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August, 2023

  • 1 August

    75% of Nigerians laments Subsidy Removal

    A new public opinion poll conducted by NOIPolls recently said 73 per cent of adult Nigerians (who responded to the poll) were facing hard times due to the fallout that has trailed the removal of fuel subsidy. According to the poll, 10 per cent of respondents said they could no longer sustain their businesses, while another 10 per cent complained ...

  • 1 August

    Labour insists on protest after Tinubu broadcast

    The organised labour has said it will hold its planned nationwide protest on Wednesday despite the Monday rollout of subsidy removal palliative plans by President Bola Tinubu. Tinubu had in a national broadcast unveiled N500bn palliative for manufacturers, small businesses and farmers. He also released plans to increase salaries and acquire 3,000 mass transit buses. Notwithstanding the President’s last-minute moves ...

  • 1 August

    Certificate forgery uncovered @ ministerial screening

    The Senate on Monday stopped the screening of three ministerial nominees. The screening of the nominees, which began on Monday at about 12:32 pm and ended at 6pm, saw the Senate asking 14 of those screened on the first day of the exercise to wither bow and go or approved, with three stopped midway. This followed questions raised on their ...

  • 1 August

    Senators expresses Shock: nominee with 2 credits has 1st degree !

    One of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s ministerial nominees, Senator Bello Muhammed, has been quizzed on how he gained admission into the university with just two credits from his secondary school result. The nominee was quizzed by Senators on Monday following the commencement of the screening of the nominees. The representative of Rivers East Senatorial District, Senator Allwell Onyesoh, raised the ...

  • 1 August

    Atiku waves Tinubu’s broadcast, as a waste of time

    The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the February 25, 2023 polls in Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has described as a hate of time the address of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to Nigerians on Monday. Tinubu had addressed Nigerians ahead of the planned protest by Organised Labour on Wednesday. Reacting to the address in a statement by his Special ...

  • 1 August

    Ogun Begins Payment Of N10,000 Palliative To Civil Servants

    Ogun State Government has commenced the payment of N10, 000 palliative to civil servants in the State, reports by civil servants in the state have shown. The move is sequel to the announcement made by last week by the Governor of the State, Prince Dapo Abiodun, while rolling out palliative interventions following the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal ...

  • 1 August

    Indications that August 2 Protest won’t hold !

    Though the expectation is high in respect of the tomorrow, Wednesday, August 2 Nationwide protest, YOUNEWS editors were told by those in the know that it may not hold. A strong person at Nigeria Labour Congress in Monday said “Our protest is irreversible, and it is a mass protest” But the President’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, said issues around ...

July, 2023

  • 31 July

    President Tinubu addresses the nation today, 7.00 p.m

    President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will make a broadcast to the nation today, Monday, July 31, 2023 at 7 pm. Dele Alake, Special Adviser to the President on (Special duties, Communications & Strategy) made this known. Television, radio stations and other electronic media outlets are enjoined to hook up to the network services of the Nigerian Television Authority and Radio Nigeria ...

  • 31 July

    The only Supreme Court judge from South East, Nweze, 64, is dead

    Hon. Justice Centus Chima Nweze is dead. Justice Nweze died yesterday after a brief illness at the age of 64. With this unfortunate exit, the South East is presently without a single Justice at the Supreme Court of Nigeria. Hon. Mr. Justice Chima Centus Nweze, a native of Obollo, Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State, was born on September ...

  • 31 July

    knocks on Mide Martins for ‘kneeling’ to greet Kwam1

    Nollywood actress, Mide Martins has received and she is still receiving more knocks from her fan over video of her paying respect to Fuji singer, King Wasiu Ayinde Marshall (Kwam1). In a video posted on her Instagram page, the wife of Afeez Owo, had attended the same event as the music maestro. The video captured the moment Mide Martins approached ...