Following the increase in the pump price of petrol, some federal and state civil servants have appealed to both governments to increase workers’ salaries to reduce their hardships. The workers, who spoke to newsmen in separate interviews on Friday in Katsina, said the appeal was necessary because prices of goods and transportation had also skyrocketed. Malam Abdullahi Balarabe, a Federal Government worker in Katsina, said that following the hike in fuel price, prices of goods had also doubled. Balarabe said what he normally bought for N200 was now being sold for between N300 and N400, adding that this was constituting…
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Funmilayo Adebayo, a controversial Nigerian evangelist popularly known as Mummy GO, has slammed viewers of Big Brother Naija (BBNaija). Mummy GO said that viewers of BBNaija and their pastors are bastards. It was reported that this year’s BBNaija commenced last weekend and has kept many Nigerians and reality show lovers glued to their TV screens. However, Mummy GO, in a video making the rounds online, also gave some connotations of the logo of BBNaija, which looks like an eye during her sermon. She claimed that the logo is the eyes of Horus, a deity that is fighting God. Mummy GO…
The Federal Government has disclosed that telecommunications subscribers would pay five per cent tax on calls, SMS and data services. Meanwhile, stakeholders in the industry have expressed dissatisfaction over government’s resolve to implement five per cent excise duty on all telecommunications services in Nigeria. Speaking in Abuja yesterday at the Stakeholders Consultative Forum on Implementation of Excise Duty, the Executive Secretary, Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), Ajibola Olude, said taking cognizance of the hardship in Nigeria at a time like this, the government should rescind its decision to implement the five per cent excise duty on telecommunications operators.…
National Security Adviser Babagana Monguno on Thursday declared that the nation’s security brass hats do not possess all the wherewithal needed to defeat the hydra-headed security challenges besetting the country. “We are in a difficult situation. The council understands. The President understands,” Mr Monguno, a retired Major General, told State House correspondents on Thursday. “But there is no straight, cut and drive method around this unless we collectively fight it,” the security chief pointed out. Noting that Nigerians are “getting tired” of worsening insecurity under President Muhammadu Buhari regime with many gradually resorting to “self help”, Mr Monguno said the…
The Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 2 (Lagos and Ogun States), Adeleke Adeyinka, has warned his men to be more professional and civil while dealing with members of the public to avoid a repeat of nationwide protests such as #EndSARS. Adeyinka said another #EndSARS protest may lead to the end of the Nigeria police. The AIG gave the warning while addressing men of the Ogun State Police command during his visit to the command in Abeokuta, the state capital. The nationwide #EndSARS protest led to the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, a unit of the Nigeria…
The Ogun State Government has said it will fix the bad portions of the Sango-Ijoko Road to ease the suffering of commuters. A statement on Tuesday quoted the Secretary to the State Government, Mr Tokunbo Talabi, as saying that the reconstruction work will move towards Akute on the border with Lagos in the coming weeks. He said the state and federal government share a cordial relationship towards finding a lasting solution to the deplorable condition of sections of the road. Talabi stated this during a press conference at the Olusegun Osoba Press Centre, Governor’s Office, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, the state capital,…
The Ondo State Branch of the Nigeria Labour Congress on, Tuesday, joined their counterparts in other states of the Federation to protest against the inability of the Federal Government to resolve the face-off between it and the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The labour union in the country had declared a two-day protest in solidarity with ASUU. The protest was aimed at seeking an end to the lingering ASUU strike. During the protest, the workers in the state turned out in large numbers including members of ASUU and other trade unions. They wore branded shirts and converged at Cenotaph, Alagbaka…
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has ordered a beef up of security in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in order to fortify the nation’s capital against terrorists. Residents of Abuja have been living in fear since the invasion of Kuje Prison by Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) on July 5, 2022. Over 800 inmates, including all the Boko Haram suspects in detention were released during the invasion. There have been several leaked memos of intelligence agencies on the plots to attack the nation’s capital. However, the ambush of troops attached to the Presidential Guards Brigade heightened the…
The organisers of Nigeria’s prestigious music award show, The Headies, have disqualified popular singer, Portable, as a nominee. The organisers noted that the singer had garnered negative attention from the Nigeria Police and the general public. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the organisers also cited the criminal investigations carried out by the police over the singer’s recent misdemeanours. Part of the statement read, “We regret to announce that following numerous indicting statements made by Mr. Habeeb Okikiola popularly known as ‘Portable’, and the incessant negative attention that Mr Okikiola has garnered from the Nigeria Police and the general public…
Bolt has granted the Lagos chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) access to free on-demand mobility through its Bolt Business Platform. The scheme is part of Bolt’s many Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR) initiatives carried out to support organisations in advancing their goals and purpose. To this end, the Nigerian Medical Association professional has registered medical practitioners in Nigerian covering the six major medical specialties to collaborate in specific projects on health issues with public and private organisations to achieve its agenda for better healthcare service delivery to Nigerians. The partnership with Bolt and medical practitioners will have quick and…