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The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), has vowed to ensure all services were withdrawn nationwide, should the Federal Government proceed to effect the 300 percent increase in fuel price, proposed by the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF). This came as the Congress warned that further threats and punitive actions against workers by …

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor today played host to the newly appointed Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Major General Faruk Yahaya in his office, at the Defence Headquarters (DHQ), Abuja. The CDS congratulated Maj Gen Yahaya on his appointment as the 22nd COAS, describing it as …

By: Kingsley Omonobi – Abuja **Appointment of Regular Course 37 Intake to Wipe Out 20 Generals of Course 35 and 36 Intakes Seven days after the demise of a fatal plane crash of former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Ibrahim Attahiru, President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Major General Farouk …

The Presidency has explained that President Muhammadu Buhari failed to attend the burial of the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Ibrahim Attahiru and 10 other military officers who died in last Friday’s plane crash in Kaduna because he didn’t want to be on the road for Nigerians to …

The Central Bank of Nigeria has set capital benchmarks for firms involved financial technology and payment operations. Those in the top category, dealing with switching and processing, as well as mobile money operation, will have a N2 billion shareholders’ funds unimpaired by losses, the regulator announced. According to a document …

Fighters of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) have sustained their aggressive onslaught against the Abubakar Shekau’s faction of Boko Haram terrorists, killing and arresting some of the rival sect’s commanders and members, PRNigeria reports. The captured top commanders of the Shekau faction are Mustapha Krimima Jaysh, Ba’akaka, …

•Rubbishes southern govs’ position on the issue •Says grazing reserves in states takes off June. From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has okayed recommendations that would address the conflicts of herders and farmers in a sustained and lasting manner. The President, however, dismissed the ban on open grazing by the Southern …

Gunmen are currently operating in various parts of Awka capital territory. Available information indicated that the gunmen have attacked ‘B’ Division near the secretariat. They were also said to be operating in Nodu village in Okpuno community and a part of Amawbia community, all in Awka South Local Government Area …

Yoruba activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly called Sunday Igboho, has declared that there was no going back for him on the clamour for a Yoruba nation. Besides, Igboho threatened to ensure that the 2023 general elections do not hold in all the Yoruba-speaking states. Addressing a large crowd that attended a …

The remains of the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Ibrahim Attahiru, and six other senior officers, who perished in the ill-fated military aircraft that crashed in Kaduna state on Friday, May 21, will be buried today, May 22.   The burial proceedings, according to a statement signed by …