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ON the lips of many Nigerians across the country are lamentations and tales of woe as hardship occasioned by the prevailing wind of recession bites harder. Apart from feeding, a host of the citizenry, who spoke to Vanguard, said they are finding it difficult to meet other basic needs of life. Price of foodstuff doubles in Imo, Jigawa: The current hardship sweeping across Imo State, hit a feverish pitch, weekend, as the prices of some major staple foods have gone out of the reach of many families. Vanguard’s check at markets in Owerri revealed that most food items had gone up by 100 to 150 percent in the state. A bag of rice now goes for between N23,000 and N25,000, as against N8,000 in 2014. Similarly, 30-litre container of palm oil that was sold for N5,000, now goes for N12,500, while a measure of beans now sells for N1,500 as against N500. A tiny ball of onion sells for between N10 and N20, depending on the bargaining power of the buyer, as a small paint bucket of garri, wh...

President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent efforts to bring succour to the crisis ravaged oil rich Niger Delta region may witness yet another hindrance as a new militant group, Asawana Deadly Force of Niger Delta, ADFND, emerged, yesterday, in the region, threatening to cripple the oil industry across the nine Niger Delta states unless the Federal Government grants them, “Niger Delta Republic in the next couple of days.” The group in a statement by its leader, Commander Olomubini Kakarakokoro, a.k.a No Mercy, said that, “Except our demand for Niger Delta Republic is granted, without further notice to the Federal Government, we shall proceed to bomb Bonga field flow station, Asaba- Onistha Bridge, Third Mainland Bridge and other major bridges in the Southtern part of the country, just for a start. “The Federal Government should as a matter of urgency, withdraw all the military check points from the riverside areas of the Niger Delta, else we shall proceed to match against any baby milit...

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has on its Twitter handle @APCNigeria requested Nigerians to rate the government of President Muhammadu Buhari, having spent one year in office. The party posted on Monday; “One year on: How would you rate government’s efforts in fighting the Boko Haram sect? …” It further asked if Nigerians would encourage the Federal Government to negotiate with the Niger Delta Avengers, NDA? Some other tweets by the ruling party read: “Would you encourage FG to negotiate with the NDA? Let’s have your opinion; and kindly RT. “The brick walls aren’t there to keep us out, the brick walls are there to give us a reason to demonstrate how badly we want to succeed! “Since we want something we’ve never had then we’ve got to do things we’ve never done, for that’s the only way our nation can work better.” Source: Daily Post

The factional president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero has backed out of the planed strike called by the Congress. The union had threatened to embark on indefinite to protest the removal of fuel subsidy, which affected the price of the product. DAILY POST had exclusively reported that the federal government had proposed a reduction of fuel price to N120 but the Ayuba Wahab-led group rejected it. The FG decided to turn to the Ajaero faction for further dialogue. Addressing newsmen in Abuja, Ajaero said his group cannot be part of the action because it was called at a wrong time and with wrong motives. He also accused the Ayuba Wabba faction of asking the government to write off the N2 billion loan the group collected in 2012 to buy buses. He said: When you are asking that the loan given to you in 2012, which had not been paid back should be written off, we believe that the action has already been sold out before it takes off. “So, we w...

The Federal Government has directed the invocation of statutory provision of “no work no pay” on any worker who joined the strike called by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) over the new fuel price regime. The directive was contained in a statement issued Tuesday night, signed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal. The SGF ordered Ministers, Permanent Secretaries and Heads of Government Agencies to enforce the directive and open attendance registers in all Ministries, Departments and Agencies. He said the order was sequel to the notice issued by the NLC for workers to embark on an indefinite strike from Wednesday in defiant of an order of National Industrial Court. “This notice is regrettably given in spite of an order by the Industrial Court against the strike. “All workers, whether in public or private sector, are reminded of the Trade Dispute Act, 2004 which provides: “‘Where any worker takes part in a strike, he shall not...