Workers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) observed partial compliance to the directive by the organised labour to it members to embark on an indefinite nationwide strike. The Trade Union Congress(TUC) and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) had on Nov. 13, directed all affiliates to embark on an...
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Affiliates of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) in Lagos State, on Tuesday complied with the directive of the two labour unions to embark on an indefinite nationwide strike. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos reports that the National Executive...
By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has urged media, stakeholders and the general public to maintain uniformity in the use of its brand name and logo. This is contained in a statement issued by its Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Olufemi...
The Diabetes Association of Nigeria has said no fewer than 11.2 million Nigerians are presently living with the disease. President of the association, Dr Alkali Mohammed, revealed this on Monday in Abuja at an event to commemorate the 2023 World Diabetes Day (WDD). The News Agency of Nigeria...
Dear Mr President, I trust this letter meets you well It remains a familiar narrative that the Saturday, February 25, presidential election organized by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) affirmed you as the President of the Federal Republic of...
A constitutional lawyer, Mr Kayode Ajulo, has commended the Ondo State elders for the steps taken to resolve the political crisis that had bedeviled the state. Ajulo, who is also the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Egalitarian Mission for Africa (EMA) said this in a statement...
By GABRIEL OMONHINMIN – It is no longer news that the off-cycle elections in Nigeria have come and gone and winners declared in various States where the elections took place. In the Bayelsa State Governorship election, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Governor Duoye Diri, won six local government...
… As court issues production warrant on correctional centre Bail application for three suspects, who were apprehended during the 2023 UTME for registration infractions, and who were facing trial at the Federal High Court sitting in Akure, Ondo State, has suffered another setback following the failure of the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) has kicked against a new Federal Government’s policy requiring partially funded education institutions to remit 40 percent of their Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) to the FG’s coffers. Recall that last week, the government said...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship candidate in Kogi State, Dino Melaye has given the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) seven days to review last weekend’s election. He gave the ultimatum.on Monday when he appeared on Channels TV’s Politics Today. Melaye, who came third in the election...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Party (LP) and other opposition political parties have called for a review and cancellation of the result of Saturday’s Governorship election in Imo. The parties were unanimous in their reaction to the outcome of the off-circle poll. They spoke separately in a...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, said on Monday, that the FCT Administration was open for discussion with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on tourism development. Wike stated this when the UAE Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Salem Al-Shamsi visited him in his office in...
Former Chelsea midfielder, John Obi Mikel has made an attempt to convince Victor Osimhen to join Chelsea next season. Speaking in the latest episode of his podcast, The Obi One, which had Victor Osimhen as a guest, Mikel told the Napoli striker that he is going to...
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), has ordered an immediate investigation into the cause of the road accident that killed four of its personnel on Sunday. Briefing the press on the incident on Monday in Abuja, the Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO), Dr Dotun Aridegbe, said that the...
Oganised labour has commenced a nationwide indefinite strike from midnight of Nov. 14, despite a court order restraining it from such action. This is in protest against the “physical attack and brutalisation” of the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr Joe Ajaero. Mr Festus Osifo, President...
The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) in Bauchi State, has dismissed as misleading insinuation alleging hyperinflation of the 11 kilometre Ningi – Gudduba road project. It will be recalled that the state governor, Sen. Bala Mohammed on Nov. 5, inaugurated the construction of the Ningi dual carriage way...
The Edo Local Government Elections Petitions Tribunal says it has received 18 petitions from Labour Party and it’s candidates in the just-concluded September 2 Local Government polls. The Tribunal Secretary, Mr Emmanuel Uwagboe, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin...
Afreximbank has signed a 150 million dollar trade finance facility agreement with United Bank for Africa (UBA) PLC, under the Ukraine Crisis Adjustment Trade Financing Programme for Africa. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that the agreement was signed on the sidelines of the ongoing Intra-African Trade Fair...