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However, CPPE said the move would undermine the country’s Foreign Direct Investment drive, noting that the country already has enough extant laws with similar objectives. The economic think-tank group also condemned the timing of the scheme. It appealed to Tinubu to review the policy to avoid hurting genuine investors. “The CPPE notes the recent introduction […]

A fake National Youth Service Corps member, Ogeh Bethel Chibuife, has been nabbed by the Nasarawa State Police Command for illegal entry into the Magaji Dan Yumusa Orientation Camp, Keffi, the state capital. This was disclosed in a statement released by the state police spokesperson, Ramhan Nansel, on Thursday. Nansel said the suspect, who is […]

President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, appealed for patience from Nigerians over the current economic hardship in the country, giving the assurance that there was light at the end of the tunnel. The President said he was fully aware and took responsibility for the difficulties Nigerians had been subjected to on account of government policies. He […]

President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Ondo State for a condolence visit to the family of the late governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, in his Owo country h He arrived at Akure Airport at 11:35 am in a Nigerian Air Force jet. A presidential parade was put in place at the terminal of the airport to welcome […]

Tragedy struck at the Odu-Igbo Market, Ochanja, in the commercial city of Onitsha, Anambra State, on Monday, as no fewer than six people were confirmed dead when a two-storey building collapsed at the market. theygathered that the building, still under construction, which was meant to serve as a market upon completion, collapsed at about 6:41pm […]

The Nigeria Labour Congress and other related unions are preparing for the planned protests it declared over the high cost of living, inflation, insecurity and hardship in the country. Our correspondents who arrived at the Labour House headquarters in Abuja at 7:12 a.m. noticed different union workers and other aggrieved Nigerians trooping into the Labour […]

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, said his administration would be reducing public servants working days as part of plans to cushion the cost of living crisis in the country. “We want to start with our public servants, immediately from next week, Civil servants from the lower level will be working like three […]

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, said his administration would be reducing public servants working days as part of plans to cushion the cost of living crisis in the country. “We want to start with our public servants, immediately from next week, Civil servants from the lower level will be working like three […]

President Bola Tinubu said on Monday that a few people stole Nigeria’s commonwealth under the guise of subsidy. Tinubu, however, lamented that Nigerians are suffering the pains of the loot. Speaking at the second-term inauguration of Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State in Owerri, the President said he is well-attuned to the concerns of citizens, […]

The Trade Union Congress has backed out of the planned two-day nationwide protest declared by the Nigeria Labour Congress over the high cost of living, inflation, insecurity, and hardship in the country. The Vice-President of the TUC, Tommy Etim, told The PUNCH on Wednesday that the decision to protest on February 27 and 28 as […]