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The Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP) says many members are dying due to hardship caused by the economic downturn. According to the union, the economic downturn has led to a high cost of living in the country. Mr Godwin Abumisi, the National President of NUP, spoke on Thursday when he fielded questions from newsmen in Abuja. Abumisi said that the union had lost about 1,500 of its members in recent times due to economic hardship and the high cost of living in the country. According to him, it is not…

Federal Government yesterday said it was considering importation of food as a critical option on the table to halt the high cost of items in the country in order to ameliorate the sufferings of Nigerians. In the interim, the government has ordered the immediate release of 102,000 metric tonnes of rice and maize from national grain reserve. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents after a meeting of the Special Presidential Committee on Emergency Food Intervention at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.…

Following persistent hardship across the country, the organised labour yesterday, issued the Federal Government 14 days ultimatum to honour its part of the October 2, 2023 agreement reached with labour to address the ‘massive suffering’ caused by the hike in petrol prices and naira devaluation. The ultimatum, which starts counting from today, was conveyed in a joint statement signed by president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) chairman, Festus Osifo, yesterday. The duo warned that everything must be done within…

During the semifinal match between Nigeria’s Super Eagles and Bafana Bafana of South Africa at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations in Bouaké, no fewer than five Nigerians reportedly died while watching the match on Wednesday. Those who died included a stalwart of the All Progressives Congress, Dr Cairo Ojougboh; the Kwara State University Deputy Bursar, Alhaji Ayuba Abdullahi; a sales reprsentatives, Mikhail Osundiji; a serving National Youth Service Corps member, identified simply as Samuel and an Anambra-born businessman based in Cote d’Ivoire, Osondu Nwoye, The match ended 1-1 after…

As part of the measures to crash food prices, the Federal Government, yesterday, assured Nigerians that food items would be released from the National Food Reserves. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, said this after the meeting of the Special Presidential Committee in Emergency Food Intervention which was at the instance of President Bola Tinubu. The meeting which was convened by the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, and the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, is part of the Federal Government’s move to stem rising…

More states are joining in the protests against the high cost of living in the country, which is a reminiscent of the 2011 #OccupyNigeria protest against petrol subsidy removal that lasted more than a week, and 2020 #EndSARS protest against police brutality that dragged for nearly a month. After what could be termed a warning shot to ‘test the microphone’ with protests in Kano, Niger and Osun states, another protest broke out yesterday on the streets of Suleja in Niger and Kogi State over the rising cost of living. This…