The Managing Director & Chief Executive Office, Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), Mr Aminu Umar-Sadiq, has disclosed that the Authority has committed $500 million to domestic infrastructure, while also enabling third-party investments of over $1billion. He said this at an ...
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Feed SubscriptionCOPDEM Condemns Arrest Of Political Activist Chigozie, Demands His Immediate Release
Coalition for the Protection of Democracy (COPDEM) has condemned the arrest of Mr. Chigozie Ifeanyichukwu who is the Convener of “UpNorth Ambassadors for Peter Obi” by security agents in Abuja. In a statement signed by Spokesman of COPDEM, Danjuma Garba, ...
Read More »Drivers Lament Rising Levies, Union Officials’ Harassment
Some commercial drivers in Ogun and Lagos states have lamented the alleged increase in the daily levies they pay through the purchase of tickets in various motor parks across the states. Investigations by PUNCH Metro at Mowe Motor Park in ...
Read More »Women Groups Commend Akpabio Over Role In Labour Dispute With Federal Govt
A group of women in the Niger Delta region has commended the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, and the Senate on their role in the resolution of trade disputes between the Federal Government and the Labour Unions, which led ...
Read More »Nigeria’s Economic Renaissance Hinges On Gas, Says Tinubu
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has pledged his administration’s unalloyed commitment to leveraging on the domestic utilization, processing and international export of Nigeria’s massive gas resources as a transition fuel to catalyse the fundamental restructuring of the nation’s economy for expansive ...
Read More »Job Racketeering: IPPIS Officials ‘Collect’ 10% From Agencies – Reps Panel
House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Job Racketeering said there are allegations against officials of Integrated Personnel Payroll and Information System (IPPIS) that they were collecting 10 per cent from agencies for recruitment. The chairman of the Committee, Hon. Yusuf ...
Read More »Subsidy Removal: Labour, Marketers Fret Over Rumoured N720 Fuel Pump Price
Sequel to reports in the media that the pump price of Premium Motor Sprit (PMS), also called petrol, is about to be increased again, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) yesterday threatened to go on a nationwide strike if the product ...
Read More »Nationwide strike to commence without notice if… — NLC
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Monday, warned that its members will commence a nationwide strike action without any formal notice to the Federal Government should there be another increase in the pump price of fuel while the ongoing negotiations ...
Read More »Kano Govt Revokes Licences Of All Private Schools
The Kano State government has revoked certificates of all private schools operating in the state with immediate effect. This was made known by the special adviser to the State Governor on Private and Voluntary Institutions, Baba Abubakar Umar, on Saturday. During ...
Read More »Family Trade: Household Where Husband, Wife, Son Are Vulcanisers
Mrs Olubumi Omopariola’s hands moved swiftly and with precision as she deftly unscrewed the nut of the vehicle’s rear tyre that morning. It was at a popular spot on Samdot Street, New Garage Area of Ibadan, Oyo State. Garbed in ...
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