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The national economic council (NEC) has asked organised labour to shelve its planned indefinite strike and keep dialoguing with the federal government. On Tuesday, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) directed their members to embark on a nationwide indefinite strike from October 3 as a protest against the state […]

Vice-President Kashim Shettima has urged the Nigeria Defence Academy (NDA) to consider producing military hardware for local use and export. Shettima gave the advice on Thursday at the convocation ceremony of the 70 regular course cadets and postgraduate students of NDA in Kaduna. Shettima, who was represented by Muhammad Badaru, minister of […]

The Kaduna governorship election petitions tribunal has upheld the victory of Uba Sani as the governor of the state. The three-man panel via Zoom on Thursday affirmed Sani’s victory on “technical grounds”. The panel in a two against one dissenting verdict ruled against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Isah […]

Lateef Fagbemi, the attorney general of the federation (AGF) and minister of justice, has asked organised labour to shelve any planned industrial action over the removal of subsidy on petrol. On September 26, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) announced a mass action that would commence on October 3 […]

Muhammad Nami, former chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), has spoken on TheCable’s report on his belated approval of over N11 billion for payments. Nami, in a statement issued on Thursday, confirmed that the reported sum was part of N16 billion worth of “outstanding commitments”. He said the N5 billion […]

There was a protest on Thursday at the headquarters of the federal ministry of works and housing in Abuja, after Dave Umahi, the minister, locked out some staff for coming late to work. According to multiple reports, Umahi who got to the ministry’s complex ahead of some directors and staff in the morning, […]

Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo, says he has accepted the apology of Philip Shaibu, his deputy. Obaseki and Shaibu have been at loggerheads over issues relating to the alleged impeachment plot against the deputy governor. In July, Shaibu approached a federal high court in Abuja with a suit to prevent the plot. […]

The federal government has declared October 2 a public holiday to mark Nigeria’s 63rd independence anniversary. In a statement on Thursday, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, minister of interior, congratulated Nigerians on the celebration. While acknowledging the socio-economic hardship facing Nigerians, the minister assured citizens of the government’s commitment to tackling the issues. “It […]