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The Senate and the Nigerian Bar Association have waded into the conflict between the Chief Justice of Nigeria, TANKO MUHAMMAD, and Justices of the Supreme Court over issues bothering on welfare and working condition. President of the Senate, AHMAD LAWAN, at the plenary on Wednesday, mandated the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters to, as a matter of urgency, to wade into the crisis.LAWAN ga...

The Minister of Labour and Employment Chris Ngige  says the Federal Government has been meeting with the Academic Union of Universities (ASUU) over its lingering strike and assured Nigerians that the dispute with the lecturers will be resolved soon.  Ngige said this on Wednesday while briefing news men after the Federal Executive Council meeting at the State House in Abuja.&nbs...

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President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has said that his administration will not remove fuel subsidy due to current realities which makes it impossible to do so. The President in an interview session with a foreign news agency said that Western countries calling for the removal of fuel subsidy in Nigeria were being hypocritical, as they were implementing fuel subsidies for their own citizens. ...

Justice MOBOLAJI OLAJUWON of the Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from ending the voter registration on 30 June 2022. Justice OLAJUWON granted an order of interim injunction following the hearing of an argument on motion exparte by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP). The suit followed the decision by...

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There was high level of scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol across Lagos state on Monday. Reports say the number of commercial vehicles plying the roads was less, leaving many passengers stranded at various bus stops and many residents spent hours waiting on queues in filling stations at various locations in the state.. The union said it took a decisi...

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At least a female corps members and a pregnant woman were among passengers who drowned in a boat mishap between Otuan and Ayama communities of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa state.  Reports also say that one of the victims of the mishap was a mother with her two children and a septuagenarian.  The boat, with 15-passenger capacity, rammed into a barrier wh...

The Lagos State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, has condemned in totality the reported attack on journalists by some hoodlums and criminal elements in the state on Sunday. Reports say that journalists covering the Lagos State Governor’s Office were attacked on their way from the Palace of Oba of Lagos, Oba RILWANU AKIOLU, who received ASIWAJU BOLA AHMED TINUBU, the All Progressives Congress presidential flag beare...