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TWELVE years after it received the Stephen Oronsaye Report, the Federal Government, on Monday, approved the implementation of some of its recommendations to reduce the cost of governance.   Consequently, 29 government agencies will be merged even as eight parastatals will be subsumed into eight other agencies. More so, four …

Hoodlums have attacked a BUA truck loaded with cartons of spaghetti at the Dogarawa axis of the Zaria-Kano expressway.     The incident, which occurred around 3:15 pm, saw the culprits making off with the entire cargo of spaghetti. According to an eyewitness, the driver had parked the truck by …

The Minister for Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, has advised Nigerian women not to argue or fight back when having arguments with their husbands at home.   She issued the advice during a Conference of Commissioners of State Ministries of Women Affairs in Nigeria on Wednesday in Abuja. Kennedy-Ohanenye emphasised that …

The Communications Commission has ruled out an extension of the February 28, 2024 deadline for the linkage of Subscriber Identity Module cards to National Identification Numbers.   As a result, telecommunication companies have been directed to bar 12 million lines which have not been linked to the owners’ NINs after …

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has suspended its nationwide protests, which were held in different states of the federation earlier on Tuesday.   The Labour, in a communiqué at the end of its National Executive Council meeting, said the objectives of the protest were achieved on the first day of …

Prime minister Rishi Sunak has declared he is “living proof” that Britain is not a racist country as he sought to douse the Islamophobia row, The Times reports.   He warned that all politicians had an obligation to be “careful” and not “unnecessarily inflame” tensions after the former deputy Tory …

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has raised the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) by four hundred basis points to 22.75 percent from 18.75 percent.   Governor of the CBN Yemi Cardoso announced this after the first MPC meeting for the year in Abuja on Tuesday. “All …

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, who conducted the ceremony charged the judges not to allow their ambition to cloud their sense of judgement.   Speaking further at the swearing-in held at the main courtroom of the Supreme Court, the CJN told the new justices to be …

Lagos State residents on Monday hit the streets to protest against the high level of hardship in the country.   The ongoing protest was facilitated by a human rights group identified as the ‘Take It Back Movement’. The protesters were seen carrying placards with various inscriptions which expressed their grievances, …

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has insisted that it will go ahead with its plan to protest the “mounting hunger and insecurity” in the country on Tuesday and Wednesday.   Its President, Joe Ajaero, who said this in a statement on Sunday, accused the Federal Government of allegedly trying to …