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  The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged the Federal Government to immediately instruct the Nigerian Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPCL) to withdraw the just released pricing template to allow free flow of discussions by the parties. Mr Joe Ajaero, the NLC President, made the call in a statement signed by him and made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja. Ajaero said that the new pricing template is vexatious, an ambush and may scuttle its ongoing dialogue with the federal government. According to Ajaero, government cannot in one breathe be talking about deregulation and at the same time fixing the prices of petroleum products. “We are worried that the Government through the NNPC despite the ongoing meeting of stakeholders in the Oil and Gas sector to manage the unilateral. “But unfortunate announcement by the President to withdraw subsidy on petroleum products, went ahead this morning to announce a new regime of prices under a new pricing template. “This is an ambush and runs...

  Owner of Hilton Hotel, Ile-Ife, Dr Rahman Adedoyin, has been sentenced to death by hanging by Osun State Chief Judge, Justice Oyebola Ojo. Earlier, Justice Ojo declared that Adedoyin, owner of Hilton Hotel, Ile-Ife, where Timothy Adegoke, an OAU postgraduate student was allegedly killed was culpable of murder. Justice Ojo in her ongoing judgement said the owner of the hotel and two of his workers, based on the circumstances of the case established by the prosecuting counsel, Femi Falana, SAN, are found culpable of conspiracy to commit murder, and unlawful killing of the deceased. recall that the Osun State High Court has found hotel owner, Dr Ramon Adedoyin, guilty in the murder case of Timothy Adegoke, a former master’s degree student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. Adegoke’s death occurred between November 5 and 7, 2021, at Hilton Honours Hotel, Ile-Ife, Osun State. The suspicious circumstances surrounding the deceased’s demise at the hotel owned by Adedoyin spurred...

  President Joe Biden of the United States, has vowed to support President Bola Tinubu on economic growth and advanced security, among other critical aspects of his government.  Biden made this vow in a statement, while felicitating with Tinubu on Monday.  Recall that Tinubu and the Vice President, Kashim Shettima were sworn in respctively by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Kayode Ariwoola. The US President reiterated his administration’s readiness to work with Tinubu “to strengthen ties between the United States and Nigeria.” Biden said, “On behalf of the people of the United States, I send warm wishes to the government and people of Nigeria as they inaugurate a new President. I look forward to continuing this work with. President Tinubu to support economic growth, advance security, and promote respect for human rights.” He expressed optimism about the ideas and energy of the dynamic connection between the two countries, noting that the US will continue to work closely wit...

  The Canadian government on Friday, announced a new policy to speed up the approval of family reunification applications, just a few days after the UK government banned students from Nigeria and other foreign countries on study visas from bringing their families into the country. Announcing the development, Canadian immigration minister, Sean Fraser explained that the new measures were put in place to strengthen family reunification in Canada. PG reported that, The new system will enable spouses, children, and parents of recent immigrants to join their loved ones in Canada faster. The immigration minister noted that the new policy uses advanced analytics and technology to process Temporary Resident Visa (TRV) applications for family members of permanent residents and citizens in 30 days. He added that the method had accepted far in advance 98 per cent of TRV applications from spouses and their children. He also announced a new programme that will grant open work permits to spouse ...

  A United Kingdom-based Nigerian, Tosin Ojutalayo, and his lover, Andrew have tied the knot at Castle Bay in Hyères, France. Tosin took to his Twitter page to share photos from their wedding. Reflecting on their journey to getting married, Tosin revealed they both met 10 years ago when Andrew sent him a private message. He tweeted, “He slid into my DMs, whilst I was in a relationship and I shut it down of course #YorubaMenDon’tCheat. Then two months later (now single) – I walked into a dinner party and he was there. 10 years later, we’re getting married in 2 weeks.”

  Mark Zuckerberg’s social media company, Meta Platforms Inc. has added a new feature to WhatsApp which affords users to edit messages sent within a 15-minute time limit. The company revealed this in a blog post to alert its clients and Zuckerberg also corroborated this on Facebook on Monday. “For the moments when you make a mistake or simply change your mind, you can now edit your sent messages on WhatsApp,” Meta said. The company revealed this in a blog post to alert its clients and Zuckerberg also corroborated this on Facebook on Monday. “For the moments when you make a mistake or simply change your mind, you can now edit your sent messages on WhatsApp,” Meta said. “We’re excited that you’ll now have more control over your chats, such as correcting misspellings or adding more context to a message. “For this, within 15 minutes of sending the message, you have to tap and hold that message for a while and then select the option of ‘Edit’ from the menu.” Meta said that the feature i...

The Vice Chairman of Agbado Okeodo LCDA in Alimosho Local Government, Hon Ajoke Moromoke Aminat Obe popularly called AMA, was attacked by an armed group at the tail end of the third mainland bridge yesterday around 10 pm, according to her, she was coming from the meeting on the island and was about dropping off a friend along the stretch road when some youth about Four in numbers with several dangerous weapons, knife, cutlasses, and gun accosted her, broke her SUV side mirror and made away with her bag that contains valuables goods, while she sustain several bodily injuries from the attack. In her accounts, Hon Ajoke Moromoke Aminat recounted, that the incident happened at about 10 pm, and she was in traffic for about three hours before the attack. "I had dropped off a friend in Oworo, though I would not have passed through that place as the location is becoming notorious for armed groups.  I reported the incident at Alausa police station as it was late but was told to go to Ketu...