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Abuja Housewife Bursts Into Tears As Barrow Pusher Escapes With Her Food Stuffs
A middle- aged woman, simply identified as Mrs Rebecca Gbaje, broke down in tears after a wheel barrow pusher disappeared with the food stuffs she bought at Kwaita village market in Kwali Area Council of the FCT.
Our reporter, who was at the market, observed as some customers and traders gathered to sympathize with the woman, while some sympathisers walked round the market in search of the barrow pusher.
The woman, while narrating to sympathisers who stood to console her amid tears, said she bought the food items that comprised of Mudus of rice, beans, maize and other ingredients and engaged the barrow pusher to help her take the items to the road side.
Labour faults N180bn palliatives, says govs will frustrate programme
The organised labour has knocked the Federal Government for releasing a N180bn palliative package to states to cushion the impact of the fuel subsidy removal.
The Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress insisted that the governors could not be trusted, noting that politicians and not the poor would benefit from the N5bn largess given to each state government for disbursement to the citizens.
The Federal Government on Thursday announced an N5bn palliative for each state of the federation and 180 trucks of rice as part of measures to assuage the pains of the subsidy removal.
CBN introduces GO-LIVE price verification portal for importers
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has introduced the GoLive of the Price Verification System (PVS) for importers.
According to the apex bank, this follows the successful conduct of the pilot run and various training held with all the banks.
This is just as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) led Financial Services Regulation and Coordinating Committee {FSRCC)}, in collaboration with National Broadcasting Commission {NBC}, has advised Nigerians to stop patronizing Illegal Finance Operators (IFOs), otherwise known as Ponzi schemes that spear in different forms.
We’ll invade Niger if diplomacy fails — ECOWAS
The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, said yesterday in Accra, Ghana, that it will not hesitate to invade Niger Republic, if all efforts to reverse the coup in the country fail.
This came as the German government said it is in support of sanctions imposed on the military junta in the country by the European Union, EU.
It will be recalled that ECOWAS Heads of State and Government had at its second extraordinary summit in Abuja last week, activated its standing force should the junta in Niger refuse to restore to power ousted president of the country, Mohamed Bazoum.
ECOWAS defence chiefs declare readiness to invade Niger
The stormy clouds of war are gathering ominously over the dreary landscape of the Sahel after troops of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) yesterday stated its readiness to participate in a standby force that is preparing to intervene in the Republic of Niger.
This is coming after a raft of trade and financial sanctions already applied since the July 26 military takeover failed to make the coup leaders succumb.
The bloc’s military chiefs met in Ghana to discuss a possible armed intervention to reverse the coup in Niger, just as Germany called for European Union (EU) sanctions against the rebel leaders.
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