The federal government has declared Monday, June 12, 2023 a public holiday in commemoration of this year’s Democracy Day celebration. The declaration was communicated in a statement on Thursday by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Dr. Oluwatoyin Akinlade, who congratulated all ...

The outgoing speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila said Nigeria has lost many bright youths to other countries. Gbajabiamila stated this while speaking at a valedictory session organised for the Ninth House in Abuja on Wednesday. According to the speaker, the youths in the ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Thursday 8th June 2023 1. President Bola Tinubu has directed the National Economic Council to come up with inputs on palliatives and the minimum wage review as part of measures to cushion the pain of ...

The Depots and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria (DAPPMAN) yesterday in Abuja pledged its support for the Federal Government’s removal of fuel subsidies. The association’s chairperson, Dame Winifred Akpani, who made the disclosure at the end of a meeting with President Bola ...

MORE facts have  emerged on how the Federal Government used  blackmail and other mechanisms and ambushed Organised Labour to suspend its planned strike over the removal of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, commonly known as petrol. Leaders of Organised Labour had Monday night suspended the ...

By Williams Anuku President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed the National Economic Council (NEC) led by Vice President Kashim Shettima, to begin the process of working on interventions to cushion the impact of subsidy removal on Nigerians. This is even as the independent major oil marketers have ...

By Ogaga Ariemu President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday called on the European Union to assist Nigeria and Africa in strengthening security and economic development to alleviate poverty in the continent. In a statement by the Director of Information to the President, Abiodun Oladunjoye, Tinubu ...

By Seun Opejobi President Bola Tinubu has sworn-in Senator George Akume as the new Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF. Akume was sworn in at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday. The former Minister of Interior took his oath of allegiance and oath of office at about 11:06 ...

By Williams Anuku President Bola Tinubu is currently hosting members of the Nigerian Governors Forum at the Presidential Villa. The meeting also involves new personalities elected as governors in their various states, as well as the returning ones. The meeting commenced at noon shortly after ...

By  Tope Omogbolagun The Senate, on Tuesday, rejected the controversial National Water Resources Bill, 2023 after it was listed for concurrence on the order paper for consideration and passage. Former President Muhammadu Buhari had in 2017 presented the controversial bill to both chambers of the ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Wednesday 7th June 2023 1. The House of Representatives has called for a forensic audit of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited to determine its assets and liabilities, as well as its current ...

Leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress, TUC, yesterday gave insight into why they resolved to shelve the planned nationwide strike aimed at forcing the Federal Government to reverse the 200 per cent hike in the pump price of petrol. Rising from an emergency ...

President Bola Tinubu has asked security and intelligence agencies in the country to share information and intelligence among themselves, saying hoarding such resources can be counterproductive in the fight against terrorism. Tinubu spoke yesterday in Abuja after a tour of the new Office of the ...

By Emmanuel Ani Nigerians have been urged to be patient with President Bola Tinubu- led- administration on the removal of the fuel subsidy. The planter, Christ Apostolic Church, BOANERGES Worldwide, Prophet Ade Ologbonyo who gave the advice said the President has started well by removing the fuel ...

By Seun Opejobi The Senate has approved President Bola Tinubu’s request to appoint 20 special advisers. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, read the president’s request on the floor of the upper legislative chamber on Tuesday. In the request, the president did not disclose the identity of ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has suspended its planned strike over the hike in fuel price as a result of subsidy removal. The union had mobilised for a nationwide strike, asking the Federal Government to revert to the old ...

By Ogaga Ariemu The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, have suspended the planned national strike over fuel subsidy removal. The Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila disclosed this on Monday night after a meeting between the federal government and the ...

By Francis Ugwu The National Industrial Court sitting in Abuja has granted an interim order restraining the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, from going on strike from Wednesday as planned, pending the determination of the motion on notice. The order was issued by ...

By Williams Anuku The grievances over the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government may have assumed a new dimension, as the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria has demanded an increase in the national minimum wage from N30,000 to N200,000. DAILY POST gathered that all the demands raised by ...

Dirisu Yakubu and Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis The Peoples Democratic Party has called on President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima to take a cue from the late President Umaru Yar’ Adua by publicly declaring their assets as a demonstration of their determination to lead by example. ...

Francis Ugwu Countries with the highest unemployment have been ranked. The World of Statistics in its latest release on Sunday via its verified Twitter handle ranked Nigeria high, indicating the country has the highest level of unemployment in the world at 33.3%. Following in that order of ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Monday 5th June 2023 1. The Nigeria Labour Congress on Sunday shunned a meeting called by the Federal Government to discuss the subsidy removal and the attendant hike in fuel pump prices across the country. ...

THE Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies, popularly known as OPEC+ has slashed Nigeria’s oil output, excluding condensate by 20.7 per cent to 1.38 million barrels per day, mb/d, from 1.74 mb/d in order to achieve stability in the global market. The decision expected to take ...

Leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday, shunned a scheduled meeting with government officials over the removal of subsidy and subsequent over 200 per cent hike in the pump price of petrol until fuel price is returned to status quo. Following President Bola Tinubu’s removal of the ...

