By Victor Ahiuma-Young Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, has directed workers to shut down all operations of shipping companies and begin an indefinite nationwide strike from Monday over a lingering dispute with shipping companies concerning the poor pay package and welfare of employees. At a briefing, Thursday, the President-General of MWUN, Prince Adewale Adeyanju,…
The National Assembly management has commenced clearance of members of the Senate and the House of Representatives for payment and collection of severance packages, as the 9th Assembly winds down. The Clerk of the House, Yahaya Danzaria, made this known in a notice to members at the plenary on Wednesday. The 9th Assembly, which was…
The Nigerian National Petrol Company Limited has confirmed it adjusted pump prices of Premium Motor Spirit known better as petrol across the country. In a statement issued on Wednesday and signed by its Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Garba Deen Muhammad, the national oil company explained that the adjusted pump price was in line with “current…
The President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu The new President of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu, has officially inherited over N16.29tn uncompleted projects from his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari, according to findings by The PUNCH. The projects were identified through the national monitoring and evaluation platform, EYEMARK, which was launched by Buhari in December last year. The former President noted…
In June 2022, few minutes after returning from a grocery shopping, I heard a knock on my door. My dog, a Shitzu, barked and ran to the door. I was wondering who must be visiting me in my suburb home. I went to the door, peeped through the door glass and two men in black…
***Focuses On Projects To Improve Nigerian Lives Naija Lives Matter (NLM), a non-governmental organization with a rich history spanning over 20 years has announced its transition back to a non-partisan mode. With the transition, NLM moves beyond the recent election cycle, with a current focus on organizing projects aimed at making the lives of…
“They even placed an armoured tank just to scare us away,” one EFCC official told this newspapers Officials of the State Security Service (SSS)Â Tuesday morning prevented officials of the anti-graft agency, EFCC, from gaining access to their office in Ikoyi, Lagos. As of the time of this report, all the EFCC officials at the…
President Muhammadu Buhari By Biodun Busari A leading civic organisation, BudgIT has lamented that President Muhammadu Buhari’s government of eight years had plunged Nigeria into high debt, increasing inflation and low growth. BudgIT said this in a report titled ‘The Economic Legacy of the Buhari Administration’ issued on the eve of the inauguration of President-elect…
A total of 340 persons have been nominated by the federal government to receive national honours. The federal government announced the recipients of 2023 national awards on Sunday in a statement by the Ministry of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs. Emeka Anyaoku, former commonwealth secretary-general, is the sole person nominated for Grand Commander of the…
Pastor Tunde Bakare and Asiwaju Bola Tinubu The Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has said he will never call the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, his president. The cleric and politician, during a webinar on Saturday, alleged a series of malpractices during the 2023 elections, saying the Independent National Electoral Commission…
