Author: Olumide Akinrinlola
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Cabinet Rejig: Tinubu may scrap humanitarian ministry, merge MDAs
There are strong indications that President Bola Tinubu may scrap the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation as part of a major cabinet rejig. The exercise would also see some portfolios split and others merged into a single entity, while some ministers would be relieved of their duties, a Presidency source told The PUNCH.…
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Private employers paying below N70,000 risk jail – FG
The Federal Government has called on agencies recruiting for the private sector to adhere to the N70,000 minimum wage, warning that any deviation would not be tolerated. According to the FG, the new minimum wage is necessary to address the current economic reality, emphasising that no Nigerian worker, whether in government or private employment, should…
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Petrol crisis threatens Edo election as APC, PDP set for showdown
The ongoing nationwide fuel crisis has forced the Independent National Electoral Commission to increase its financial commitment to the transport unions that would be involved in Saturday’s Edo State governorship election, The PUNCH has exclusively learnt. The adjustment, one of our correspondents learnt, was in response to the recent surge in fuel prices, which has…
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FG may banish UK airlines from landing in Nigeria over Air Peace landing right in Heathrow
Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, recently wrote a diplomatic letter to the United Kingdom aviation handlers requesting landing slots for Air Peace, at the UK’s Choice airport in Heathrow. These requests sparked discussions in the industry, OLASUNKANMI AKINLOTAN of the PUNCH Newspaper x-rays the matter The media has been filled with reports…
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BREAKING: NNPCL announces N950.22 as new petrol price
Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has officially released estimated Pump Prices of PMS from Dangote Refinery, Based on September 2024 Pricing. According to a statement signed by Olufemi Soneye, Chief Corporate Communications Officer, the NNPC said the prices are not set by Government, but negotiated directly between parties on an arms length in line…
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Dangote Refinery sells Petrol To NNPCL In Dollars as both parties disagree over pricing
Dangote Refinery has disclosed that it sold Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) to The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) in dollars. Anthony Chiejina, Group Chief Branding and Communications Office of Dangote, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday Chiejina was reacting to the claim of NNPCL that it bought fuel from Dangote Refinery at N898…
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JUST IN: Tinubu returns from London
President Bola Tinubu has returned to Abuja from the United Kingdom. The Airbus A330 aircraft conveying the President touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at 10:40 pm (local time) Sunday. He was received by top government officials including the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, among others. Tinubu departed Abuja for…
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Several students of UNIBEN trapped in collapsed three-storey building
BENIN CITY – SEVERAL students of the University of Benin have been trapped in a three-storey building that collapsed in Ekosodin, an off-campus community dominated by students of the University of Benin. The collapse could be attributed to a heavy downpour that started in the early hours of Saturday which fell till about 10 am.…
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You can’t feast while Nigerians fast, Obi attacks Tinubu
Former governor of Anambra State and 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has said Nigeria is in a crisis with 38 million people on the verge of extreme hunger. Obi berated the President Bola Tinubu-led All Progressives Congress administration for engaging in wasteful spending which, according to him, had further worsened the…
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400 deported Nigerians arrive at Abuja airport from UAE
Four hundred Nigerians have been deported from the United Arab Emirates and arrived in Nigeria, according to a report by the Nigerian Television Authority. The deportees were received at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, by officials from the Office of the National Security Adviser, in collaboration with the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants, and…