The opposition Labour Party (LP); Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and others, on Thursday, lampooned the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) over the country’s worsening poverty. The condemnation by the opposition parties followed a viral video showing long queues of Nigerians seeking foodstuffs at President Bola Tinubu’s Bourdillon residence in Lagos on Christmas Eve. Senator Ali Ndume, who shared the video …

Chairman of the committee set up to recover vehicles belonging to the Edo State Government, Kelly Okungbowa, has declared that over 200 vehicles are currently missing. Okungbowa disclosed that within 24 hours of the committee’s existence, it had recovered three vehicles in a private residence. The committee chairman, who spoke to journalists on Friday on the success of his committee …

The Ekiti State government and a non governmental organisation, Opeyemi Falegan Foundation have disagreed over the allocation accruing to the state and the palliatives from the Federal Government to mitigate the effect of the fuel subsidy removal. While the ODF Founder alleged that the FG palliatives to the state were diverted and politicised just as the monthly allocations could not …

Ogun State Government said it will embark on immediate N5 billion worth of intervention to cushion the effects of the current economic hardship on residents. Governor Dapo Abiodun, who announced this on Wednesday evening during the emergency briefing of newsmen inside Chief Olusegun Osoba Press Centre at Oke Mosan Governor’s Office Abeokuta, said the intervention covers grants to indigent students, food …

Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State has suspended the Director General of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Chief Angela Odey, over alleged poor handling of palliatives meant to cushion the effect of subsidy removal. The suspension was contained in a 30 October 2023 press release by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr Emmanuel Ogbeche. Odey was …

Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji has flagged off the distribution of the second phase of palliatives to the people of the state. This comes barely two weeks after the state government began the monthly transfer of N5,000 to indigent citizens in the state. Oyebanji said that the consumables comprising rice and maize to be distributed in the second phase …

Corps members across the country have cried out over the tough time they have been facing as a result of their poor allowance. They claimed that the money did not reflect the current economic realities in the country. Speaking with Sunday PUNCH, one of the corps members who is serving in Delta State, and prefers to be identified as Saka, expressed discomfort …

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, on Wednesday, approved the extension of payment of N10,000 transport allowance granted to the state civil servants to cushion the effect of the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government by another six months. The allowance, which was part of various interventions adopted by the state government in the wake of the deregulation …

The Kano State Government on Monday began the distribution of 52,000 bags of rice and 52,000 bags of maize palliative to the most vulnerable persons across the 44 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the state. While flagging off the distribution, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf warned the distribution committee members against benefiting from the food items. He said the items are …

Following fuel subsidy removal, Naira devaluation, and the attendant negative impact on poultry business, poultry farmers across the country, particularly in Lagos State, have called on government at all levels to urgently intervene to prevent the imminent collapse of the poultry industry. In a recent statement by its Chairman, Mrs. Juliana Ibitoye, farmers, under the aegis of the Erikorodo Poultry …