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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has expanded the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) in Edo and Ondo States, which was previously scheduled to be completed on June 6. The exercise will now end on June 9. INEC National Commissioner and...

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The unions' indefinite strike could end soon after unions reached an agreement with the federal government on a new national minimum wage on Monday night. The agreement was reached at a meeting convened by the Secretary to the Government of...

The federal government has asked the Nigerian Labor Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) to return to the negotiating table following the start of an indefinite strike by the unions. Minister of Information and National Guidance Mohammed Idris...

Bright Ngene of the Labor Party (LP) has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to send a new team to conduct the June 8 re-election for the Enugu South Urban Constituency. Ngene, who was the LP candidate in the...

In compliance with the unions' directive to go on an indefinite strike, aviation unions in Nigeria have ordered their members to suspend services at all airports in the country. This was contained in a statement jointly signed by the unions...

The Lagos State Government has ended its 25 per cent refund on fares for all state transport services. The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) made the disclosure in a statement at its official address X. “The 25% bonus on the...

Dele Alake, Nigeria's minister of solid minerals development, says the federal government will deploy technology for surveillance of mining sites across the country. Alake said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. He...

There is tension in Abia State as soldiers arrested many residents and assaulted others in what appears to be an act of revenge. This comes days after gunmen killed five soldiers in Aba, the commercial hub of the state. PREMIUM TIMES...

The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) has said it will disconnect all customers with outstanding electricity bills by Monday, June 3. This was announced by the AEDC management in a notice titled: “Notice of power outage for customers with outstanding...