…says fair will stimulate Intra-African Partnership Dangote Industries Limited says it is ready to sponsor the 2025 Abuja International Trade Fair (AITF) which officially opens on September 25, 2025, the company said in a statement. Anthony Chiejina, Head, Branding and Corporate Communications of Dangote Group signed the statement obtained by
Two days after it began industrial action, the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, NARD has suspended its five-day warning strike. However, the doctors have given the Federal Government an additional two weeks ultimatum to meet its demands. The doctors had downed tools on Friday morning but suspended the action on
The Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO) says it will conduct a full investigation into the immediate and underlying causes of the system disturbance that affected the national grid on Wednesday. The incident occurred at approximately 11:20 a.m., leading to widespread disruptions in power supply across the country. In a statement
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has condemned the Godswill Akpabio-led Senate’s decision not to allow Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan resume her legislative duties after serving her six months suspension. In statement signed by the NLC President, Joe Ajaero in Abuja Thursday, said: “This act is not merely an error in judgement;
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has rejected the federal government’s planned five per cent tax on petroleum products. It described it as a “reckless proposal” which is “nothing but an act of economic wickedness against already overburdened Nigerians”. TUC said that the government policy, if implemented, would not
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, has warned that Nigeria’s rising debt profile has exceeded the country’s legal threshold and now poses a major threat to fiscal sustainability. He spoke on Monday at the opening of the 11th Annual Conference and General Assembly of the West Africa
The Federal Government has declared Friday, September 5, 2025, as a public holiday to celebrate thus year’s Eid-ul-Mawlud. The day is set aside to celebrate the birth of Holy Prophet Muhammad (SAW). The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Dr. Magdalene Ajani, announced the public holiday in a statement
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed the recall of Mr Salihu Abdullahi Dembos, the Director-General of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), who briefly vacated the post following some management changes in the agency. Dembos was appointed DG of the TV network by President Tinubu in October 2023. He will now
Tens of thousands of international students in the United Kingdom are being directly contacted by the government with a warning: leave the country when your visa expires or face removal, the BBC reported on Tuesday. The Home Office has launched a new campaign aimed at tackling what it describes as
The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has accused the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) of misleading Nigerians over alleged management of workers’ pension funds and non-inauguration of PenCom’s Governing Board. Acting Director of Corporate Communications, PenCom, Ibrahim Garba Buwai, who made the accusation also described the allegations as “incorrect, gravely misleading and