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•Reps sit on N500bn subsidy relief request today, FG, Labour for fresh negotiations •N500bn not enough for 125 million poor Nigerians affected by deregulation – NLC, TUC The Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress have thumbed down the N500bn palliative proposed by President Bola Tinubu, stating that it is grossly inadequate to assuage the hardships confronting workers sequel …

President Bola Tinubu has asked the House of Representatives to amend the 2022 Supplementary Appropriations Act to provide N500 billion to fund palliative measures against the impact of fuel subsidy removal. The request was convened in a letter read by the Speaker of the House, Tajudeen Abbas, during the plenary on Wednesday. President Tinubu is seeking to extract N500 billion …

While the adoption of technology has made many human endeavors easy, its crooked use also does significant harm to the system. Only recently, the issue of who scored the highest mark in this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, shook the country. Students writing exams Miss Mmesoma Ejikeme claimed to have …

Chief of Army Staff, Maj. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja has criticised amnesty programmes for bandits and terrorists because they have failed to achieve their purposes in many states. Lagbaja stated this when Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, paid him a courtesy visit in Abuja on Wednesday. He said that beneficiaries see the programme as an opportunity to get pardoned, regroup and …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki; President of the African Development Bank, Akinwunmi Adesina, and the Group President of MTN, Ralph Mupita, are among guests expected to speak at this year’s edition of BusinessDay’s flagship event. Known as BusinessDay CEO Forum, it is scheduled to take place tomorrow, Thursday, July 13, 2023, at the Ballroom, Eko Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos. …

By Eben Enasco Edo State House of Assembly has confirmed Justice Daniels Iyobosa Okungbowa as the Chief Judge (CJ) of the State. House Speaker Rt Hon. Blessing Agbebaku delivered the Confirmation on Wednesday, at the hallowed chambers, after receiving a report submitted by the Chairman of the joint committee on Rules and Business alongside that of Judiciary and human rights, …

By Eben Enasco  Legislators in the Edo State House of Assembly believe that, if nothing is done to tame the recent killings rampage in the state, it could lead to anarchy. The move follows a call on Security Operatives to buckle up to end the dastardly act that has perverted the peace and now claimed more lives in the state.  …

Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP), an international agency funded by the Rockefeller, IKEA Foundation and the Bezos Earth Fund have appointed the immediate past Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, GCON, as a Global Advisor. This announcement was made at a press conference which held at The Wheatbaker Hotel in Lagos, yesterday. GEAPP launched at COP26 with aligned …

• 24 states pass life pension for ex-governors, deputies• SERAP, Falana describe earning as illegal Barring a change of mind by the beneficiaries, no fewer than 14 sitting senators, including the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, will draw pensions and other benefits worth N5.6 billion from their states, for the duration of the 10th Senate. Except the former Governor of Ogun …

Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, differed yesterday on the security situation in the country. While PDP governors raised the alarm that insecurity in the country is worsening, the APC said the Federal Government is addressing the situation, stressing that the Bola Tinubu administration will ensure peace in …