The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has rejected the Federal Government’s proposed five per cent tax on petroleum products, describing the move as reckless and an act of economic wickedness against already overburdened Nigerians. In a statement signed and issued on Monday by its President General, Festus Osifo,Continue Reading
Kindred Health Surgical Foundation on Monday inaugurated a surgical initiative to perform free plastic body reconstruction surgeries for 30 underprivileged Nigerians in Sokoto state. The Newsmen reports that the medical outreach was in collaboration with an American ENT Surgeon, Dr Dave Shaye, under the Project Life Foundation. NAN reportsContinue Reading
VIENNA: (Xinhua)/FLOWERBUDNEWS: – The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies, a group known as OPEC+, on Sunday decided to ramp up oil output by 137,000 barrels per day (bpd) in October. The announcement was made after a virtual meeting where member countries, including Saudi Arabia,Continue Reading
BEIJING: (Xinhua)/FLOWERBUDNEWS:– Chinese President Xi Jinping called on the BRICS countries to jointly defend multilateralism and the multilateral trading system as he attended a virtual BRICS Summit in Beijing on Monday. “At this critical juncture, BRICS countries, standing at the forefront of the Global South, should act on theContinue Reading
….Cautions against re-awarding pipeline surveillance contracts to current beneficiaries A sociocultural group, the Southern Ijaw Unity Forum, says Nigeria is losing the war against oil theft. The group told President Bola Tinubu; the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu; the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and otherContinue Reading
– •Shinkafi accuses military of abandoning Zamfara citizens to bandits FRESH Boko Haram attachave left no fewer than 63 people dead, including five soldiers and 58 civilians, triggering outrage from the United Nations, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi, and Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume.Continue Reading
An analysis by – Lawal Sale The occasion was the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit Plus in Tianjin, presided by Presided Xi Jinping. Over the meeting, President Xi spiritedly delivered a very important historic statement to the audience comprising leaders of countries of about half of the world’s population. TheContinue Reading
By Petpetua Onuegbu Abuja: (NAN)/FLOWERBUDNEWS: The National Consultative Front (NCFront) in collaboration with Labour and Civil Society Front (LCSF) will be launching a mass campaign and movement during a major National Dialogue on Electoral Reforms come Oct. 1. Mallam Hamisu Turaki, Spokesperson, NCFront made this known in aContinue Reading
Tinubu Upped Stakes On Good Governance, To Get 12-Million Votes From North – Okechukwu The former Director-General of the Voice of Nigeria (VON), Mr Osita Okechukwu, says President Bola Tinubu has upped his stakes on provision of infrastructure meant for good governance guaranteeing his re-election. Okechukwu said thisContinue Reading
