(FOREIGN) Landlocked Niger shuts off oil taps to Benin amid row
The taps feeding a pipeline carrying oil from landlocked Niger to Benin for export have been shut off, Nigerien public television said, escalating a diplomatic row between the neighbours. Ties…
Single term of 6 years ‘ll encourage massive looting — INC
The Igbo National Council, INC, yesterday, rejected the call for a single term of six years for the President and governors in Nigeria, adding that it would encourage massive looting…
Biden pledges not to pardon son or reduce his sentence
US President Joe Biden said Thursday that he would not pardon his son Hunter or commute any sentence following Hunter’s conviction on charges of lying about his drug addiction while…
90% of port processes automated, says Shippers’ Council boss
The Executive Secretary/CEO of the Nigerian Shippers Council, NSC, Pius Akutah, has said that about 90 per cent of port processes in Nigeria have now been automated. Disclosing this while…
Nigeria’s Jibromah set to break GWR in 144hrs singing marathon
Blessing Jibromah, a talented Nigerian singer, has declared her intention to break the Guinness World Record (GWR) of 105 hours in a singing marathon event. Jibromah is attempting to set…
Minimum wage: We’ll pay what we can afford — Tinubu
Promises to send Executive Bill to N’Assembly Says fall at Eagle Square, is ’idobale’ for democracy PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu on Wednesday night said that he would approve what is affordable…
3 killed, 1 injured in another mining pit collapse in Niger
Three persons were killed while one sustained injuries when a mining pit collapsed at Bazakwoi, a village in Adnun community of Niger. The incident was confirmed by Alhaji Abdullahi Baba-Arah,…
Naira down to N1,500/$ in parallel market
The Naira yesterday depreciated in the parallel market to N1,500 per dollar from N1,485 per dollar on Tuesday. Similarly, the Naira depreciated to N1,476.24 per dollar in the Nigerian Autonomous…
Hardship: Labour kicks as 20 states deny workers wage award
Eight months after the Federal Government commenced payment of N35,000, a wage award in addition to N30,000 minimum wage to workers, and urged state governments to replicate it, 15 states…
NCDC alerts on cholera outbreak
….As Nigeria records 30 deaths; 1,141 suspected cases The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, has alerted on increasing cholera cases nationwide, with 30 deaths, 1,141 suspected and…
