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Aviation Labor Disputes Stem from Communication Gaps, Says U

Communication gap has been identified as a major cause of labour disputes in the aviation sector, according to the Secretary of the Joint Aviation Trade Unions Forum, Nnadi Hector. He explained that constant engagement between labour and management, led by the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, has helped to resolve several issues, including those...
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Tariffs and Immigration Curbs Impact

The U.S. economy created 911,000 fewer jobs in the 12 months through March than previously estimated, the government said on Tuesday, suggesting that job growth was already slowing before President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariffs on imports. According to Reuters, the preliminary revision from the Bureau of Labour Statistics also pointed to weaker employment momentum across...
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Nigerian Stock Market Rally Continues, Investors Gain N254 B

The Nigerian stock market on Tuesday sustained its bullish run, with investors’ wealth increasing by N254 billion on the back of renewed bargain hunting. The upward trend was driven by demand in equities such as Regency Alliance Insurance, Mecure, Etranzact, Daar Communications, Deap Capital and 31 other stocks. The Nigerian Exchange Ltd. market capitalisation, which...
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No Immediate Fuel Surcharge Plan – FG Clarifies

The Federal Government has provided clarity on the controversial five per cent fuel surcharge included in the recently signed Nigerian Tax Administration Act 2025, reassuring the public that it is not a new tax and will not be automatically implemented in 2026. Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, addressed journalists...
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Tanker Strike Won’t Cause Fuel Shortage

A spokesman for Nigeria’s Dangote refinery said Tuesday that the country would not see a petrol shortage despite an ongoing strike by a union representing fuel tanker drivers. The strike, which began Monday and has since drawn support from other unions in Nigeria and abroad, comes as the refinery, the largest in Africa, is hiring...
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NUPENG Suspends Strike After Dangote Refinery Agreement

The Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers has suspended its two-day strike following a meeting with the Dangote Group on Tuesday. The National President of NUPENG, Williams Akporeha, confirmed this to our correspondent. According to him, the Dangote refinery team led by Sayyu Dantata, agreed to unionise its drivers. He said the meeting...
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Global Stocks Rise as Dollar Weakens

Global stock markets gained on Monday as the U.S. dollar weakened broadly, even as it strengthened against the Japanese yen, with investors responding to political uncertainty in several countries, according to Reuters. In Argentina, a heavy election defeat for President Javier Milei’s ruling party in Buenos Aires province sent the peso to a record low,...
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Tinubu’s Economic Strategy: FX Reforms, Infrastructure, and

The Director-General of the Budget Office, Tanimu Yakubu, has said that the economic strategy of President Bola Tinubu’s administration is hinged on foreign exchange reforms, large-scale infrastructure investment, and energy. Yakubu said this in his piece titled, ‘From Fragility to Foundations: Inside PBAT’s Political Economy’. Yakubu explained that floating the naira and settling outstanding FX...
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Buhari Threatened to Fire Me Over Fuel Subsidy Removal

Former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, on Monday, revealed that former Nigerian President, the late Muhammadu Buhari, threatened to sack him should his (Kachikwu) push to remove the petrol subsidy during Buhari’s tenure go wrong. Kachikwu was the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources from 2016 to 2019. He spoke at...
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