Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Saturday 19th August 2023 1. The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday dismissed an appeal brought before it by Senator Smart Adeyemi, seeking to nullify the governorship primary election of the All ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Friday 18th August 2023 1. The Federal Government has announced N5 billion palliative to each State of the federation, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), to cushion the impact of the removal of ...

The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, Dauda Biu, has ordered an immediate clampdown on all old and rickety vehicles across the country. Biu gave the directives in a statement by the Corps Public Education Officer and Assistant Corps Marshal, Mr Bisi Kazeem, on Thursday in Abuja. The FRSC ...

The Federal Government has announced a N5bn palliative for each state of the federation, including the Federal Capital Territory to cushion the impact of the removal of the petrol subsidy. The governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum, made the announcement in Abuja on Thursday when he spoke to ...

By Babajide Komolafe, Economy Editor; Victor Ahiuma-Young; Obas Esiedesa & John Alechenu THE Naira yesterday recorded significant gain against the dollar in the parallel market and the official Investors and Exporters, I&E window even as the forex market received a major supply boost as ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Thursday 17th August 2023 1. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday night released the list of portfolios for his ministerial appointees. The president will swear in his new ministers on Monday. 2. The ...

By Williams Anuku President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has just released the list of portfolios for his ministerial appointees, as follows: 1. Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy – Bosun Tijani, 2. Minister of State, Environment and Ecological Management – Ishak Salako 3. Minister ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Wednesday 16th August 2023 1. Seplat Energy Plc has confirmed that one person died following the collapse of its ‘Majestic’ oil rig near Ovhor in Delta State. The oil company disclosed this on Tuesday in a ...

By Ogaga Ariemu President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has claimed Nigerians buy the cheapest fuel in West Africa. Aguri Ngelale, the Special Adviser to the President, disclosed this on Tuesday. The president noted that the fuel pump price will not be adjusted upward. The presidency was reacting to claims ...

By Ogaga Ariemu Aguri Ngelale, the Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Public Affairs, has said that having more refineries in Nigeria will not reduce fuel pump prices. He disclosed this during a recent interview on TVC. According to him, Nigerians should disregard the ...

By Ogaga Ariemu Oil suppliers have lamented that the foreign exchange crisis and the implementation of a 7.5 per cent Value Added Tax on Automatic Gas Oil, popularly known as diesel, had pushed up the cost of the commodity to between N900 and N950/litre in many states. Beneth Korie, the National ...

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By John Owen Nwachukwu Countries with the highest number of youth unemployment have been ranked. South Africa is ranked first on 62.1%, Nigeria came second in the rating on 53.4%, while Spain, 27.4%, Sweden: 24.9% and Serbia: 24.9% completed the top five countries, respectively, according ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Tuesday 15th August 2023 1. Nigerian Air Force MI-171 Helicopter on a casualty evacuation mission on Monday crashed near Chukuba village in Niger State. Confirming the incident in a statement, NAF ...

The Organised Labour has vowed to proceed with a total, comprehensive and indefinite nationwide shutdown of the country, should there be another increase in Petrol Pump price from the existing 617 naira, which it describes as “illegal”. NLC President, Joe Ajaero, gave the notification on Monday, ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Monday 14th August 2023 1. Oil marketers, on Sunday, indicated that the cost of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, would rise to between N680/litre and N720/litre in the coming weeks should the ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Sunday 13th August 2023 1. Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has named Lady Chinyere Ihuoma Ekomaro as his running mate for the November governorship election. Uzodinma, who is the All Progressives ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Saturday 12th August 2023 1. Some Nigerians resident in Niger Republic have appealed to the Federal Government to facilitate their evacuation and return home before any possible offensive ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria has released the Consolidated Financial Statements for the last seven years, making it the first time since 2015 that the apex bank will be making its book available for public scrutiny. The Consolidated Financial Statements, which were released by the CBN, are for ...

By Ihechukwu Sunday As the five Justices that heard the election petitions filed by the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, at the presidential election petition tribunal, challenging the victory of President Bola ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Friday 11th August 2023 1. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has ordered the chief of defense staff committee to immediately activate its standby force. President of ECOWAS, Omar Alieu ...

By Solomon Odeniyi The Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel  Ogalla has stressed the need for the service to leverage Artificial Intelligence and other emerging technologies to enhance the maintenance of NN platforms and other operational activities. The CNS stated this while speaking ...

By Ogaga Ariemu The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria said the price of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly known as fuel would continue to increase as long as the US Dollar rose in the foreign exchange market. Chinedu Okoronkwo, the National President of IPMAN, disclosed this to ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Thursday 10th August 2023 1. Top diplomats from the United Nations, African Union and the Economic Community of West African States will Thursday (today) storm Abuja, the nation’s capital, to take major ...

By Racheal Ayodele President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed a University of Ibadan, UI, 400-level student, Orire Agbaje as member of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms. The committee was inaugurated on Tuesday in Abuja. The presidency in a tweet on Tuesday ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Wednesday 9th August 2023 1. The Economic Community of West African States has imposed heavier financial sanctions on the Niger junta and entities supporting them, including the governments of Mali and ...

