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 The Minister of State Petroleum Resources [Oil] HEINEKEN LOKPOBIRI and other stakeholders yesterday held a meeting with the Chairman and CEO of Dangote Group, ALIKO DANGOTE over issues surrounding the Dangote Refinery.  DANGOTE and Nigeria’s regulatory authorities have been in dispute in recent weeks over the refinery located in the Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos State and this reached a new high when the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) said the government was yet to license […]

The federal government has assured Nigerians of its resolve to judiciously utilize the proposed N6.2 trillion additional budgetary expenditure aimed at stimulating the economy through the implementation of various infrastructural projects including road, rail, water, irrigation and dams in the 2024 fiscal year. Minister of Budget and National Planning, ATIKU BAGUDU, gave the assurance while addressing the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation chaired by ABUBAKAR BICHI. BICHI had earlier tasked the Minister to […]

President BOLA TINUBU has called for the enhancement of the economic value of bilateral relations between Nigeria and partner nations. TINUBU gave the charge yesterday in Abuja when he received Letters of Credence from the ambassadors of Portugal, JORGE ADAO MARTINS DOS SANTOS; the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, BIU QUOC HUNG; and the State of Kuwait, SALIM KHALIFA MOHAMMED ALMUZAYEN, at the Presidential Villa. He expressed his appreciation for Nigeria’s long-standing relations with PORTUGAL and the shared interest in the […]

The bill to create another state in the South-East region has passed a second reading in the House of Representatives. The bill seeks to create an ETITI state from the five South-Eastern states and was sponsored by ANAYO ONWUEGBU of Enugu StateAMOBI OGAH of Abia State, MIRIAM ONUOHA of Imo State, KAMA NKEMKAMA of Ebonyi State, and CHINWE NNABUIFE of Anambra. OGAH said the bill is meant to address the decades-long issue of regional parity and administrative efficiency in the South-East zoneand during plenary yesterday, the bill was passed for the next stage without […]

President BOLA TINUBU says Nigerian workers deserve improved welfare, better wages, as well as safe and enhanced working conditions as the driving force of the nation. TINUBU while speaking with the leadership of the Nigeria Labor Congress NLC led by JOE AJAERO and that of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria TUC led by FESTUS OSIFOyesterday in Abuja expressed his concern about the welfare of Nigerian workers and that his administration is prioritizing their concerns. He however called for realistic expectations as regards the minimum wage question, stating thatthey have […]

President BOLA TINUBU will today meet with the Organized Labor in Abuja to further discussions on a new minimum wage for workers in Nigeria after he invited the leadership of the Nigeria Labor Congress and Trade Union Congress to the meeting expected to be held at the Aso Villa. The President is expected to make a decision on the 62,000 Naira proposal of the government and private sector side; as well as the 250,000Naira demand of Organized Labor. This is coming about a month after the President said in his Democracy Day […]

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities SSANU and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions NASU say the union will progress with their planned protest today over salary arrears owed members.  Though there were hopes that the government may wade in and prevent the protest billed to be held in their branches nationwide, the National President of NASU, MAKOLO HASSAN said there is no going back on the demonstrations. HASSAN yesterday in a television interviewsaid apart from the failed meeting on Thursday, they have not heard anything from […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC yesterday opposed the application of a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN, GODWIN EMEFIELEfor the release of his passport to enable him to make an overseas medical trip. Spokesman for the anti-graft commissionDELE OYEWALE said thedefense counsel LABI-LAWAL had filed an affidavit seeking the release of EMEFIELE’spassport to enable him to travel to the UNITED KINGDOM for medical treatments which theyobjected to. Prosecution counsel MUHAMMAD ABBAS OMEIZA in furtherance to the counter-affidavit told the court that there […]

President BOLA TINUBU has vowed to strengthen democratic values in the West African region following his re-election as the chairman of the Economic Community of West African States ECOWAS.  TINUBU was first elected in July 2023 in GUINEA-BISSAU and re-elected at the 65th Ordinary Session of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government yesterday in Abuja. In his acceptance speech after his re-election, the Nigerian president said his leadership will continue to strengthen democracy among member nations of […]