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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Enugu State Chapter, on Tuesday joined the nationwide protest in solidarity with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) which has been on strike since February 14. ASUU and other trade unions in the education sector have been on strike over the alleged failure of the government to keep to an agreement […]

Nigerian bakers have decided to hike the price of bread again by 20 percent amid surging production costs. Last week, bakers, under the aegis of the Premium Breadmakers Association of Nigeria (PBAN), embarked on a four-day warning strike to demand government intervention regarding the prices of materials used in bread production. On Monday, Bakers in Cross Rivers […]

The Presidency, Sunday, said President Buhari had done more than was expected of him as Commander-in-Chief in ensuring the security of Nigerians. This was as it said it would not be arm-twisted into responding to propaganda promulgated by terrorists as the military was quite aware of its duties. In a statement signed by the Senior […]

The head of the World Health Organization Saturday declared the monkeypox outbreak to be a global health emergency – the highest alarm it can sound. Speaking on Saturday at a media briefing on monkeypox, Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO director general, said the decision on the emergency status was taken, despite a lack of consensus by the […]

Naira weakened against the U.S. dollar at the official market on Friday, after the currency appreciated in the last two consecutive business days at the spot market. The local unit which opened trading at N427.00 closed at N430.00 to a dollar on Friday, data posted on the FMDQ website where forex is officially traded showed. This implies […]

Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) has alerted members of the flying public of shortage of aviation fuel, saying this would result in flight disruptions across the country. In a statement, Spokesman of AON, Prof. Obiora Okonkwo, disclosed that the aviation sector has been hit by a major crisis with the acute scarcity of aviation fuel […]

The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Commission Limited (NNPC Limited), Mele Kyari, has said that all Nigerians are the shareholders of the newly commercialized national oil firm. President Muhammadu Buhari had on Tuesday unveiled the new Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, a landmark event that officially changed the oil firm from […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed optimism that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will win the 2023 presidential election.  Buhari said this on Wednesday when he met with Kashim Shettima, the APC vice-presidential candidate, at the state house in Abuja. Earlier on Wednesday, the APC had unveiled Shettima, former Borno governor, as the running mate to […]

Major Nigerian cities including the Federal Capital Territory were thrown into darkness on Wednesday when the country’s electricity grid collapsed. Electricity distribution companies announced Wednesday that the collapse occurred at about 11:00 a.m. Wednesday’s incident is the sixth reported collapse in 2022. The government blames poor management and low gas supply as the major causes of the […]

The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria on Tuesday again raised the Monetary Policy Rate from 13 per cent to 14 per cent. This came barely two months after the MPC, during its bi-monthly meeting in May, raised the benchmark interest rate from 11.5 per cent to 13 per cent. The interest […]

A trio of Asian passports offer their holders greater global travel freedom than those of any other countries, according to a new quarterly report released by London-based global citizenship and residence advisory firm Henley & Partners. Japan has pushed ahead of Singapore and South Korea to offer its citizens visa-free or visa-on-demand access to a […]

Scorching temperatures are sweeping across the globe, with the UK setting an all-time heat record.  Temperatures in the UK exceeded 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) for the first time on Tuesday, making it the country’s hottest day on record. Prior to 2019, the UK had only seen a city exceed 37.8 degrees Celsius (100 degrees […]

Ghana has confirmed its first two cases of the highly infectious Marburg virus disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Sunday in a statement. The announcement comes after two unrelated patients from the southern Ashanti region of Ghana, both of whom later died, tested positive for the virus. The patients had shown symptoms including diarrhea, fever, […]

The Association of Nigeria Aviation Professionals (ANAP) has threatened to shut down the airports in solidarity with the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The development comes as the National Labour Congress (NLC) directed its members to embark on a nationwide protest on July 26 and 27 in solidarity with the strike by the ASUU. […]

Nearly four years after failing, by a small margin, in his bid to govern Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has overcome the biggest obstacle to his dream. On Saturday, he achieved a hard-fought victory over the state’s incumbent Governor, Gboyega Oyetola, of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the […]