By Ogaga Ariemu President Bola Tinubu has expressed his unwavering commitment to breaking the vicious cycle of overreliance on borrowing for public spending and the resulting burden of debt servicing it places on the management of Nigeria’s limited revenues. Tinubu disclosed this in a statement ...

The Nigeria Medical Association, (NMA-FCT) elders forum has advised Nigerians, especially the youth, on the need to eat right for healthy living, saying such also controls life expectancy. The Acting Chairman of the association’s elders forum, Dr Udofia Enefiok, gave the advice at a meeting ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Tuesday 8th August 2023 1. The Federal Government on Monday backtracked and withdrew its contempt suit against leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress for organising nationwide ...

By Tope Omogbolagun The name of the immediate-past governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai, was on Monday missing from the list of the ministerial nominees confirmed by the Senate. Also missing on the list was the name of Senator Abubakar Danlandi from Taraba State and former Nexim Bank Managing ...

The Federal Government has withdrawn the contempt charge against Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, and their leaders four days before the expiration of the ultimatum by NLC to the government to withdraw the contempt summons or face indefinite nationwide strike. ...

By Fadehan Oyeyemi The Senate, on Monday, confirmed 45 out of 48 ministerial nominees forwarded to it by President Bola Tinubu. It, however, stepped down the approval of the nomination of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai; former Deputy Governor of Taraba State, Sani Abubakar ...

By Deborah Tolu-Kolawole The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, is currently in the Presidential Villa after a heated session in the red chamber which resulted in a motion to suspend the screening of ministerial nominee Festus Keyamo from Delta State, The PUNCH reports. The motion was ...

The former Integrated Payroll and Personnel information system (IPPIS) desk officer at the Federal Character Commission, Haruna Kolo who was accused of collecting monies from people to offer them jobs has admitted to having collected monies totalling over 75 million from persons on the instruction ...

By Samson Atekojo Usman The Senate has been hit by controversy over the screening of Festus Keyamo, a ministerial nominee. The confusion has led the Chamber to dissolve into executive session after the Senate leader, Senator Bamidele Opeyemi moved the motion Before the pandemonium, the nominee ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Monday 7th August 2023 1. Niger’s military rulers announced on Sunday that they had closed the country’s airspace, warning that any attempt to violate it would meet with an “energetic and immediate ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Sunday 6th August 2023 1. The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has announced daily nationwide protests and picketing of federal health institutions. In a notice issued on Saturday, the ...

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors on Saturday said it would embark on peaceful protests from Wednesday, August 9, 2023, if the Federal Government did not meet its demands. NARD also said it would be picketing the Federal Ministry of Health, the Office of the Head of Civil Service of ...

By Musliudeen Adebayo Scores of workers and pensioners under the umbrella of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, the Trade Union Congress, TUC, and Nigeria Union of Pensioners, NUP, observed the Jummah prayer at the entrance of the Oyo State government secretariat on Friday. DAILY POST ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Saturday 5th August 2023 1. President Bola Tinubu has informed the National Assembly about ECOWAS proposed military action and other sanctions against coupists in Niger Republic. He stated this in an ...

By Ifreke Inyang The special adviser to President Bola Tinubu on media and publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, has said his principal is looking to “double” the current minimum wage. Ngelale stated this while in an interview on Channels Television on Thursday night. He said the federal government knows ...

President Bola Tinubu on Friday said his administration is undertaking a comprehensive forensic audit of the Central Bank while a thorough overhaul of the Civil Service payroll is imminent. ”A comprehensive forensic audit is on-going at the Central Bank. We are going to do very serious structural ...

By Ochogwu Sunday The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says the closure of Nigeria’s borders with the Republic of Niger is not a declaration of war between the two countries, as speculated. The acting Comptroller General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, made the assertion while addressing the Illela ...

By Nsikak Nseyen President Bola Tinubu has nominated former Minister of State for Labour Festus Keyamo as a minister. Senate President Godswill Akpabio made the announcement on Friday during a plenary session. Tinubu also replaced Maryam Shetty, his ministerial nominee for the Ministry of Women ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Friday 4th August 2023 1. After meeting with President Bola Tinubu where an agreement was reached to call off their protests, the rapprochement between the organised labour and the Federal Government ...

The Federal Government has directed the Chief Medical Directors and Medical Directors in the Federal Tertiary Hospitals to implement the no work, no pay policy on the striking members of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors. The FG also directed the hospitals to maintain an attendance ...

THE Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday threatened to embark on a nationwide indefinite strike from August 14, if, at the close of work on Friday, August 11, the contempt charge against it by the Federal Government was not withdrawn. Recall that the Federal Ministry of Justice had gone to ...

By Ogaga Ariemu The Nigeria Labour Congress is in an emergency National Executive Council meeting over the suspension of their strike action. A reliable source at the ongoing meeting in Abuja disclosed this to DAILY POST on Thursday morning. According to him, leaders of the Union are already ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Wednesday 3rd August 2023 1. The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, President, Joe Ajaero has said President Bola Tinubu assured Nigerians that his government would ensure that one of the moribund refineries in ...

The Federal Ministry of Justice, on Wednesday, commenced contempt proceedings against the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress for allegedly embarking on an industrial action contrary to a June 5, 2023, ex parte order by the National Industrial Court. The “notice of consequences of ...