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BREAKING: Petrol subsidy:TUC demands N200,000 minimum wage, governors’ commitment to implementation

Sequel to the petrol subsidy removal which has triggered a raise in pump price to N500, the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria has...

Breaking: Court stops NLC, TUC from embarking on strike

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday restrained the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) from mobilizing workers...

Nigeria leads countries owing foreign airlines, its debt soars to $812m

Nigeria with a huge $812.2 million debt maintains its lead among countries owing foreign airlines collectively about $2.3 billion. The $812.2 million foreign...

Tinubu meets Wike, Akpabio, Umahi behind closed doors

President Bola Tinubu is currently meeting with former Rivers State governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, former Ebonyi State governor, Dave Umahi and Godswill Akpabio,...

June 12, NLC strike: IGP rallies officers, men to forestall breach of peace, untoward acts

“I charge you all to remain focused while monitoring the election tribunals and the proposed industrial actions across the country” Ahead of June...

Subsidy removal: TUC, at Sunday’s parley with FG, demands wage increase, others

As part of efforts to cushion the effects of petrol subsidy removal on workers and Nigerians, the Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Sunday...

Breaking: Nigeria, Congo, Angola get OPEC nod to produce “maximally’’ to their 2023 OPEC quota

Nigeria and other OPEC and non-OPEC members at the 35th Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee Meeting of OPEC held in Vienna, Austria, on Sunday have...

Security breach: Governor escapes death by hairsbreadth in gun attack, aides injured

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State’s convoy has been reportedly attacked by gunmen in Lokoja, the state capital, leaving some of his security...

Petrol subsidy: Wike, Makinde, Ibori storm Aso Rock for Tinubu, back subsidy removal 

Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and two former governors have given their support to the removal of petrol subsidy by the President...

Breaking: NLC calls nationwide strike June 7 over petrol subsidy removal

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says it will call out workers across the country effective from Wednesday, June 7. Persecondnews reports that the...

Tinubu appoints ex-Benue Gov. Akume Secretary to Govt, Gbajabiamila is Chief of Staff, Sen. Hadejia deputy CoS

President Bola Tinubu on Friday announced the appointment of Speaker of House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila as the Chief of Staff, and Sen....

Alleged N4bn fraud: EFCC detains, grills ex-Ekiti Gov. Fayemi

After taking leave to attend former President Muhammadu Buhari’s book launch, the immediate past governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Thursday...

Give me blueprint on security, Tinubu tells security chiefs

President Bola Tinubu has asked the nation’s security chiefs to come up with a blueprint on how to secure the country even as...

Breaking: Tinubu in first security meeting with CDS, service chiefs, IGP

Per Second News reports that President Bola Tinubu is currently holding his first meeting with the service chiefs lead by the Chief of...

NLC, TUC engage FG over subsidy removal, astronomical raise in petrol pump price

Following the scrapping of petrol subsidy by the President Bola Tinubu administration with the attendant rise of pump price to N500 and above,...

Between the dialectics and the benefits of petroleum subsidy removal

By Paul Njowusi For many years, successive administrations in Nigeria had embraced the scam that the fuel subsidy regime exemplified in the mismanagement...