President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday appealed to Nigerian youths to shelve their plans to carry out protests. Alhaji Mohammed Idris, Minister of Information and National Orientation, disclosed this while addressing State House correspondents after a meeting with the President. According Read More
Presidential Jet: Senate holds emergency session to consider supplementary budget
The Senate held an emergency session to consider President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s supplementary appropriation for the 2024 fiscal year, which includes funding for the acquisition of a new presidential jet. A source told DailyTrust that the cost of the yet-to-be-acquired Read More
Reps knock AGIP over failure to pay alleged $80m owed local firm
The House of Representatives Committee on Public Petition has summoned AGIP Oil Company to appear before it on June 26 over an alleged N80 million owed to De Cooon Services Ltd. The lawmakers expressed displeasure over non-payment and the non-appearance Read More
Emirate tussle: FG trying to create new breed of insurgents in Kano, Kwankwaso warns
National Leader and 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso, has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government of attempting to create a new breed of Boko Haram terrorists and insurgents in Read More
Why we shut down national grid -NLC
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has fired back at the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) over claims that labour unions physically attacked TCN workers, leading to the national power grid shutdown. The Guardian reports that the two main labour unions—NLC Read More
Nigeria will end fuel imports by June — Dangote
Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man and Chairman of Dangote Group, has assured that starting next month, Nigeria will no longer need to import petroleum products, following the implementation of the Dangote Refinery’s plans. The refinery, he noted, has the capacity Read More
Tinubu govt. will provide solar alternatives to mitigate subsidy removal, says REA boss, Ahmad
Ahmad Salihijo Ahmad, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Rural Electrification Agency, REA, on Friday, said the Federal Government is providing solar energy alternatives to Nigerians to cushion the effect of subsidy removal on businesses and households. Ahmad, who was speaking Read More