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The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Kano State chapter, has directed its members to sell fuel at N150 per litre. The directive was contained in a statement by IPMAN chairman in the state, Bashir Danmallam, a copy of which was made available to our correspondent in Kano on Wednesday. …

Bristow Helicopters has sacked 100 pilots and engineers following negative impact of Coronavirus on its business and the nation’s economy. The company, in a statement on Tuesday said the spread of the COVID-19 virus had severely impacted all sectors in the aviation industry, including its market, which primarily served the …

Staff of the College of Education, Ekiadolor, in Edo State, have blocked the main entrance gate to the Edo Government House a.k.a Osadebe Avenue, in Benin City. Newsextra24 reports that the College of Education staff, in their numbers, are protesting over unpaid salaries by the State government, for the past …

The organised labour in Ekiti State on Monday called off the three-day warning strike embarked upon in the state public service over welfare and other issues. The organised labour, comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress, Trade Union Congress and Joint Negotiating Council, had on Sunday ordered the commencement of the strike …

Shoprite, Africa’s largest food retailer, announced on Monday it is considering selling off its majority share in its Nigerian subsidiary. In a trading update filed at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), the retail giant said it has begun the formal process of liquidating its majority share. “Following approaches from various …

Julia Gillard is the 27th Prime Minister of Australia (2010-2013), making her the first female to occupy that office. Gillard, together with NOI, authored the Inspirational book “Women and Leadership: Real Lives, Real Lessons”, helping to share broad-based experiences of some outstanding women leaders. Gillard endorsed NOI’s WTO-DG bid, via her official …

Nigeria’s major carrier, Air Peace, on Monday sacked 69 pilots due to the economic downturn occasioned by the Coronavirus pandemic. The airline said in order to survive the effect of the pandemic, it had to restructure its operations, hence the reduction of its workforce. Spokesman of the airline, Stanley Olisa, …

Africa’s biggest grocery retailer, Shoprite, is exiting the continent’s most populated country, Nigeria, after 15 years. The Cape Town-based retailer has started a formal process to consider the potential sale of all or a majority stake in its supermarkets in Nigeria, it said in a trading statement for the 52 …

Marginal oil fields: Urhobo group urges Osinbajo, Sylva to address points of agitation Campaign for The Economic Survival of Urhobo Nation, CATESUN, has urged Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Minister of Petroleum (State), Timipre Sylva to urgently addressed the points of agitation of the Urhobo Ethnic Nationality in Niger Delta. …

The organised labour in Ekiti state, on Friday , said that there was no going back on its planned commencement of a three -day warning strike from August 3 . The strike, according to the Nigerian Labour Congress, Trade Union Congress and the Joint Negotiating Council , is to compel …