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President Bola Tinubu President Bola Tinubu on Sunday October 1, 2023 announced salary increase for junior federal government workers as a way to cushion the effects of fuel subsidy. Tinubu who disclosed this in his address on Nigeria’s 63rd Independence anniversary said the provisional minimum wage increase will be N25, 000, and will be effected in the next six months. …

The Governor of Anambra State, Charles Soludo, has advocated for the strengthening of the Local Government based on the unique needs of each state. Soludo made this call on Friday, during an interview on Channels TV “Sunrise Daily.” The airwaves had been dominated with news of the suspension of the Chairman of Ijebu East Local Government area of Ogun State, …

[Press Rekease] The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has strongly condemned President Bola Tinubu for his recent reversal of dialogue with the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). HURIWA, in a statement, characterized this change as a glaring act of political opportunism, where President Tinubu, who had previously pledged to engage in dialogue with IPOB to address their legitimate …

With less than 48 hours to the governorship elections in Bayelsa, Kogi and Imo states, the Defence Headquarters (DHQ)  Thursday warned those planning to disrupt  the poll of the injurious consequences of their action. The warning came as the opposition Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) continued to bicker over the poll. While the PDP warned of dire …

To further cushion the effect on the removal of fuel subsidy, President Bola Tinubu, on Sunday, promised that the distribution of cash palliatives will commence this month, October. President Tinubu stated this in his address to mark Nigeria’s 63rd Independence anniversary delivered in Abuja. Ripples Nigeria reports that Tinubu had announced removal of fuel subsidy payment on May 29th, 2023 …

The African Union’s (AU) Peace and Security Council has suspended Gabon with immediate effect following the coup that ousted President Ali Bongo. The suspension of Gabon by the 55-member bloc means the Central African nation will be barred from participating in all African Union activities, organs and institutions until restoration of constitutional order in the country. In a statement posted …

World Championships silver medalist, Ese Brume, has landed in China in search of Diamond League points. Brume, a three-time World Athletics Championships (indoors and outdoor) medalist, is seeking to become the second Nigerian to compete in the final of the Diamond League. She was confirmed for the Xiamen, China meeting, this Saturday (September 2, 2023). Brume’s coach, Kayode Yahaya, who …

]The Defence Headquarters claimed on Thursday that troops in the various theatres of operations killed 113 suspected terrorists and arrested 300 others across the country in one week. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, stated this while briefing journalists on the operations of the armed forces in Abuja. He said the troops also arrested 25 suspected oil thieves, …

Luis Manuel Diaz, the father of Liverpool forward, Luis Diaz, has been released by kidnappers. Diaz spent 12 days in captivity after being kidnapped by the guerrilla group National Liberation Army, also known as the ELN, at a petrol station in Colombia near the border with Venezuela on Saturday, October 28. The player’s mother was also kidnapped in the incident …

The naira seems not to be responding to the antidote administered to it by the Federal Government as the Nigerian currency continued its slump on Thursday against the American Dollar at both the parallel and official windows. While the Nigerian currency traded at about N1150/$1 on Thursday as against the N1130-1140/$1 it traded on Wednesday at the Bureaux De Change …