The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), has given one-month moratorium to traders and other market stakeholders involved in exploitative pricing to crash the prices of goods. The newly appointed Executive Vice Chairman of the FCCPC, Mr Tunji Bello, said this at a one-day stakeholders engagement on exploitative pricing on Thursday in Abuja. According to Bello, the Commission will …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has informed the Federal Government of its plans to embark on a nationwide strike by placing the government on a 21-day notice. Sources within the National Executive Council of ASUU confirmed the development to newsmen in Abuja on Monday. The notice was issued at the end of the NEC meeting, which was held …

The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation says it has disbursed the insured deposits of N5 million each to 82.36 per cent of the total customers of the defunct Heritage Bank. It also noted that 17.64 per cent of the insured deposits still pending payment mainly belong to depositors with accounts that have Post-No Debits instructions or lack a Bank Verification Number. …

A fleeing robbery suspect, Amos Daniel, 36, who snatched his employer’s vehicle on the same day he was employed as a driver, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command. The suspect confessed to have taken the car to his church to give testimony of God’s miraculous provision. This is just as two dismissed soldiers, Akeem Suleiman and Abdulau …

The Federal Government has given a grant of N500,000 each to 120 participants of its ‘Unlock Training Programme’, organised by the office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Technical, Vocational and Entrepreneurship Education, Madam Abiola Arogundade. At the grant award ceremony which had several ministers and top presidential aides in attendance on Saturday in Abuja, Arogundade said …

The President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Comrade Festus Osifo, on Wednesday, said it was unethical for Nigerians to pay high electricity tariffs. The TUC also urged the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to reverse the increase in electricity tariff within one week. During the 2024 Workers’ Day in Abuja, Osifo expressed dissatisfaction with the epileptic power situation in …