Minister of Works and housing, Dave Umahi has apologises to the ministry workers for locking them out yesterday. There was a protest yesterday at the ministry of works premises at Mabushi, Abuja when the minister directed that late comers should be locked out of the premises for reporting late for work. The minister got to his office ahead of some senior officials of the ministry where he directed that all late comers should be locked out and be denied access to their respective offices.

The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, says it has not negotiated any meeting with the federal government that may lead to the averting of the pending industrial action that has already being pencilled to commenced on Tuesday, 2nd October, 2023. This is coming as all is set for the NLC, TUC across the country to fully comply with the directive of proceeding on with industrial action as proposed by the NLC to press home their demand with the federal government over subsidy removal.

The Federal government said it is planning to celebrate this year independent day on a low-key without any form of vibrant celebration. Nigerian Independence day is usually celebrated on every 1st October of every year as it is the day Nigeria got her independence from Britain. It was learned that this year own is going to be a low-key as no event has been pencilled to future at the regular Eagle square, Abuja.

The United States of America has confirmed that it had ordered the temporary departure of non-emergency employees of its citizens in Niger and their families. Matthew Miller, a U.S Department of State Spokesperson stated that, “Given ongoing developments in Niger and out of an abundance of caution, the Department of State is ordering the temporary departure of non-emergency U.S. government personnel and eligible family members from the U.S. Embassy in Niamey.”

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is slated to address Nigerians this evening by 1900hrs, July 31st, 2023 in a nationwide broadcast. The presidential spokesperson, Dele Alake made this known this morning advising all media houses to take note. The statement reads, “Television, radio stations and other electronic media outlets are enjoined to hook up to the network services of the Nigerian Television Authority and Radio Nigeria for the broadcast.”

The United States (US) Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have revealed when they will release Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s criminal and immigration records to the public. In a court document sighted by journalists, the FBI and US State Department cited ‘unusual circumstances’ for the inability to release the records to the public.