Labour protests NBS drop in unemployment rate report

The Nigerian Labour Congress has described the drop in Nigeria’s unemployment rate released in a report by the National Bureau of Statistics on Monday as fiction, stressing that it contradicts reality. The NLC’s position was corroborated by the Organised Private Sector, with the OPS stating that the report was not reflective of economic realities.  The […]

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Otti warns against harassment at Abia military checkpoints

Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has urged the Nigerian Army to end the alleged harassment and humiliation of travellers at military checkpoints across the state. There were reports that travellers are often forced to disembark from their vehicles and cross checkpoints on foot, sometimes with their hands raised, while trucks conveying traders are allowed […]

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Sanwo-Olu suspends media aide over misrepresentation of facts

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has suspended his Senior Special Assistant on Print Media, Mr Wale Ajetunmobi. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Tuesday by the governor’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Gboyega Akosile. The statement was titled, ‘Governor Sanwo-Olu suspends aide.’ Ajetunmobi’s suspension “comes on the heels of the misrepresentation of […]

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G7 ministers to discuss Middle East, Ukraine

G7 foreign ministers are meeting, on Monday, near Rome for two days of talks with regional counterparts in the Middle East, before turning to Russia and the war in Ukraine. The Group of Seven ministers will also discuss the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas’s military chief, “and […]

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Reps may clash over Tinubu’s $2.2bn fresh loan Tuesday

A showdown looms in the House of Representatives this week between lawmakers elected on the platform of the ruling party and their opposition counterparts over the $2.2m (N1.77tn) loan request by President Bola Tinubu. This is as the Deputy Spokesperson of the House, Mr Philip Agbese has declared that the Green Chamber will have no […]

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