Day: June 7, 2023
Oil marketers declare support for subsidy removal after meeting with Tinubu
June 7, 2023The marketers also promised to roll out about 100 mass transit buses across the country to cushion the effect of the fuel subsidy removal. Oil marketers, under the aegis of the Depots and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria (DAPPMAN), have thrown their weight behind President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration’s decision to discontinue the fuel […]
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Court dissolves 3-year-old marriage on wife’s request
June 7, 2023The wife, Rukoyah, said that the marriage was blessed with “just one child”. An Area Court at Igboro in Ilorin has dissolved the three-year-old marriage between Rukoyah Ibrahim and Ibrahim AbdulKareem on the wife’s request. The presiding Judge, AbdulQadir Umar, after ending the union, ordered that the wife should observe three months ‘Iddah’ period before […]
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Naira extends stability at investors, exporters window
June 7, 2023The naira sold for as low as 460 to the dollar within the day’s trading. Naira strengthened further against the dollar at the Investors and Exporters window on Wednesday. The local currency had remained constant for three successive days, exchanging at ₦464.67 to the dollar. The naira did not change from its value on Tuesday, […]
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Poverty level in Nigeria unacceptable, Tinubu tells governors
June 7, 2023Tinubu urged the governors to jettison partisan differences and work together on how to eradicate poverty from the faces of Nigerians. President Bola Tinubu has informed Nigerian governors of his readiness to collaborate with them to eliminate the menace of poverty in Nigeria. According to the President, the nation’s alarming poverty level is unacceptable and […]
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Aregbesola apologises to Oyetola, thanks Tinubu for political achievements
June 7, 2023Aregbesola said it was unfortunate that some people mismanaged the affairs of the APC and ran it aground in the state. Rauf Aregbesola, the immediate past Minister of Interior says President Bola Tinubu and his predecessor, former President Muhammadu Buhari are his political benefactors. “I need to thank Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. It was through him […]
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Fuel marketers to roll out 100 mass transit buses to support subsidy removal
June 7, 2023The marketers said fuel subsidy withdrawal was a clear indication of Tinubu’s readiness to address the challenges of the oil and gas sector. The Depots and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria (DAPPMAN) on Wednesday in Abuja pledged its support for Federal Government’s removal of fuel subsidy. The association’s chairperson, Dame Winifred Akpani, made the […]
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Polaris Bank, union meeting on sack of workers ends in deadlock
June 7, 2023The labour leader said the union would hold a Congress to discuss, and would arrive at what the next line of action would be. The National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions Employees (NUBIFIE) has said the meeting held between it and Polaris Bank management over the sack of its members ended inconclusively. The […]
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Nigeria leads in African data protection – Bureau
June 7, 2023It stated that Olatunji assured that the personal data of the Dutch citizens in Nigeria was safe, with regards to the establishment of the NDPR. The Nigeria Data Protection Bureau (NDPB) has said that Nigeria had taken its pride of place as the leading nation in data protection across Africa. This is contained in a […]
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Obi, Labour Party tender more documents in evidence against Tinubu
June 7, 2023The document, according to Ananaba, ended the EC8B series of the schedule of documents which are results from wards collation centres. Peter Obi and the Labour Party (LP) on Wed tendered more documents before the presidential election petition court (PEPC). Documents presented were form EC8B series from four states, EC8C, from 13 states, EC8D from […]
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Magic happened at Anambra collation centre, Atiku’s witness tells court
June 7, 2023The witness alleged that Atiku’s votes were seriously depleted at the Anambra collation centres. Ndubuisi Nwobu, a witness presented by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s presidential candidate in the February 25 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, has detailed how his candidate was rigged out in Anambra state. Nwobu, who mounted the witness box at the resumption […]
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