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• Local refining is way out, says PENGASSAN • Govt using subsidy to blindfold masses, says Okon• Declare state of emergency, probe on subsidy, says Omoijiade • Labour to resist presidential candidates calling for removal, says NLC Notwithstanding proposals and campaign promises to end fuel subsidy, organised labour have insisted that until the Federal Government provides buffers and alternatives for subsidy removal …

About 15 shops with goods worth millions of naira have been completely razed down at Agbani Road, in Enugu South Local Government Area of Enugu State. Our correspondent gathered that the incident happened on Monday night. The affected shops were located at the popular Afor Awkunanaw Market, also known as Garriki Market. Eyewitnesses told our correspondent that a shopping plaza …

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has maintained that the Permanent Voters Cards, PVC, is a critical document in the forthcoming general elections and registered voters yet to collect theirs before the deadline would not be allowed to vote. The Commission explained before the Abuja division of the Federal High Court that PVC is critical to the accreditation process for …

Claim: Using the name of Ibrahim Babangida, Nigeria’s former military leader, a Twitter user – in a series of viral tweets – showed support for former president Olusegun Obasanjo’s public endorsement of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party. Verdict: The alleged tweet showing support for Peter Obi in the name of Ibrahim Babangida is a parody account. The tweet and contents …

Vietnam President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has resigned, state media said Tuesday, after days of rumours he was about to be sacked as part of a major anti-corruption drive that has seen several ministers fired. Phuc has “submitted his resignation from his assigned positions, quit his job, and retired”, the state news agency VNA said. Phuc’s sudden departure is a highly …

The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Council has described the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu as a rejected figure in the South-West, a geopolitical zone believed by many as his stronghold. The PDP campaign council stated this in reaction to calls for the arrest and interrogation of Atiku Abubakar by the APC campaign council, over claims by …

•Voting APC is rewarding failure, says Saraki  •Insists LP lacks spread, structure to win, make good govt  •Keyamo: APC in pole position to win election The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, yesterday said it would be too risky for Nigerians to hand over their future to the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities may drag the Federal Government over its members’ eight months’ withheld salaries, The PUNCH has learnt. ASUU will resort to the court, it was learnt, once the government goes ahead to pay members of the parallel union, the Congress of Nigerian University Academics. Counsel for ASUU, Femi Falana, disclosed this in an interview with The PUNCH on Monday. …

The Obidatti People’s Movement (ODPM) Nigeria and Diaspora, a support group, has said that Northern Nigeria  will give overwhelming support to Labour Party’s Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi and his running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed during the 2023 elections ,as well as all the LP candidates so as to rescue Nigeria  At a press briefing held in Kaduna on Monday ahead of …

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has warned the general public and eligible applicants not to pay anyone to get recruitment into the service. NIS in a statement said the recruitment process is free and selection is based on merit. Immigration recently opened its portal for the 2023 recruitment of interested applicants across the country into the civil defence, correctional, fire, …