave stewardship to the people of the state on Tuesday in Ilesa. The governor said his decision not to take…
The House of Representatives Committees on Petroleum Resources (Downstream and Midstream) have urged security agencies to clamp down on fuel marketers hoarding petrol and engaging in the arbitrary increment in the price of the premium commodity. In a statement on Wednesday jointly signed by the Chairmen of the two committees, Ikenga Ugochinyere and…
Ghana’s Asante King on Wednesday displayed for the first time dozens of royal artefacts looted during colonial rule, after they were returned by British museums on a long-term loan as part of his silver jubilee celebrations. The British Museum and the Victoria & Albert Museum earlier this year agreed to give back 32 gold…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has urged Nigerians to be wary of any candidate parading printed result slips as currently, the result is not in any paper format. JAMB’s spokesperson, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, in a statement on Wednesday, said the information became necessary as some individuals were already circulating printed result slips on…
The Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal in Abuja has ordered that its interim order, restraining MultiChoice Nigeria Limited from increasing DSTV tariff, be pasted at the firm’s “corporate headquarters or any known address of the branches of MultiChoice Nigeria Limited across Nigeria.” The chairman of the tribunal, Saratu Shafii, who made the order dated…
A Federal Capital Territory High Court has awarded the sum of N4 million against former President Olusegun Obasanjo and its columnist, Sonala Olumhense. Justice Modupe Osho-Adebiyi awarded the sum of N2 million to both defendants as the cost of the action. The former President filed a lawsuit against Punch Newspaper and the columnist…
As the world celebrates Workers Day, the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and state governors have appealed to workers to remain steadfast, and make sacrifices that will move the nation forward in the face of the present economic challenges. Akpabio has assured Nigerian workers that the National Assembly and the Executive arm of government,…
Nigerian music stars, Daniel Anidugbe, aka Kizz Daniel and Miles Kelechi, aka Tekno, were embroiled in a public spat after a social media post claimed that Kizz Daniel had been sending Tekno a share of the revenue generated by hit song “Buga.” The controversy was ignited by an X post from an account (name…