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ECOWAS: Tinubu begins new mandate, tasked to return break-away States
• Urged member-States on meeting financial commitments • Offers Nigeria’s counter-terrorism centre for use by region • ‘ECOWAS needs security, stability to achieve potential’ • Bloc risks disintegration if junta-led States leave, Touray warns • Report: Sit-tight leaders in 24 countries made 35 constitutional amendments in 21 years The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), yesterday, renewed the mandate of President Bola Tinubu to remain as its Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government. This came up at the 65th Ordinary Session, held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. President Tinubu’s one-year tenure as Chairman of the
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Petrol scarcity lingers in Abuja, queues resurface in states
Product sells for N1,500/litre at black market, transporters hike price Unless there is urgent intervention, scarcity of the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), which has lingered in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), may ground movement in the nation’s commercial city, Lagos, as queues are building across states in the country. Motorists in Abuja spent the best of their productive hours, yesterday, on queues, as some arrived at fuel stations as early as 5.00 a.m. to queue for fuel. This was coming as marketers admitted to supply shortages from the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) amid allegations of over
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Obi asks political leaders to learn from Kenya’s experience
Liberian President slashes own salary by 40% Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has challenged political leaders in the country to learn from the recent happenings in Kenya and demonstrate true leadership by listening to the citizens. Meanwhile, Liberian President, Joseph Boakai, has announced a voluntary 40 per cent reduction in his salary. Protesters recently stormed the Parliament of Kenya as gunshots rang out over a new bill to increase taxes. Over 30 persons reportedly died during the protest. This forced Kenya’s President William Ruto to, under 24 hours, roll back
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Atiku tasks security agencies as bandits abduct NLC ex-boss in Kaduna
• NUJ demands immediate released of journalists, families Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, charged security agencies to wake up to their responsibility of ensuring the security of citizens, stressing that the spate of kidnapping has become unbearable. In a statement, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections, lamented that even journalists have become victims of abduction and assault in the course of duty. This came as a former President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Takai Shamang, was abducted from his hometown of Biniki in Kaura Local Council of Kaduna State.
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NLC insists on N250,000, vows to reject FG’s N62,000 minimum wage
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has insisted that no amount of pressure would change the stance of the union against the N62,000 proposed minimum wage of the Federal Government. NLC President, Joe Ajaero, reiterated the worker’s position in affirmation of its N250,000, adding that the labour union would remain committed in the struggle of workers interest. Several meetings between government and the NLC had failed to yield significant result as both parties failed to shift ground even as the existing minimum wage expired in April 2024. Ajero spoke in Kano yesterday during an award ceremony organised
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NASU, SSANU begin nationwide protest Tuesday
The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) and Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) have directed their members across the country to mobilise for a nationwide protest tomorrow. This follows the recent breakdown of dialogue between the Ministers of Education and Labour, and the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the two bodies. In a circular directed to all branch chairmen of the two unions and made available to the media in Abuja yesterday, the unions said the protest will commence on July 9 across the state chapters of the federation, and a national
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Court orders ex-minister to account for N729 billion palliative
• Tinubu tasked on graft probe reports on Edu, others The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadia Umar-Farouk, to account for payment of N729 billion to 24.3 million poor Nigerians in a space of six months. It also ordered her to provide the list and details of the beneficiaries, who received the funds, the number of states covered and the disbursement per state. The judgment by Justice Deinde Isaac Dipeolu followed a Freedom of Information suit number: FHC/L/CS/853/2021, brought by the Socio-Economic Rights
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Lagos to re-introduce monthly environmental sanitation after eight years
About eight years after Lagos State government cancelled the monthly environmental sanitation, the state government has concluded arrangement to reintroduce the monthly exercise, which many watchers believe may be connected to the surge of cholera cases in the state. It was, however, not clear whether the re-introduced environmental sanitation, which would be symbolically launched on Saturday, July 13, at Lagos Island, according to a state government document sighted by The Guardian, would take the format of the cancelled monthly sanitation. On November 23, 2016, the state government announced it was doing away with the monthly environmental sanitation
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NNPC, IOC make crude available to refiners, NUPRC insists
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), yesterday, said that the Domestic Crude Supply Obligations under the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) has been fully enforced, blaming operators of domestic refineries in the country for seeking cheaper crude below international practices. The regulator said that the issue of availability of crude to refineries has been enforced, as well as the conformity of the local market to global best practices for trading, supply and delivery of crude to the refineries, while also designing the pricing formula for crude, which aligns with international best practices. The commission noted that the domestic
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EKEDC plans to restore power to LUTH, CMUL
‘Medical students learning, living in darkness at AKTH’ The Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) has pledged to restore electricity to Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) and the College of Medicine, University of Lagos (CMUL) after their disconnection from the national grid over N252 million debts. General Manager, Corporate Communications at Eko Disco, Babatunde Lasaki, said that the institutions had pleaded with the distribution firm after considering the systematic importance of the hospital, saying that they would be reconnected within an hour. He said: “They agreed to create a payment plan on how they will pay the outstanding amount. We consider
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