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•We’ll sit down with labour to dialogue —FG The Nigeria Labour  Congress, NLC, yesterday said it has commenced mobilisation against the Federal Government’s proposed increase in petroleum pump price of over 200 percent in 2022. The Federal Government had announced that it would withdraw subsidy on petroleum products next year, saying the burden of  subsidy was heavy to bear. But …

Executive Director of the Prisons Fellowship Nigeria, PFN, Mr. Benson Iwuagwu has attributed the recent spate of jailbreaks across the country as a reflection of failed justice system. Iwuagwu who stated this yesterday in Kano at the opening ceremony of a two-day workshop on inmate’s behavioral and cognitive modification program noted that the justice system must be reformed before such …

A Federal High Court in Abuja, yesterday, fixed February 21, 2022 to deliver judgment in a suit filed by the Incorporated Trustees of Egalitarian Mission for Africa querying the Nigerian citizenship of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. The group had asked the court to disqualify Atiku as presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and prevent him from contesting …

The Department of State Services has refused to obey court orders granting Nnamdi Kanu maximum comfort in detention, change of clothing, amongst others, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, lead counsel for the embattled Indigenous People of Biafra leader has said. The lawyer, in a statement on Tuesday, kicked that the detaining agency has “unrepentantly continued to treat the orders of the court with …

“Seventy one per cent of the proposed budget is expected to be funded by contributions from external sources, while one 116,073,269 Units of Account will be funded from external sources. Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission has presented its 2022 Draft Budget of 393,612,400 Units of Account (UA) before the ECOWAS Parliament, in Abuja. The budget is targeted …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has approved the appointment of three new Special Advisers. In a statement on Monday, Secretary to the State Government, Osarodion Ogie Esq., said the appointees are James Babatunde Agbogun Esq.; Yakubu Gowon and Jimfred Obadiku. According to him, “The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Nogheghase Obaseki, has approved the appointments of the underlisted persons …

President Muhammadu Buhari and the Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki have charged Auditor-Generals in the country to develop innovative strategies that can help the government win the war against corruption. Declaring open the 2021 conference of Auditor-Generals in Nigeria (COAGN) with the theme ‘Securing Audit Independence Sustainability: The Urgency of Now,’ President Buhari restated his administration’s commitment to end …

Lesbos, Greece – From a refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, Pope Francis decried European indifference to the plight of migrants in the Mediterranean as a “shipwreck of civilization.” “The Mediterranean, which for millennia has brought different peoples and distant lands together, is now becoming a grim cemetery without tombstones. This great basin of water, the cradle of …

Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, departed Abuja early today to participate at the World Liquified Petroleum Gas Association forum in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where he will be delivering the keynote address. World leaders, top government ministers from several countries and Chief Executives of major multinational corporations in the Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) sectors around the globe will be …

• Between Nov 22 and Nov 28, 67 inbound passengers tested positive – NCDC • United Kingdom suspends Nigerians’ visa applications as restriction begins • US demands COVID-19 negative test from travellers, shuns vaccination status The Federal Government on Sunday ruled out the possibility of restricting foreign travellers from visiting Nigeria despite travel bans on the country by Canada, the …