The National Population Commission (NPC) has refuted online claims that its chairman, Hon. Nasir Isa Kwarra, announced 2025 as the date for Nigeria’s next population and housing census. In a statement signed by Erelu Taibat Yemi Oloruntoba, the acting director of public affairs, the commission clarified that no official date has been set for the…
Belgium has passed alandmark law granting sex workers the samerights to maternity pay, pensions, and employment protectionsas other workers. On Sunday, the country’s lawmakers signed into law that ensures sex workers are treated as employees, entitling them to benefits such as maternity leave, pension contributions, and legal safeguards againstexploitation. The decision is a resultof months…
President Bola Tiunbu has said that the removal of the oil subsidy by his administration was not to torment Nigerians but to save the country from total collapse. The president who announced the subsidy removal on the day of his inauguration on May 29, 2023, noted that the policy had been yielding positive results for…
Ali Ndume, senator representing Borno south, has threatened to dump the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the four tax reform bills proposed by President Bola Tinubu. Ndume spoke on Thursday night when he appeared on a Television programme – hours after the senate passed the bills for second reading. In October, Tinubu asked the national…
The fanfare that greeted the resumption of activities at the Port Harcourt Refining Company on Tuesday may have melted away leaving the hope and expectations of many Nigerians hanging.A visit to the refinery on Friday revealed that there was no activity on site, as some workers met by our correspondent claimed that the refinery was…
Major opposition parties in the country have expressed doubt over the recent declaration by the Federal Government that it had saved $20bn from its controversial fuel subsidy removal and naira floating policy.APC, opposition disagree over $20bn subsidy savingsAPC, opposition disagree over $20bn subsidy savings The Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, said on Monday that Nigeria…
President Bola Tinubu has celebrated former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as he marks his 78th birthday. In a statement issued on Tuesday by his Special Adviser on Media and Communications, Sunday Dare, the President described Atiku, who contested against him in the 2023 presidential election as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, as a…
Nigeria’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, has expressed confidence that President Bola Tinubu will release the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Speaking during the 13th memorial anniversary of the late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu in Owerri on Tuesday, Ambassador Ojukwu said she believes President…
The immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has again honoured the invitation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged misappropriation of funds. A statement by his media office confirmed that the former governor went to the office with his lawyers on Tuesday morning, following the Supreme Court judgment which dismissed…
Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, has proposed a record N971bn budget bill for the 2025 fiscal year to the Enugu State House of Assembly. Presenting the estimates entitled “Budget of Exponential Growth and Inclusive Prosperity” at the floor of the House on Tuesday, Mbah said the proposed estimates comprised N837.9bn Capital Expenditure, representing…
