Manufacturers cry out over taxes, FX costs, insecurity, poor power supply
By Victor Ahiuma-Young Manufacturers under the aegis of the Association of Food, Beverage and Tobacco Employers, AFBTE, have indicated that its operating environment in Nigeria is worsening. It cited excessive taxes and levies, high interest rate, insecurity, poor infrastructure and unstable power supply as major threats to business survival. The employers warned that despite recent macroeconomic […]
MASSOB declares May 30sit-at-home
The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has declared this year’s Biafra anniversary celebration as highly significant to the renewed struggle for self-determination and restoration of Biafra.
2027 Presidency: Opposition parties in disarray, produce factional candidates
As political parties tidy up their primaries this week, this is not the best of times for opposition parties, whose ambition of stopping President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the 2027 elections appears disarrayed by factional squabbles.
Downpour: Several houses submerged as floods cut off Awka-Onitsha highway
•Ogidi youths urge Tinubu, Soludo to interveneBy Vincent Ujumadu Several houses were submerged, on both sides of the Awka- Onitsha old highway, following the flood that is ravaging Ogidi in Idemili North Local Government area of Anambra State. The development was worsened by a heavy rainfall in the early hours of Monday. Many residents affected […]
Lagos clears N3.6bn salary backlog, boosts public workers’ welfare
The Lagos State Government has approved and paid N3.67 billion in salary arrears to 6,293 academic and non-academic staff of state-owned tertiary institutions as part of sweeping welfare and public service reforms aimed at improving workers’ wellbeing and sustaining industrial harmony across the state.
Senator Umar dumps APC, joins PRP
Senator Shehu Umar, representing Bauchi South senatorial district in the National Assembly, has officially resigned from the All Progressives Congress, APC, and declared his membership of the People’s Redemption Party, PRP.
