Following Wednesday’s closed-door meeting with leaders of labour unions at the State House in Abuja with President Bola Tinubu, the union has agreed to suspend its nationwide protest to give room for negotiation with the federal government. Recall that on Wednesday the Labour had declared protest across the country after the price of fuel moved to N617 from N537 and the delay by the government in providing relief from economic hardships. In a statement jointly...

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the administration of the immediate past Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa to account for the spending over N200bn public funds collected from the Universal Basic Education Commission, (UBEC). The judgement followed a suit filed by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP). The Presiding Judge, Justice Daniel Osiagor directed the Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori to disclose details of budgetary allocations and actual spending by...

President Bola Tinubu has let Nigerians in on the measures he has taken to address the current economic challenges wrought by the removal of fuel subsidies. In a national broadcast on Monday night, the President explained the reason his administration had to do away with fuel subsidies and the multiple exchange rate system. He also allayed the fears of Nigerians on the current state of Nigeria’s economy, saying, “We are exiting the darkness to enter...