The Presidency has given reasons why every Nigerian may need to acquire the soon-to-be-launched general multipurpose identity card of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC). In a sensitisation video posted on X by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Media Centre on ...
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TUC Demands Swift Implementation Of Consequential Adjustments To Minimum Wage
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) of Nigeria has called on state governments to urgently implement consequential adjustments to the newly signed national minimum wage. TUC President, Comrade Festus Osifo, made the demand during a press briefing in Abuja after the ...
Read More »The Little Town Of Ikot Ekpene Udo: A Saga Of Triumph And Tragedy
By Comrade Imefon Benjamin Ikpe I will begin this piece with my boyhood reminiscences of a place called Ikot Ekpene Udo – The Little Town in Akwa Ibom State and the mystique which it held for me and my brother ...
Read More »Akpabio Urges China To Boost Aid To Africa, Strengthen Ties With Nigeria
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has called on the Chinese government to increase aid flows to Africa, particularly Nigeria, as part of efforts to strengthen bilateral ties and foster development. Akpabio made the appeal in Abuja on Tuesday while hosting a ...
Read More »Again, CBN Raises Interest Rate To 27.5% To Battle Inflation
12 members of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have unanimously agreed to further raise the monetary interest rate to 27.50 per cent basis points from 27.25 per cent in a continued drive to ...
Read More »Port Harcourt Refinery Activates Operation After Five Failed Years
…As Plant Begins Truck-out of Products The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd. has fulfilled its pledge of re-streaming the Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC), signaling the commencement of crude oil processing from the plant and delivery of petroleum products ...
Read More »160,000 Children Living With HIV – NACA
The director-general of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Dr Temitope Ilori, has said that prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) and paediatric HIV coverage in the country remains below 33 per cent, well below the ...
Read More »Nigeria Would Have Been Better If Peter Obi Won 2023 Election – Abaribe
The Senator representing Abia South, Enyinaya Abaribe, has said that Nigeria would have been in a better state if the Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, had won the contest. Speaking during an interview on Channels ...
Read More »NNPCL, Dangote, Retailers Agree To End Fuel Supply Crisis
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC), Dangote Group, and retail outlets owners have reached an agreement aimed at resolving the ongoing fuel supply crisis in Nigeria. The outlet owners, under the aegis of Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association ...
Read More »Experts Differ Over Safety Of GMO Foods
…Their resistance to pests, collateral damage to health – Prof Amalu …They improve yield, provide needed nutrients – Dr Gidado …GMO foods are safe, FG insists Amid growing concern and controversy, food safety experts are now divided on Genetically Modified ...
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