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A tricycle rider was reportedly k!lled during a clash between police officers and commercial tricycle operators in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital. The incident occurred around 5:00 pm on Tuesday, June 16, at the Road Block area of the city. According to reports, a police patrol operation was underway when a police officer reportedly jumped out of a patrol vehicle in an attempt to arrest a tricycle operator. This resulted in an accident involving two tricycles carrying passengers, DailyTrust reports. The incident angered tricycle operators, who gathered at the scene and blocked the road in protest, causing a major disruption to traffic. Residents told the publication that the protest later escalated after police officers fired teargas to disperse the crowd. Some protesters allege...

The Federal Government has released about N2.68tn for the construction, rehabilitation and maintenance of roads and bridges across the country between 2023 and April 2026, findings by The PUNCH from the Open Treasury Portal have shown.The analysis, however, revealed a significant disparity between approved budgets and actual releases, with the government making provisions totalling N54.93tn for road-related projects within the period under review.The figures highlight both the growing emphasis on infrastructure development and the persistent financing constraints that continue to affect capital project execution in the country.The development also comes amid the ongoing Renewed Hope Media Tour organised by the Presidential Communications Team, designed to showcase pro...

The Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress said they will restart negotiations with the Federal Government over a new national minimum wage, warning that workers can no longer cope with rising living costs as inflation continues to erode real incomes.The unions are pushing for what they described as a “genuine living wage” to replace the current framework, which they said no longer reflects Nigeria’s economic realities, particularly sharp increases in food, transport, housing, and healthcare costs.The position was contained in a joint address delivered at the 114th International Labour Conference in Geneva on Monday, where the unions also rejected any proposal to tax the minimum wage or impose additional fiscal burdens on low-income earners.Nigeria’s current m...

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and Executive Secretary of the National Institute for Cultural Orientation, Abiodun Ajiboye, has said Nigeria has lacked a clear developmental direction since independence in 1960.Speaking on Arise Television’s Prime Time programme on Tuesday, Ajiboye described the country’s infrastructure development as largely uncoordinated, arguing that successive governments failed to implement long-standing development plans.According to him, some of the infrastructure projects currently being executed by President Bola Tinubu’s administration were conceived as far back as 1983 but were neglected by previous administrations.Ajiboye also lamented what he described as the failure to deliberately build a culture of patriotism and nationa...

A Russian artist known for criticizing President Vladimir Putin has been sh0t de@d in Poland.Kremlin opposition figure Robert Kuzovkov, also known by his artistic name Semyon Skrepetsky, was first sh0t twice Monday morning by the gunman who approached him in the eastern Polish town of Biala Podlaska near the Belarusian border, according to officials and local media.“When the victim fell to the ground, the perpetrator approached, fired three more shots and then quickly fled the scene,” said Marcin Kozak, a spokesperson for the District Prosecutor’s Office in Lublin. At least one of the five shots was to the head.“Robert K. d!ed at the scene,” Kozak confirmed.Two Belarusians were detained, but have not been charged. It’s unclear what role they might have had in the sho0ting. ...