Date: September 4, 2024 Subject: Response to Abdulaziz Abdulaziz’s Denial We maintain our position despite recent denials from Mr. Abdulaziz Abdulaziz, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Print Media. Abdulaziz has claimed: “I attended both meetings President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had with Labour leaders on the minimum wage. At neither meeting was an offer…
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has raised concerns over the increasing influx of expatriates, particularly Indians, into Nigeria’s oil and gas sector. PENGASSAN President, Mr. Festus Osifo, expressed his alarm during the closing ceremony of the 3rd Energy and Labour Summit in Abuja on Friday, emphasizing that many of…
The government of Ondo State is going into a partnership with the World Bank to build facilities in 203 wards of the State to support primary healthcare delivery to the people at the grassroots. The Governor of the State, Hon. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, disclosed this development on Thursday during the presentation of Instrument of Appointment…
Ondo State Governor, Hon. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, has reaffirmed the state’s commitment to being a prime investment destination, emphasizing the factors that make the Sunshine State attractive, including its relative peace, abundant natural resources, and skilled workforce. Speaking during the official presentation of the license for the Global Entrepreneurship Festival on Thursday in Akure, Governor…
The Presidency’s assertion that food prices are decreasing has been met with widespread disagreement from Nigerians. Rinsola Abiola, Senior Special Assistant on Citizenship and Leadership to President Bola Tinubu, claimed on the AIT Weekend Show that online vendors reported a drop in food prices, attributing it to the federal government’s economic initiatives. However, many Nigerians…
Ondo State Governor, Hon Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, has appointed Mr. Bayo Rojugbokan as the Acting Chairman of the Ondo State Internal Revenue Service (ODIRS). His appointment follows the resignation of the erstwhile Chairman, Mr. Tolu Adegbie A press released by the Chief Press Secretary to the Ondo State Governor, Prince Ebenezer Adeniyan says“Mr. Bayo Rojugbokan,…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says the fuel subsidy removed by President Bola Tinubu on May 29, 2023 has been reintroduced due to inflation. Tinubu during his inaugural address on May 29, had declared that fuel subsidy “is gone.” The development has led to the increase in the price of petrol from about N200 to over…
Food inflation has reached 40 per cent according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), pushing the prices of essential commodities beyond the reach of millions of Nigerians. “The shrinkage of land mass for agric, flooding, habitation problems, and insecurity… An ageing farming population; younger people are not going into agriculture now,” he…
