Adebayo Pledges To Build 20 Dangotes, Cut Petrol To N200
The presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Prince Adewole Adebayo, has promised to…
Adebayo Pledges To Build 20 Dangotes, Cut Petrol To N200
The presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Prince Adewole Adebayo, has promised to build the equivalent of 20 Dangote refineries within four years and to force the pump price of petrol down to N200 a litre if he wins the 2027 election. He made the pledge on Nigeria Info’s Road to 2027 programme,…
Tinubu To Receive New Fire, Rescue Bill Within Days
Nigeria is set to retire the 63-year-old law that has governed its firefighters since before independence, with the Federal Government preparing to send a new Federal Fire and Rescue Service Act to President Bola Tinubu for assent within days. The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, announced the plan on Monday in Abuja at the…
Ogun PDP Insists Adebutu Still Its Candidate Despite INEC Snub
Oladipupo Adebutu, the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in Ogun State, has waved aside his exclusion from the Independent National Electoral Commission’s list of candidates for the 2027 governorship election, describing it as a temporary distraction that will not derail his ambition. He spoke on Monday in Abeokuta while receiving more than 1,000 defectors from…
2027: Wike Dismisses Rainbow Coalition Doubters, Rallies FCT For Tinubu
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has dismissed critics who question the existence of his Rainbow Coalition, saying politicians who deny the alliance lack the capacity to unite even their own families and communities. He spoke on Monday in Gwagwalada while commissioning the area council’s civic centre and hosting an interactive session with…
Women’s Special Seats Bill Returns Four Years After NASS Rejection
Nigeria’s National Assembly is moving to create 74 additional legislative seats reserved for women, in what would be the most far reaching attempt yet to close one of the widest gender gaps in any parliament on the continent. The plan, part of the ongoing review of the 1999 Constitution, would add 37 seats to the…
Funeral Convoy Attacked As Gunmen Seize Six, Abandon Corpse In Benue
Suspected kidnappers have seized six mourners and abandoned the corpse they were escorting for burial along the Adoka Road in Benue State, in the latest assault on a funeral convoy travelling through one of the North Central region’s most dangerous corridors. The Benue State Police Command has confirmed the abduction, which occurred on Friday evening,…
Accord Asks Court To Strike Out Candidate Disqualification Suit
The Accord Party has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to throw out a suit seeking the disqualification of all its candidates for the 2027 general elections, describing the case as incompetent, premature and already caught by statutory time limits. The party set out its position in a preliminary objection filed through its counsel,…
Gig Economy, Automation Threaten Workers’ Safety Net, NSITF Says
Millions of Nigerian workers risk being left without a safety net as artificial intelligence, automation and the gig economy change how people earn a living, the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund has warned. The caution came from the Fund’s Managing Director, Oluwaseun Faleye, in a keynote address at the annual workshop of the Labour Writers’…
Uganda Starts Somalia Pull-Out As Funding Crisis Bites
Uganda has started bringing its soldiers home from Somalia, with the first group already back on Ugandan soil and the rest of the contingent deployed under a bilateral arrangement expected to follow within days. The Uganda People’s Defence Forces announced the drawdown on Monday in a statement signed by its Acting Director of Defence Public…
TUC Must Be At The Table, Osifo Tells NLC
The disagreement between Nigeria’s two central labour bodies deepened on Monday as the Trade Union Congress president, Festus Osifo, insisted that the Nigeria Labour Congress has no power to negotiate workers’ salaries and allowances without the TUC at the table. Osifo spoke on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief as the row over the Federal Government’s…