Nigeria’s highest economic advisory body, the National Economic Council is currently meeting at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Thursday’s meeting comes 48 hours after the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited reviewed the petrol pump price from N540/litre to N617/litre, the second major increase since the discontinuance of petrol subsidy on May 29, by President Bola Tinubu. News Correspondent noted that Tuesday’s price hike triggered outrage amongst Nigerians even as business owners and members of the organized private sector expressed fear over the possible shutdown of businesses and job losses. Earlier, the Federal Government said it will review…
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No fewer than 22 terrorists have been killed during an air operation conducted by Air Force personnel in Katsina State. Among those killed are foot soldiers of terrorist kingpin, Abdulkareen Lawal, popularly known as Abdulkareen Boss. Abdulkareem Boss was alleged of masterminding the killing of a Nigerian Police Area Commander in Dutsin Ma on July 5, 2022. Abdulkareem Boss with some of his foot soldiers was killed by air strikes in the Ruga forest in Katsina on August 5, 2022. A military source on Thursday, however, said the attack that resulted in the death of the terrorists was based on…
Super Falcons defender Glory Ogbonna, who will be appearing at her first Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, tells ‘TANA AIYEJINA about the positive vibe in their Brisbane camp and the zeal to make their compatriots back home proud when they play Canada in their opening clash Friday How are you looking ahead to your first World Cup? We are already in Australia for the World Cup. I feel great, I’m very excited playing football at the highest level, the senior World Cup. Having represented Nigeria at youth level twice at the U-20 Women’s World Cup, it’s been…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday described as untrue reports that the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, had a telephone conversation with President Bola Tinubu and the Director General of the Department of State Services on the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. The apex court warned that if the current trend of falsehood and mudslinging continued to be sustained, Nigeria may not make the desired progress. The Director of Press and Information in the Supreme Court, Dr. Festus Akande, made the clarification in a statement titled, “No telephone conversations between CJN and anyone concerning the Presidential Election Petition.” He said,…
The royal couple, Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, are said to have taken a trial separation after recent humiliation induced by fights caused by months of backlash, business failures and clashing lifestyles. International news platform, thenews.com.pk, while quoting a source, revealed that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were not together as “he (Harry) needs to go find himself. A trial separation may be the only way they can resolve their differences and go forward stronger than ever.” On the couple’s trial separation, the news platform said a source who spoke to the National Enquirer revealed that the…
Benjamin Mendy signed for French club Lorient on Wednesday after the former Manchester City and France defender was acquitted in a sex offences trial in England last week. “Lorient is happy to announce today the signing on a two-year deal of the French international left-back Benjamin Mendy,” the Ligue 1 club said in a statement. Mendy, 29, was cleared of sex offenses last week, ending a three-year court process. The player, who would have faced a lengthy jail term if convicted, had previously been cleared in January of six counts of rape and one of sexual assault following a six-month…
The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union, COEASU, the umbrella body of lecturers in the nation’s Colleges of Education, has directed its members nationwide to go to work two days weekly until the Federal Government yields to its demand of a 200 per cent increase in salary. The announcement was contained in a statement signed by the union’s National President, Dr Smart Olugbeko in Abuja on Wednesday. Olugbeko said the decision was reached at the COEASU’s extraordinary meeting held on Tuesday, amid the difficulty of its members to get to work as a result of hike in the price of…
Troops of the Nigerian Army have arrested a Beninese, Matthew Edegbe, and a Nigerian, Joshua Dansu, while trying to smuggle into the country a truckload of substance suspected to be Marijuana. The troops arrested the suspects during a stop-and-search operation along Ajilete road in Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State on Tuesday. A statement by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, said the suspects conveyed the drug in a truck without a number plate. He added that the investigation by troops revealed that the marijuana was transported from Ghana. The statement read, “Troops of 192…
There was widespread anger by Nigerians, on Tuesday, following the hike in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited and other oil marketers across the country. In Abuja and Ondo State, for instance, the cost of petrol jumped from about N537/litre to between N617 and N630/litre, forcing the cost of transportation to skyrocket within hours, and leaving thousands of passengers stranded in many cities. The Nigeria Labour Congress, Trade Union Congress and many other citizens lambasted the President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government for being so tough on citizens by allowing…
The Executive secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, Sonny Echono, says over 137 students sponsored abroad by the fund absconded. Echono spoke on Tuesday when he appeared before the House of Representatives Ad-hoc committee investigating the alleged mismanagement of N2.3tn tertiary education tax by TETFund. He stressed that the scholars who were sponsored by TETFund for “higher education” abroad refuse to return to the country after completing their programmes. The Executive Secretary said, “Some of the scholars that have been sponsored, unpatriotically when they go, they enjoy our scholarship, acquire a higher degree, then refuse to come back, it…