Oil marketers have said local refining will save at least N70 per litre off petrol price when it is fully operational. The National Controller Operations, the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Mike Osatuyi, said this while speaking on the benefits of the Federal Government investing in functional refineries. He told reporters on Wednesday, that…
President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday night, met with Leaders of the various Labour unions and promised that the Port Harcourt refinery will commence operations by December 2023. The meeting came after re Labour unions commenced a nationwide protest over what it described as ‘’anti-people’ policies introduced by the Tinubu government since its inception on May…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has refuted the claim of President Bola Tinubu that N1 trillion has been saved since his government ceased payment of fuel subsidy. In a nationwide broadcast on Monday, the president revealed that a total of N1 trillion had been saved since subsidy payment was stopped. Speaking during the ongoing nationwide…
In Osun State, the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Civil Society organisations marched through major streets in Osogbo, the state capital singing different solidarity songs. They also carried placards with inscriptions such as, “Stop suffocating us”, “Allow the poor to breadth”, “Don’t commercialize education” among others. The protesters moved from Old Garage through Oke-Fia, Alekuwodo…
… Directs all doctors in 3 State Hospitals to commence indefinite strike … Demand investigation, justice for deceased colleague The Lagos State Chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, on Wednesday, declared a 5-day statewide mourning period over the death of their colleague, Dr Diaso Vwaere, a medical house officer, who died as a result…
The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has opened it’s portal for 2023 BATCH ‘B’ Stream Two (2) registration. This was disclosed by the scheme on their official social media page on Wednesday 2nd of August,2023. A check on their official website around 12am on Wednesday shows that the registration proper has been opened for the…
The Adamawa State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, held its protest in Yola, Wednesday morning, condemning the fuel price hike and lamenting how Nigeria produces crude oil but has no functional facility to refine even a little quantity of it. The state NLC Chairman, Emmanuel Fashe who led the protest, said fuel price…
The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, says it has mobilized at least 2 million persons in the region to join the nationwide protest by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC. DAILY POST reports that the NLC and the Trades Union Congress, TUC, have slated Wednesday (today) for its strike and nationwide mass protests following…
Former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani has identified some mistakes the President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government made in the negotiation process with the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, over the ongoing strike. Sani said it was wrong to delegate Tinubu’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila and his spokesman, Dele Alake, to negotiate with representatives of NLC….
States and local governments got N2.59tn from the federation account in the first six months of 2023 amid worsening economic hardship in their respective states. This is a 27.62 per cent increase from the N2.03tn that was shared in the corresponding period of 2022. Also, the total revenue shared among the three tiers of government…
