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 ...
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August, 2023
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...