Crises rock Rivers, Oyo, Benue APC over gov primaries

Kayode Oyero, Dennis Naku, Animashahun Salman, John Charles,  Olufemi Olaniyi and Tunde Oyekola 23 May 2022 Kindly share this story: • Process skewed in Rivers, no delegates’ election in Benue – Factional leaders • Adelabu, Folarin factions produce two delegates’ lists in Oyo, await NWC’s verdict The All Progressives Congress chapters in states including Rivers, […]

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FG makes health insurance compulsory for employers

Deborah Tolu-Kolawole 23 May 2022 Kindly share this story: The Federal Government has mandated all employers and employees in public, private, and informal sectors to have access to health insurance, The PUNCH reports. This development came when the Federal Government noted that only states with established health insurance schemes and contributory schemes would benefit from the Basic […]

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Train attack: El-Rufai carpets military, ACF laments, DHQ fails to deploy Tucano in N’West

Okechukwu Nnodim, Leke Baiyewu, Solomon Odeniyi, Deborah Tolu-Kolawole, Stephen Angbulu, Godwin Isenyo, and Maiharaji Altine 31 March 2022 Kindly share this story:  Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai • Says bandits’ territory known to troops, should be declared war zone • Nigerian Air Force to escort passenger trains with jets, says Amaechi • Reps fume […]

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Electoral Act: National Assembly plans appeal, tackles judge, Malami insists on amendment

Eniola Akinkuotu, Leke Baiyewu and Stephen Angbulu 24 March 2022 Kindly share this story: • Court ruled that the provision be deleted, not part of our law – Malami The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, on Wednesday in Abuja said his office would soon comply with the court order that […]

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Nigeria borrowed N6.64tn, serviced debt with N2.93tn in 2021, says DMO

Nike Popoola, Sami Olatunji, Edidiong Ikpoto and Anozie Egole 18 March 2022 Kindly share this story: THE Debt Management Office on Thursday said Nigeria’s total public debt stock increased to N39.56tn in 2021 from N32.92tn in 2020. The Director-General, DMO, Patience Oniha, said this at a media briefing in Abuja. According to her, the total […]

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NEITI report: Reps go after 77 oil firms over unremitted N2.6tn revenue

The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, commenced an investigative hearing into the N2.6tn owed the Federal Government by 77 oil companies operating in Nigeria. The House is acting on the 2019 report of the Nigeria Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative. Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila, threatened that parliament might be forced to invoke the provisions […]

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Russia-Ukraine war: Stranded Nigerians send SOS to Buhari, demand evacuation

Kindly share this story:Russia-Ukraine crisis3 Gbenga Adeniji, Leke Baiyewu, Solomon Odeniyi and Oluwatosin Omojuyigbe25 February 2022Several Nigerians – mostly students – who are in Ukraine are currently stranded even as Russia continues to attack the eastern European nation, The PUNCH has learnt. This is as the National Association of Nigerian Students in Ukraine sent out […]

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Fuel subsidy: Labour fumes as IMF warns FG against fresh borrowings

Kindly share this story: Okechukwu Nnodim, Sami Olatunji and Solomon Odeniyi22 February 2022Following the Federal Government’s plan to extend the fuel subsidy regime by 18 months, the International Monetary Fund has said Nigeria will likely depend on overdrafts from the Central Bank of Nigeria to fund its proposed N2.55tn petrol subsidy bill. The IMF said […]

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Adulterated petrol: FG may return fuel to suppliers, 100 million litres affected, say marketers

Okechukwu Nnodim and Solomon Odeniyi 9 February 2022 Kindly share this story: The Federal Government through its Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority may return to the overseas supplier, the contaminated Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, which was imported into the country by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited. Oil marketers estimated that […]

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Olujimi faults Fayose on peace move, may dump PDP

Abiodun Nejo 9 February 2022 Kindly share this story: National Assembly member and Peoples Democratic Party governorship aspirant in Ekiti State, Senator Biodun Olujimi, has given on the possibility of dumping the party alongside her supporters. Olujimi said the shoddy way her faction of the party in the state was treated by the national leadership […]

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