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This was announced by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Publicity, Bayo Onanuga on X, explaining the order is aimed at achieving stability of the pump price of refined fuel and the dollar-Naira exchange rate.   President Bola Tinubu has given an executive order to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to sell crude to Dangote Refinery and other upcoming indigenous refineries in Naira, the country’s currency.     This was...

This directive was contained in a press statement made available to newsmen by the NCC Director of Media and Public Affairs, Reuben Muoka.   The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has ordered the immediate reactivation of all SIM cards barred by the telecommunication companies in the country due to the non-linkage of National Identification Numbers to SIM cards.     This directive was contained in a press statement made available to newsmen by the NCC Director...

The law reviewable every three years.   President Bola Tinubu has signed the new National Minimum Wage Amendment bill 2024 into law. The law reviewable every three years. This follows the resolution between the government, private sector and the organised labour on N70,000 minimum wage. Tinubu signed it at the State House in Abuja on Monday days after the National Assembly passed the bill.   The President signed the bill midway into the Federal Executive...

This was announced via a short notice which was passed to all the lawmakers on Monday morning, stating that the 109 senators must meet on Wednesday.   The leadership of the Nigerian Senate has called for an emergency session to discuss issues surrounding the planned nationwide protest slated to commence on August 1, 2024.   This was announced via a short notice which was passed to all the lawmakers on Monday morning, stating that the...

Abdullahi Isah, popularly known as Biodun, has been dismissed from his position as Youth Leader of Bosso (Wakilin Matasan Bosso) in the Bosso local government area of Niger state for expressing support for the upcoming #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria peaceful protest.    The protest, scheduled to hold from August 1 to 10, aims to address the cost of living crisis across Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). In an official statement issued on July 28,...

The Nigerian Army has dismissed six soldiers from its service for allegedly fleeing from the scene of a Boko Haram attack, military sources told SaharaReporters.   The soldiers attached to the counterinsurgency operation in the North-East, known as Operation Lafiya Dole were said to have fled from the scene of a Boko Haram attack around Damboa, a community in Borno State during the month.    One of the sources added that over 10 soldiers were...

No fewer than seven operatives of the Nigerian Army have been confirmed dead after their vehicle hit an explosive in Mugunu area of Maiduguri in Borno State, SaharaReporters has gathered. On Thursday morning, the vehicle reportedly hit an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) suspected to have been planted by Boko Haram along the Gamboru Ngala-Maiduguri Road in Borno State. The Army reportedly received a distress call during early on Thursday that Boko Haram terrorists were attacking...

BREAKING: Lagos Government Postpones Exclusive Meeting With Activists To Bribe, Undermine Planned Protest After SaharaReporters’ Story

The Lagos State Government has postponed its meeting with human rights activists indefinitely after SaharaReporters exposed that its plan was to bribe the activists at the meeting. SaharaReporters reported on Thursday that the true intention behind the meeting was to offer bribes and persuade them to help disrupt the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest scheduled to begin on August 1. The Lagos State government, led by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday invited activists for an exclusive meeting. However,...

Khalid was arrested on Thursday morning for allegedly mobilising for the forthcoming #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest in Kaduna State. The Department of State Services (DSS) has freed a Nigerian youth identified as Engineer Khalid Aminu.    Khalid was arrested on Thursday morning for allegedly mobilising for the forthcoming #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest in Kaduna State.   The news about his freedom was disclosed by human rights activist and Convener of #RevolutionNow movement, Omoyele Sowore.    Sowore said, “We are happy to...