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By our reporter On a day that Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) grumbled loudly over the deleterious effects of high petrol price on workers and the masses and issued an ultimatum to Federal Government (FG) on petrol, FG today pegged the amount payable on the vital product at N1,350 a litre across the country. Additionally, government announced a 30-day discount on petrol bought at all retail outlets run by its oil behemoth, Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPCL). The FG clarified that the discount was not a subsidy, but its way to assist public transportation bring down fares for the benefit of…

By Felix Durumbah, Abuja Nigeria may witness a nationwide industrial convulsion as, embittered by seeming official indifference to the spiralling poverty in the land arising from dire socioeconomic difficulties, Labour has handed the Federal Government (FG) two weeks, beginning tomorrow (Friday) to reverse petrol price to the January 2024 rate, or face consequences. People&Politics notes that a litre of petrol at pump heads of retail outlets in January 2024 sold for about ₦668.30 whereas presently it goes for about N1,500 in different parts of the country - a jump of over 100 per cent. NLC President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, who…

*Soyinka Won It In 1986 Canadian poet, classicist and translator, Anne Carson, has, today, won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. The 76-year-old is best known for genre-crossing works such as Autobiography of Red, a queer coming-of-age story which reimagines a poem by the ancient Greek poet Stesichorus. Born in 1950 in Toronto, Carson earned a PhD in Classics and has taught at a number of universities throughout her decades-long career. Her works include Plainwater, Wrong Norma and The Beauty of the Husband. She became the first woman to ever win the TS Eliot prize with the latter in 2001.…

*Governorship Candidate, Human Rights Body Blast Govt, Pastors, Imams Over Silence *'They Sleep With One Eye Open; They Cannot Go To Farms, They Cannot Travel Freely, They Cannot Even Sleep In Peace In Their Homes' *'Kaduna Cannot Be Secured By Press Statements; It'll Be Secured By Deliberate, Inclusive, Sustained Action' *'Where Are The Pastors, Imams Who Pray At Every Government House Event? Silent; Where Are All The Government Appointees Enjoying Security Votes And Convoys? Silent' By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna It appears insecurity is creeping back into Kaduna State, the northern political capital, with rising incidents of kidnapping, killings and fresh…

'There is no part of the world where you start a reform like that, there will not be discomfort, right? More people went down to poverty; acknowledged. I’m not doubting' This was the admission of presidential spokesman, Daniel Bwala, on Wednesday while speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme. Bwala acknowledged that more Nigerians slipped into poverty as a result of the economic reforms introduced by the President Bola Tinubu administration. But Bwala, who is Special Adviser on Media and Policy Communications to the President, justified the reforms in a matter-of-fact manner, saying they were necessary to move the country…

*'I'll Not Deviate From Set Objective, If Voted In' By Emmanuel Ogoigbe, Warri Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate for Warri Federal Constituency in the 2027 general elections, Chief Sheriff Mulade, yesterday visited His Royal Majesty, Pere Ama-Okosu of Ogbe-Ijoh Warri Kingdom, King Couple Mackson Oromoni, Monbene III, for royal blessings as campaigns hot up for the polls. Accompanied by a mammoth crowd of supporters drawn from various communities in the constituency, Mulade practically felt the love of his constituents. At the palace, the candidate officially informed the monarch and chiefs of the kingdom of his desire to represent the constituency in…

By Rosemary Ameh, Sokoto Sokoto State Government has denied reports that 18 students of Gamji College of Health Technology, Sokoto, were abducted by suspected terrorists while travelling to Oyo State. The government described the report, published by an online newspaper (not People&Politics) as false and urged the public to disregard it. In a statement signed by the Director General, Media and Publicity, Government House, Sokoto, Abubakar Bawa, the government said no student of the private health institution was abducted. According to the statement, the person abducted was Halima Sokeni, a former student of Gamji College of Nursing Sciences, More Area,…

The National Directorate of Employment (NDE), in collaboration with CSS Global Integrated Farms and the Yobe State Government, has commenced a five-day training programme to equip prospective retirees with practical agribusiness skills for life after active service. The programme, holding in Gora, Nasarawa State, is focused on animal husbandry, fish farming and food processing, with the organizers encouraging participants to develop alternative sources of income before retirement. Chairman of CSS Global Integrated Farms, Prof John-Kennedy Opara, represented by the firm's Training Coordinator, Dr. Victor Umunnakwe, said the training would expose participants to agricultural enterprises that could be started on a…

By Tony Ezimakor, Abuja Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Joash Amupitan, has, again, pledged the Commission's commitment to remain neutral while delivering the 2027 general elections. Amupitan, who also pledged ballot integrity and operational excellence before the international community, during a world press conference today in Abuja to mark the 100-day countdown to the elections, said the Commission has transitioned from planning to execution of the election proper. According to him, the Commission had "moved decisively from planning into execution," noting that its materials were in production; its technology undergoing rigorous quality assurance; its register finalised for…

By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan Revered monarch, the Olubadan of Ibadanland, His Imperial Majesty Oba (Dr.) Rasidi Adewolu Ladoja (Arusa1), has urged the Federal Government (FG), through the Federal Ministry of Health, to resuscitate and transform facilities in University Teaching Hospital (UCH) Ibadan to world-class standard. The appeal was contained in a press release issued and signed by the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the Olubadan, Chief Ayoade Solomon Olugbemiga, following a courtesy visit jointly paid by the Ministers of Finance and Coordinating Minister of Economy, Mr. Taiwo Oyedele; and the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Muhamma Ali…