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President Bola Tinubu has urged the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) to call off its ongoing indefinite strike. According to a statement by Abiodun Oladunjoye, state house spokesperson, the president spoke during a meeting with the union’s leadership on Monday. TheCable had earlier reported that members of  JOHESU commenced an indefinite nationwide strike on […]

The Kwara government has directed the reduction of workdays from five to three to cushion the hardship of the petrol subsidy removal and high transportation rate on public servants. In a statement on Monday, Susan Oluwole, head of the service, said the directive was declared by Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, governor of Kwara. In […]

Abiye Sekibo, a witness of Atiku Abubakar, has told the presidential election tribunal that “agents of the All Progressives Congress” attacked voters and truncated the electronic transmission of results in Rivers state. Sekibo was the coordinator of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the February 25 presidential election in Rivers. He said […]

The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC)  says there are less than 100 percent qualified teachers in primary schools across the country. Hamid Bobboyi, executive secretary of UBEC, spoke at the national conference on teacher professional development (TPD) on Monday in Abuja. Bobboyi said the federal government has in the last 13 years, […]

A federal high court in Abuja has dismissed a money laundering suit filed by Festus Keyamo against Atiku Abubakar. In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/84/2023, Keyamo asked the court for an order compelling Atiku “to submit himself to the CCB, ICPC and EFCC for thorough investigation”. Keyamo had alleged that Abubakar, while in […]

President Bola Tinubu is currently in a meeting with Nyesom Wike, former governor of Rivers state, and Godswill Akpabio, a former minister of Niger Delta affairs. The meeting is also being attended by David Umahi, former governor of Ebonyi state,  at the state house. Last week, Wike met the president in the […]

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited says it has commenced the termination of crude oil swap contracts and will pay cash for petrol imports, Reuters is reporting. Mele Kyari, NNPC’s group chief executive officer (GCEO), said private companies could begin importing petrol in June. He said the national oil company will […]

The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has presented the federal government with a list of demands to cushion the effect of petrol subsidy removal on citizens. The demands include an increase in the minimum wage, tax holiday for certain categories of people as well as reverting to status quo as negotiations continue. […]