By Seun Opejobi The National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, has announced plans to join the proposed nationwide strike scheduled for Wednesday. Acting General Secretary of the body, Dominic Igwebike, said the leaders of the body at national and state levels should start mobilizing ...

By Williams Anuku Owing to growing opposition to the fuel subsidy removal by the Federal Government last week, a follow-up meeting has been convened between government officials and executives of the Trade Union Congress (TUC). The meeting is scheduled to hold today, Sunday, at the Chief of Staff ...

The planned industrial action scheduled for Wednesday by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has experienced a setback as the union appears divided with the South-west and northern states’ chapters pulling out of the proposed action, THISDAY has learnt. This is as one of the spokespersons of the ...

The prices of major foodstuffs and other essential goods have started rising in response to the hike in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly known as petrol, following the announcement by President Bola Tinubu that the era of subsidy on the product is gone. Tinubu had on Monday ...

By Francis Ugwu Former President Muhammadu Buhari has submitted his assets declaration forms to the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, in accordance with Chapter 6 of the constitution. This was disclosed on Saturday by Garba Shehu, Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, on Saturday. ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News  from Nigerian Newspapers of Sunday 4th June 2023 1. President Bola Tinubu, will on Monday meet lawmakers-elect of the National Assembly from opposition parties over the leadership tussle. Opposition Senators-elect and House ...

By  Amarachi Okeh President Bola Tinubu has promised to review the minimum wage to align with the current economic realities of the country. According to him, the federal and state governments need to take a look at the minimum wage together and also strengthen the source and application of ...

Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Femi Falana said the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has no legal powers to fix the price of petrol. Falana stated this while speaking in an interview with Channels Television on Friday. According to Falana, the ...

By Nsikak Nseyen The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has urged the Federal Government to revert to status quo over its decision to remove fuel subsidy. Mr Festus Osifo, TUC President, spoke while addressing newsmen at the end of an emergency meeting of the congress’s National Executive Council ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Saturday 3rd June 2023 1. Ex-Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has defended President Bola Tinubu’s decision on fuel subsidy removal, saying it is not easy to govern a country like Nigeria. He said this ...

Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, former governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, and former governor of Delta State, James Ibori were at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, yesterday to give their support to President Bola Tinubu on the removal of petroleum subsidy. The trio arrived at the State House ...

President Bola Tinubu on Friday said that the national minimum wage needs a review to reflect realities, assuring that improved livelihood for Nigerians remains a top priority of his administration, with more people-focused economic policies. President Tinubu also advised national and sub-national ...

By Ochogwu Sunday The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, on Friday, declared a nationwide strike from Wednesday next week. The union disclosed this during its National Executive Council, NEC, meeting held in the Federal Capital territory, Abuja. According to Channels TV, the meeting was not ...

President Bola Tinubu has announced the appointment of the former Benue State Governor, Senator George Akume as the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF. The President also appointed Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila as the Chief of Staff, and Senator ...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL said a total of 1.8 billion litres petrol are available, adding that the fuel queues being witnessed across the country will not exceed Saturday (3rd June). The NNPCL’s Group Chief Executive Officer, Mele Kyari, disclosed this during an ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Friday 2nd June 2023 1. The local production of Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise known as petrol, by Dangote Refinery, Port Harcourt Refining Company and others in Nigeria is not going to change the pump ...

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday told Service Chiefs and heads of security and intelligence agencies to crush anyone involved in oil theft, saying that his administration will not tolerate such menace. The President also said as far as he is concerned, Nigeria should not go on her knees as a ...

Group Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, Mele Kyari, said yesterday that the present high cost of petrol will crash in no distant time, allaying the fears of Nigerians about the development. It will be recalled that the company came up with a new ...

Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum  Corporation Limited (NNPCL),  Mele Kyari has revealed that President Bola Tinubu has directed that some palliatives be put in place to cushion the effect of subsidy removal on Nigerians. Kyari disclosed this Thursday while fielding questions ...

By Shehu Usman The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on the general public to disregard stories circulating in the social media space claiming that the congress would commence protest action on Friday, June 2, against the increase in the petrol pump price. A statement issued by NLC Head of ...

By Nsikak Nseyen Alhaji Mele Kyari, Group Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC), has said that contrary to speculations, the immediate past government did not make provisions for petroleum subsidy in the 2023 budget. He said this on Thursday in Abuja when he met with ...

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Thursday, called his witness to testify before the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja. Atiku and his party are challenging the declaration of President Bola Tinubu of ...

By Williams Anuku President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has mandated his security chiefs to draw up a fresh blueprint that would guide security operations in the country. Tinubu, who met with the security chiefs in the country for the first time since assuming office, on Thursday, said he had a personal ...

Reactions have trailed a trending photo of first lady, Remi Tinubu reportedly in a meeting between President Bola Tinubu and vice president, Kashim Shettima on economic issues. It was reported that the photo was taken from the meeting of Tinubu with the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Thursday 1st June 2023 1. Talks between the Federal Government and organised labour over the removal of fuel subsidy ended in a deadlock on Wednesday as they failed to reach a consensus following the hike ...

By  Francis Ugwu The meeting between the Federal Government and the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, over the fuel subsidy removal has ended without a consensus. Dele Alake, the spokesman to President Bola Tinubu disclosed this on Wednesday while briefing journalists on the outcome of the ...