Author: Kwara Reporters

The House of Representatives has turned down a motion urging the Federal Government to take necessary steps to stabilize the Naira.This decision came in response to a motion raised by Honourable Beni Lar concerning the government’s unification policy.Honourable Lar noted that the importation of vehicles and other commodities has significantly decreased since the floating of the Naira with the single exchange rate.She expressed her concerns about the impact of the unified exchange rates on Nigerian students studying abroad. With the devaluation of the Naira, these students have faced a drastic increase in tuition fees, with some experiencing an increment of…

Veteran singer and social activist, Charles Oputa, aka Charly Boy has declared his intention to walk naked on the street if the Labour Party candidate in the February 25 presidential election, Peter Obi, emerges victorious at the election petitions tribunal.The Independent National Electoral Commission announced Bola Tinubu as the winner of the election and he was subsequently sworn-in as the President.The Labour Party and its candidate thereafter approached the court to challenge the victory of Tinubu.Charly Boy who took to his Twitter handle on Wednesday, said he would strip himself to jubilate if the tribunal announces Obi’s victory.He wrote, “When…

The Senate, on Wednesday, condemned the Monday sit-at-home in the South East geopolitical zone and asked the Federal Government to collaborate with the Finnish Government and extradite a pro-Biafran agitator, Simon Ekpa, for prosecution.The upper chamber also resolved to invite the Minister of Foreign Affairs (when appointed) and relevant stakeholders to carry out thorough investigation as well as bring other sponsors of the act to book.The Senate also rejected a recommendation for IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu’s release, saying it would amount to sub judice as the matter of his release was still in court.The illegal sit-at-home order is said to…

Representatives of the Federal Government are currently meeting with the organised labour comprising of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress at the Presidential Villa, The PUNCH reports.A reliable source privy to the meeting made this known in an interview with our correspondent on Wednesday evening.According to the source, the negotiation committee set up by the government called for an emergency meeting following the strike notice issued by the NLC earlier in the day.The NLC team was headed by its national president, Joe Ajaero, while the TUC team was headed by its president, Festus Osifo.The PUNCH reports that…

The umbrella body for Point of Sales, PoS, operators, Kwara Association of Professional Point of Sale Agents, KWAPPSA, have pushed back at what appears to be an arbitrarily fixed transaction cost in Lagos, Abuja and other states from reaching their domain by pegging costs of their services.Lagos, Abuja and some other highbrow states charge for instance at N500 for every N10,000 withdrawal from PoS.But KWAPPSA, a registered trade and artisan body, has pegged transaction costs for various money-related services at not more than N250 per N10,000 transaction as against what obtains in the federal capital and in the former nation’s…

In line with the Federal Government’s drive to facilitate trade and improve Nigeria’s economy to become globally competitive, a delegation of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), led by the Ag. Comptroller General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi has paid a working visit to the Republic of Benin and signed a 12-point communique which aims to fully re-open the border between both countries, a statement signed on Tuesday by National Spokesman of Customs, Abdullahi Maiwada revealed.According to the Customs statement, “The Ag. CGC and his delegation visited the Nigerian Embassy on Monday, 24th of July and met with Ambassador Kayode Aluko,…

The Presidency on Wednesday said federal universities in the country remain tuition-free.Dele Alake, Special Adviser to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday.The management of the University of Lagos had recently increased fees for undergraduate student from N19,000 to new fees of N190,250 for students studying medicine and N140,250 for courses that require laboratory and studio.This had generated some reactions as many criticised the action amid the effect of fuel subsidy removal.In a statement on Wednesday, the Presidential spokesman said it confirmed that what were considered as tuition fees were…

The Sub-Saharan African Skills and Apprenticeship Stakeholders Network has explained why the Dangote refinery engaged 11,000 skilled workers from India while neglecting youths from Nigeria and other African countries.The network, on Wednesday, noted that the reason for the neglect was that youths from Nigeria lacked the adequate skills needed to be engaged in the assignment.In a communiqué issued at the end of its two-day meeting in Abuja, the Network noted that it had resolved that each country in Africa develop a national skills qualification framework that will enable ease of labour migration across the continent.The communiqué, which was released on…

Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has issued a nationwide strike notice to seek the reversal of fuel pump price hike and other policies by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s government.NLC spokesperson, Mr. Ben Upah confirmed this exclusively to DAILY POST on Wednesday.According to him, the nationwide strike would commence on 2nd August, 2023.“Yes, the nationwide strike will commence on 2 August 2023. We will soon issue a communique to that effect”, he said.Details later. Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? For Adverts or report call/WhatsApp us on…

Condemnation has trailed the conduct of the Department of State Services at the Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday during the court appearance of the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele.The DSS took Emefiele before the court for arraignment on Tuesday but rearrested and whisked him away despite that the court granted him bail and ordered that he should be remanded at the Ikoyi facility of the Nigerian Correctional Services.The situation led to a clash between DSS operatives and prison officials.Emefiele was arraigned on two counts of illegal firearms possession before Justice Nicholas Oweibo.He was…