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The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited and fuel marketers under the aegis of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, on Tuesday, clashed again over the removal of subsidy on petrol. This came against the backdrop of the depreciation of the naira against the United States dollar at both the official Investors & Exporters Window and the parallel market.  On …

Edo State Ministry of Physical Planning, Housing, Urban and Regional Development has sealed the construction site of new stalls at the Nigeria Police Officers’ Mess on Ikpokpan Road, Benin City, for failing to provide approval for the project. Director of Physical Planning and Development Control, Mr. Enabulele Henry, who led the enforcement team to the site, said that the building …

Cambridge, Mass. (AP) — Harvard University President Claudine Gay resigned Tuesday amid plagiarism accusations and criticism over testimony at a congressional hearing where she was unable to say unequivocally that calls on campus for the genocide of Jews would violate the school’s conduct policy. Gay is the second Ivy League president to resign in the past month following the congressional …

…Residents demand prosecution of alarmist BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Tragedy struck last Christmas as 21-year-old man was killed by a trigger-happy vigilante after a woman raised an alarm, alleging that the deceased was a thief. The killer vigilante, his victim and the woman alarmist are said to be neighbors at Erhunmwunsee area of Benin City, Edo State of Nigeria. The victim, …

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) said the Federal Government has not demonstrated sufficient commitment towards complying with its agreements with its members. The NLC, in its end-of-year message, lamented that the N35,000 wage award has not been faithfully implemented just as the Port Harcourt Refinery has not come on stream as projected. It added that the National Minimum Wage Negotiation …

The commencement of the automated passport application process is scheduled to begin on Monday, January 8, 2024, as announced by the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo. The Minister revealed this update while conducting an inspection of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) facilities in Abuja, accompanied by the Comptroller General of the Service, Wura-Ola Adepoju, on Monday. In a statement made …

Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has frowned at the many man-made encumbrances regarding change of passport data by Nigerians, especially married women, saying it is a “stupid practice” to subject such women to the rigours of travelling to the Nigeria Immigration Service NIS headquarters in Abuja just to effect a data change. Speaking at a recent dinner with members …

The ruling “will not discourage us,” Levin said without indicating whether the government would try to revive his plan in the short term. “As the campaigns are continuing on different fronts, we will continue to act with restraint and responsibility,” he said. In Monday’s decision, the court narrowly voted to overturn a law passed in July that prevents judges from striking down …

President Bola Tinubu has directed all MDA to provide a monthly budget performance report to the ministry of budget and economic planning, which in turn shall ensure the veracity of such.  The directive came after Tinubu signed the 2024 Appropriation Bill into law at the State House on Monday, shortly after returning to Abuja from Lagos. Speaking at the signing …

The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to be bold in implementing provisions of the Electoral Laws and the Constitution in the conduct of future elections. The SDP National Chairman, Malam Shehu Gabam, said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday. Gabam said that Nigerians …