…releases N32bn to marketers for product importation By Yemie Adeoye & Oscarline Onwuemenyi LAGOS—FOLLOWING the perennial scarcity of petroleum products that is currently rocking the nation and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, incessant claims of having enough products to saturate the market, the Federal Government has finally succumbed to pressure and announced that there […]

By Emeka Mamah KADUNA — The Kaduna State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday condemned the on-going mass retrenchment of workers in the banking industry, saying it was designed to cause more hardship for Nigerian workers and deepen the country’s economic crises. The NLC, therefore, said it would soon encourage an indefinite strike […]

ABUJA—The Peoples Progressive Alliance, PPA, has criticised the Peoples Democratic Party  led Federal Government for not doing enough to defend Nigeria in the face of the latest action by the US, which branded the country a terrorist nation. According to  PPA, the failure of the government at the   centre to react strongly against the accusation […]

By  Tony Edike ENUGU—THE Enugu State Government has waded into the communal conflict between Amokwu Affa and Umuoka communities in Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State with a directive to the warring parties to maintain peace, while the government finds a lasting solution to the land dispute. Already, about 10 persons including the Administrator […]

By Peter Duru MAKURDI — A lawmaker representing Ukum/Katsina-Ala/Logo Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, Mr Mzenda Iho, has denied an alleged bloody clash between his supporters and that of his rival which purportedly claimed the lives of a Police officer and two others. Iho said the report which was published in a national […]