The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said that it is still maintaining its position on pump price of fuel hike, pointing out that Nigerians have a right to a decent life free from intimidation and starvation. The labour union in a press statement on Wednesday signed by its Head of Information and Public Affairs, Comrade Benson Upah, stated that its attention has been drawn to the denial credited to the Senior Special Assistant to Mr President...

The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural and socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has told the Federal Government (FG) to order the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to reverse the fuel pump price. The organisation urged the government to stick to the claim by the Minister of State for Petroleum, Mr. Heineken Lokpobiri, that President Bola Tinubu administration didn’t instruct the NNPCL to increase the fuel pump price by ordering the company to reverse the announced increment. A press statement...

The National Economic Council, NEC, has set a deadline of 9 September for Kwara, Sokoto, Kebbi, Adamawa, and the Federal Capital Territory to submit their reports on the proposed establishment of state police. Acting Governor of Oyo State, Bayo Lawal, announced this decision on Wednesday following a NEC meeting chaired by Vice-President Kashim Shettima at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Lawal emphasised the urgency of the situation. “Today, all the states were supposed to submit their...