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Senate President Ahmad Lawan has urged Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) to abort the planned protests against the Federal government’s proposed removal of fuel subsidy, saying the move is “totally unnecessary”. Lawan made the appeal on Monday when he met with the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed and the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva over the planned removal of subsidy on petroleum products by the federal government. Those at the meeting include the Senate Leader, Yahaya Abdullahi and the Deputy Whip, Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi. Also present were the Chief…

The Nigerian government on Monday said it will suspend the removal of fuel subsidy because the “timing” is problematic. Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Ahmed Zainab, speaking after a meeting with the Nigerian Senate, said that the Federal Government made provisions for subsidy in the 2022 budget from January to June this year. According to her, all payments on fuel subsidy ordinarily would cease as from July, 2022. She observed that in view of the timing which is “problematic”, the Federal decided to suspend its plan to go ahead with the removal of subsidy on petroleum products in July, particularly against…

BudgIT Foundation, a civic-tech organisation leading the advocacy for fiscal transparency and accountability in Nigeria and three other African countries, has launched the FixOurOil website, a platform that provides citizens, CSOs and the media with insights and data on the prevailing issues in the extractive industry to advance advocacy in Nigeria’s natural resource governance and sustainability. Historically, The Nigerian extractive industry has functioned as a pander used to cushion the needs of very few highly placed in the society. This has not only disrupted transparency in the sector, it has also resulted in limited resources for revenue generation and limited…

Justice Ohimai Ovbiagele of the Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City on Friday January 21, 2022 convicted and sentenced the quartet of Isaac Ogundimu, John Odaro, Andrew Egharevba and Omorogbe Jacob to seven years imprisonment or a fine of N650, 000 each. The defendants, executive members of Edo State Welders Association, ESWA, were arraigned in 2017 on a 15-count charge bordering on conspiracy, stealing by conversion and forgery, contrary to the Bendel State Criminal Code Law 1976 as applicable in Edo State and punishable under Section 390 (9) of the same law. The defendants were said to have…

By Adaeze Ekwueme Imagine posting a picture on your Instagram, Twitter and Facebook Page, then after posting, you stare at your phone for hours waiting for engagement and likes. To your disappointment the post gets little or no engagement. This often leads to mild depression; you begin to question yourself. In the hunger for social validation, you start getting depressed and anxious. In this day and age of inordinate social media influence, it is easy to conflate ‘Likes & Engagement’ for social validation and identity affirmation. This, in my opinion, is one of the major causes of depression amongst youths.…

Bauchi State High Court presided over by Justice M.M. Abubarkar has convicted and sentenced one Ibrahim Abubakar (aka Alhaji Sadiq Babati) to three years imprisonment on a two- count charge of criminal conspiracy and cheating to the tune of N2, 250,000 (Two Million Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira) brought against him by the Gombe Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The offences, according to the charge, were punishable under Section 97 and 322 of the Penal Code Law. The defendant who was arraigned on September 27, 2021 alongside one Hassan Lemaji (now a convict) had…

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has began mobilisation ahead of its Thursday nationwide rallies against the proposed fuel subsidy removal by the Nigerian government. NLC deputy president, Joe Ajaero, explained that letters have been sent to heads of the over 50 affiliates and state councils of the NLC asking them to host strategic meetings today on how to make the rallies successful. He also said leaders of Civil Society Organisations (CSO) in support of the protests had been briefed on the activities planned for the day. But the Federal Government last night faulted the planned rallies because it was yet…

A moving train on Sunday crashed into a Dangote Cement trailer and commercial tricycle (Keke NAPEP) in the northern state of Kano. The incident occurred along Obasanjo Road in the metropolis of the ancient city, at about 11:30 a.m. “We saw the trailer coming towards the rail line as the train was speeding. I and some other people attempted to flag down the trailer but the driver did not notice. “Next was a heavy sound of crash,” an eyewitness who runs his businesses near the rail track said. Another eyewitness said: “When the driver of the trailer tried to cross…

Vice-Chancellor, University of Maiduguri, Prof. Aliyu Shugaba says the institution has recently gone into research and innovative programme to develop devices to tackle insecurity challenges in the campus. Shugaba disclosed this when he featured at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) forum in Abuja. He said that the institution brought the innovative idea following the devastating effects of insecurity in Borno and its environs. According to him, the university is working with some relevant stakeholders in the area of research and development to provide an enabling environment for effective academic activities in the institution. “In recent years, we have started…

Fidelity Bank Plc, has announced the second set of millionaires in its Get Alert in Millions Season 5 promo (GAIM 5) which held recently in Victoria Island, Lagos. The event was witnessed by representatives of regulatory organisations which include: Ms Oyinkan Kusamotu, Senior Legal Officer, Lagos State Lotteries & Gaming Authority; Mr Tanko Mohammed, Head, Monitoring & Enforcement, Lagos State Lotteries and Gaming Authority; Mrs Susie Onwuka, Head, Lagos Office, Federal Competition & Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) and Ms Chioma Amanoh, Lagos Office, National Lottery Regulatory Commission (NLRC). Since the commencement of the fifth season of the promo in November…