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Seven killed, many injured as NURTW leadership crisis turns bloody
At least seven persons have been killed while many were seriously injured as members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) clashed in Effin, Ohaukwu Local Government Area...
Read moreShell begs disabled persons to vacate their premises
Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, has pleaded with persons living with disabilities to please vacate their premises. The firm also stated that it was constrained by the continuous occupation of...
Read moreAnambra: NSCDS seals two Private Guard Companies
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps Anambra State Command on Thursday, 14th January 2021, sealed two Private Guard Companies for Breach of Conduct. This is in line with the...
Read moreNigeria confirms plans to sell govt properties to fund 2021 budget
Apart from its plan to engage in domestic and foreign borrowings to fund the 2021 budget, the federal government has confirmed that it will also sell some government-owned properties for...
Read moreCourt stops Ganduje from deducting judiciary workers’ salaries
A High Court in Kano on Thursday stopped Governor Abdullahi Ganduje from further deductions of the salaries of judiciary workers in the state. Justice Usman Na’abba gave the order following...
Read moreFG orders NERC to suspend adjustment in electricity tariff
The Federal Government on Thursday ordered the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, to immediately suspend the adjustment made in electricity tariff this month. Minister of Power, Sale Mamman, in a...
Read moreNigerian Govt. To Borrow Dormant Account Balances And Unclaimed Dividends From Citizens
The Federal government will be borrowing from Nigerians unclaimed dividends and bank account balances unattended to for at least six years. This is according to the provisions in the Finance...
Read moreKano Stops Payment of 30k Minimum Wage, Reverts To 18k
The Kano government has stopped payment of N30,000 minimum wage to civil servants in the state and have now reverted to the former N18,000 minimum wage. Salihu Tanko-Yakasai, spokesperson to...
Read moreNigeria increases electricity tariff by over 50% as Ghana offers it Free for three months
The Nigerian government has yet again approved an increase in electricity tariff payable by electricity consumers in Nigeria. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, approved over 50 per cent hike...
Read moreCourt convicts former Finbank MD, Okey Nwosu to 3years imprisonment
Justice Lateefat Okunnu of the Lagos High Court in Ikeja has convicted and sentenced former Managing Director of defunct Finbank Plc, Okey Nwosu to three years imprisonment. Justice Okunnu handed...
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