Month: August 2025

There was uncertainty yesterday over an alleged resignation of the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mr Bayo Bashir Ojulari. A report published by an online medium, Peoples Gazette had claimed that Ojulari was abducted by operatives of the State Security Services and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. It […]

US President Donald Trump has fired the boss of one of America’s most important economic institutions hours after weaker-than-expected jobs data stoked further alarm about his tariff policy. On social media Trump claimed that Erika McEntarfer, commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), had “RIGGED” jobs figures “to make the Republicans, and ME, look […]

Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani has distributed 400 trucks of fertilizer to 100,000 smallholder farmers across the state. Governor Sani who disclosed this during the distribution ceremony in Kaduna at the weekend said each beneficiary would receive two free bags of fertilizer. ”Kaduna State remains the only state where smallholder farmers consistently receive fertilizer and […]

Tragedies from boat mishaps in waterways across several states have exposed a marine transport safety crisis in the country, as many lives have been lost in preventable accidents in riverine communities. In response to concerns over these recurring tragedies, state governments, agencies, and community leaders have intensified efforts to address the issue and prevent further […]

Popular constitutional lawyers have thrown their weight behind the Police Service Commission (PSC) on its spat with the Police Academy in Wudil, Kano State, on the propriety, or otherwise of an advertorial for application for admission into the 12th regular course degree programme of the latter. In separate interviews with journalists, two constitutional lawyers, Mike […]

Political science lecturers yesterday posited that the former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi’s decision to align with the opposition coalition African Democratic Congress (ADC) or heed the invitation of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would make or mar his ambition in the 2027 election. While the political pundits agreed that Obi is at a […]

The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) has suspended its nationwide warning strike after the federal government agreed to address its longstanding demands. However, the country’s healthcare system may face renewed disruption, as the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has threatened an indefinite nationwide strike beginning August 17, should the government fail to meet […]

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has rejected what it described as an attempt by the federal government to criminalise strike actions and undermine trade unions’ rights through the newly adopted National Industrial Relations Policy. In a statement signed by its president, Comrade Joe Ajaero yesterday, labour condemned a press release issued by the federal government […]

Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Dr. Temitope Ilori, has assured on sufficient antiretroviral (ARV) drugs to meet the needs of people living with HIV/AIDS, even as efforts are ongoing to procure more with support from the federal government and development partners. The director general noted that while significant progress […]