Orijo Reporters

23/10/2024

21/08/2024

https://orijoreporter.com/nnpc-admits-fuel-subsidy-payment/

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, said it’s subsidising fuel. Remember that President Bola Tinubu in his inaugural speech said, “fuel subsidy is gone.” Views that subsidy regime is still in place have been met with denials by government officials. In fact those in the bus...

21/08/2024

https://orijoreporter.com/this-is-how-apc-sees-pdp-govs-plan-to-bring-jonathan-to-contest-against-tinubu-in-2027/

Report that several chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, are disposed to have Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan as the party presidential candidate in 2027 has provoked reaction from the All Progressives Congress, APC. The report gained wide attention about four days ago, when Bauchi State....

21/08/2024

https://orijoreporter.com/nlc-mobilises-workers-for-strike-over-police-invitation-of-ajaero/

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, on Tuesday told workers to prepare for a nationwide strike following the invitation of its President, Joe Ajaero, by the police. For the context, security operatives raided the headquarters of NLC in Abuja during the protest, after which the police...

21/08/2024

https://orijoreporter.com/nigerian-arrested-for-defrauding-united-states-govt-of-10m/

A Nigerian named, Yomi Jones Olayeye, aka Sabbie, has been arrested for ganging up to dupe the United States (U.S.) government of at least $10 million of COVID-19 unemployment benefits. Olayeye, according to a statement issued on Monday by the U.S. attorney’s office, district of Massachusetts, hai...

21/08/2024

https://orijoreporter.com/ex-govs-senators-others-from-north-form-group-speak-on-plan-for-2027/

Ex-governors, Senators and several politicians of note from the North have come together under the aegis of the League of Northern Democrats, LND, with the 2027 election one of the motivation behind their association. The group’s members under the Protem Chairman, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, met on T...

21/08/2024

https://orijoreporter.com/fg-set-up-committee-for-local-govt-autonomy-implementation/

A committee tasked with implementing the Supreme Court judgment on local government autonomy has been set up by the federal government. Remember that Supreme Court on July 11 ruled that the 774 local government councils in the country should manage their funds themselves. To this day, the judgment i...

20/08/2024

https://orijoreporter.com/female-student-contracted-to-pose-as-girlfriend-for-15k-found-dead/

A female student of the Kwara State College of Health Technology, Mojisola Awesu, has met her death while transacting a business deal that required her to conduct herself as a girlfriend to one Mr Adebayo Happiness, a student of Summit University, Offa, in the same Kwara. Miss Awesu, according to re...

20/08/2024

https://orijoreporter.com/n80bn-fraud-appeal-court-says-judge-attempted-to-shield-yahaya-bello-from-arraignment/

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, Tuesday, overturned the decision of a Kogi State High Court which purported to restrain the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from prosecuting former Kogi State Governor Mr. Yahaya Bello on an N80 billion money laundering charge. Justice Isa Jamil....

20/08/2024

https://orijoreporter.com/you-cant-force-us-to-sell-to-dangote-oil-producers-tell-nnpcl/

Oil producers bearing the name: Independent Petroleum Producers Group, IPPG, have said that they are not under any obligation to sell crude oil to Dangote Refinery. Dangote Refinery has been in the news in recent time. It started with the African richest man, Aliko Dangote throwing tantrums, saying....

20/08/2024

https://orijoreporter.com/why-asuu-want-to-go-on-strike/

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, on Monday told the Federal Government of its plans to embark on a nationwide strike. This was done by placing the government on a 21-day notice. “It is not an ultimatum but a strike notice. We are giving them 21 days’ notice, after which we shall e...