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The Nigeria Labour Congress has asked the National Broadcasting Commission to reduce the cost of operating licenses for broadcast organizations in the country. NLC President AYUBA WABBA said this in a statement, days after the NBC announced the withdrawal of the broadcast licenses of 53 radio and television stations in the country. AYUBA WABBA in his statement said the decision di...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has thrown its support behind the proposal to create an electoral offences commission. INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner in Ogun state, NIYI IJALAYE, while featuring on Super FM’s Trends in the Nigerian Political Scene; said the commission will relieve INEC of the duties of prosecution, which will make the electoral body focused on conducting elections....

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arrested the Director of Finance and Account of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), ENO UBI OTU. ENO OTU was apprehended around 11:15 am yesterday morning, and was questioned till late in the night, over his role in an alleged diversion of over 25billion naira tax remittances. Reports say that the arrest ...

As the 2023 elections draw close, presidential candidates of major parties are taking opportunities to discuss issues, and proffer solutions to the myriad of challenges facing the nation. One such platform is the ongoing Nigerian Bar Association Annual General Conference holding in Lagos, with the theme ‘Bold Transitions’. At the opening ceremony yesterday, the Preside...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has said university lecturers are opting to engage in non-academic activities to make a living as its strike action lingers. ASUU has been on strike since February 14 over improved welfare, revitalization of public universities and academic autonomy among other demands. Speaking to newsmen, ASUU’s President Professor EMMANUEL OSODEKE ...

Data obtained from the Federal Ministry of Power the recent one-day strike by workers of the Transmission Company of Nigeria crashed Nigeria’s power generation from a peak of 4,829.5 megawatts to as low as 43 Megawatts. Staff of the transmission company, under the aegis of the National Union of Electricity Employees, shut down the country’s power grid last Wednesday, throwing businesses and other power consumers into dar...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied reports that it will abandon the electronic transmission of election results in next year’s polls.  INEC National Commissioner, FESTUS OKOYE, in a statement said the commissio...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities says that it will not call off its ongoing strike until the salary arrears of its members were paid.                      ASUU national president, Prof EMMANUEL OSODEKE, said this while reacting to comments made by the Minister of Education ADAMU ADAMU, who said that the federal government will not pay the backlog of salaries of the last ...

President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has visited Borno State to commission some projects, as the country celebrates World Humanitarian Day observed every August 19. The President directed the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and its agencies to ensure the uninterrupted return of Internally Displaced Persons in the North-East. President BUHARI also virtually commissioned a 500-unit housing e...

The Minister of Finance, ZAINAB AHMED, says that the federal government is projected to spend 18.39 billion naira on petrol subsidy per day in the year 2023. The Finance Minister stated this during an investigative hearing of the House ad hoc committee which is investigating the petroleum subsidy regime from 2013 to 2021. ZAINAB AHMED said the figures was calculated using the info...